Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska & Iowa
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Tribal Flag
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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]

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 language is part of the Siouan family.

Reservation

The Winnebago Reservation was established by a treaty on March 8, 1865.[4] It is located in Thurston and Dixon counties, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa.[5] The reservation is 176.55 square miles (112,990 acres; 457.3 km2),[6] of which 27,637 acres (43.183 sq mi; 111.84 km2) is tribal trust land.[1] In 1990, 1,151 tribal members lived on the reservation.[5]

Government

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is headquartered in Winnebago, Nebraska.[7] The tribe is governed by a democratically elected general council.

The current administration is as follows:

  • Chairwoman: Victoria Kitcheyan
  • Vice-Chairman: Brian Chamberlain
  • Treasurer: Rona Stealer
  • Secretary: Lorelei DeCora
  • Council Member: Louis Larose
  • Council Member: Isaac Smith
  • Council Member: Kenny Mallory
  • Council Member: Coly Brown
  • Council Member: Aric Armell

[8]

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.[9] The Winnebago Tribe also owns and operates the WinnaVegas Casino Resort, hotel, and Flowers Island Restaurant and Buffet, all located in Sloan, Iowa.[10]

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[11]
  • 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. ^ a b "Winnebago Agency." US Department of the Interior Indian Affairs. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ho-Chunk." Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  3. ^ a b Priztker 475
  4. ^ "Treaty with the Winnebago, 1865". Tribal Treaties Database. Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b Pritker 477
  6. ^ "2020 Gazetteer Files". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tribal Directory." National Congress of American Indians. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  8. ^ "Winnebago Tribal Council." Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  9. ^ "Ho-Chunk, Inc." Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  10. ^ "Winna Vegas Casino." 500 Nations. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  11. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

References

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

External links

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