Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as Hochungra - "People of the Parent Speech". Their historic language is part of the Siouan family.

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska & Iowa
Tribal Flag
Martha Gradolf, enrolled tribal member and weaver
Total population
4,192[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Nebraska)( Iowa)
Languages
English, Ho-Chunk[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Native American Church[3]
Related ethnic groups
other Ho-Chunk people, Otoe, Iowa, and Missouria people[3]

Reservation

The Winnebago Reservation, established in 1863, is located in Thurston and Dixon counties, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa.[4] Their entire land base is 27,637 acres large.[1] In 1990, 1,151 tribal members lived on the reservation.[4]

Government

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is headquartered in Winnebago, Nebraska.[5] The tribe is governed by a democratically elected general council.

The current administration is as follows:

  • Chairman: Coly Brown
  • Vice-Chairman: John Snowball
  • Treasurer: Roland Warner
  • Secretary: Thelma Whitewater
  • Council Member: Louis Larose
  • Council Member: Brian Chamberlain
  • Council Member: Karl Baker
  • Council Member: Lorelei DeCora
  • Council Member: Aric Armell

[6]

Language

The Winnebago Tribe speaks English and Ho-Chunk (Hocąk), which is a Chiwere-Winnebago language, part of the Siouan-Catawban language family.[2]

Economic development
Lillian St. Cyr, known as Red Wing (1884–1974), a Winnebago actress of the silent film era

Ho-Chunk, Inc. is the tribe's corporation; it provides construction services, professional services, and business and consumer products.[7] The Winnebago Tribe also owns and operates the WinnaVegas Casino Resort, hotel, and Flowers Island Restaurant and Buffet, all located in Sloan, Iowa.[8]

Notable tribal members
  • Joba Chamberlain (b. 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Angel De Cora (1871–1919), artist, educator, and Indian rights activist
  • Terri Crawford Hansen (b. 1953), journalist
  • Henry Roe Cloud (1884–1950), educator, college administrator, US federal government official, Presbyterian minister; first full-blood Native American to attend Yale College
  • Lillian St. Cyr, known as Red Wing (1884–1974), an actress of the silent film era
  • Frank LaMere (b. about 1950 – June 16, 2019), activist, advocate, politician
  • Renya K. Ramirez (b. 1959), anthropologist, author, and Native feminist[9]
  • John Raymond Rice (April 25, 1914 – September 6, 1950), U.S. Army in service of UN Forces in Korean War
  • Lexie Wakan LaMere (May 16, 1992 - January 3, 2014), first native to graduate from Senate Page school; youngest delegate in the Nebraska Democratic Party

See also

Notes
  1. "Winnebago Agency." US Department of the Interior Indian Affairs. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  2. "Ho-Chunk." Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  3. Priztker 475
  4. Pritker 477
  5. "Tribal Directory." National Congress of American Indians. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  6. "Winnebago Tribal Council." Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  7. "Ho-Chunk, Inc." Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  8. "Winna Vegas Casino." 500 Nations. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  9. Grad, Rachel (21 March 2018). "Professor Digs Into Family History To Tell Story Of Native American Activism". UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Chronicle. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

References
  • Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1

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