The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( win, Nįįšoc Hoocąk) is one of two

federally recognized tribes This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...

Ho-Chunk The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocągra or Winnebago (referred to as ''Hotúŋe'' in the neighboring indigenous Iowa-Otoe language), are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iow ...

Native Americans. The other is the

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin The Ho-Chunk Nation (Ho-Chunk language: ) is a federally recognized tribe of the Ho-Chunk with traditional territory across five states in the United States: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. The other federally recognized trib ...

. 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 The Winnebago Reservation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is located in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The tribal council offices are located in the town of Winnebago. The villages of Emerson, south of First Street, as well as Thu ...

was established by a treaty on March 8, 1865. It is located in Thurston and Dixon counties,

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

, and

Woodbury County, Iowa Woodbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,941, making it the sixth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Sioux City. Woodbury County is included in the Sioux City me ...

.Pritker 477 The reservation is , of which is tribal trust land."Winnebago Agency."
''US Department of the Interior Indian Affairs.'' Retrieved 11 Sept 2013. In 1990, 1,151 tribal members lived on the reservation.

Government

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is headquartered in

Winnebago, Nebraska Winnebago is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. History The first post office at Winnebago was established in 1867. It was named for the federally recognized Winnebago tribe, whos ...

."Tribal Directory."
''National Congress of American Indians.'' Retrieved 11 Sept 2013. 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

Language

The Winnebago Tribe speaks English and

(), which is a Chiwere-Winnebago language, part of the

Siouan-Catawban language Siouan or Siouan–Catawban is a language family of North America that is located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few other languages in the east. Name Authors who call the enti ...

family.

Economic development

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

Sloan, Iowa Sloan is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA– NE– SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,042 at the time of the 2020 census. History Sloan was platted in 1870 by the presi ...

."Winna Vegas Casino."
''500 Nations.'' Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.

Notable tribal members

Joba Chamberlain Justin Louis "Joba" Chamberlain (''né'' Heath; ; born September 23, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, and Cleveland ...

(b. 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Angel De Cora Angel De Cora Dietz (1871–1919) was a Winnebago painter, illustrator, Native American rights advocate, and teacher at Carlisle Indian School. She was a well-known Native American artist before World War I. Background Angel De Cora Dietz or H ...

(1871–1919), artist, educator, and Indian rights activist * Terri Crawford Hansen (b. 1953), journalist *

Henry Roe Cloud Henry Roe Cloud (December 28, 1884 – February 9, 1950) was a Ho-Chunk Native American, enrolled in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, who served as an educator, college administrator, U.S. federal government official (in the Office of Indian Af ...

(1884–1950), educator, college administrator, US federal government official, Presbyterian minister; first full-blood Native American to attend Yale College *

Lillian St. Cyr Red Wing (born Lilian Margaret St. Cyr; February 13, 1873 or 1884March 13, 1974) was an American actress of the silent film, silent era. She and her husband James Young Deer have been dubbed by some as one of the first Native Americans in the ...

, known as Red Wing (1884–1974), an actress of the silent film era *

Frank LaMere Franklin Dean LaMere (March 1, 1950 – June 16, 2019) was an American activist and politician. He was a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska from South Sioux City, and the son of a Gold Star Mother and a combat veteran father. He was a me ...

(b. about 1950 – June 16, 2019), activist, advocate, politician * Renya K. Ramirez (b. 1959), anthropologist, author, and Native feminist *

John Raymond Rice Sergeant First Class John Raymond Rice (Native American name: Walking in Blue Sky) (April 25, 1914 – September 6, 1950) was a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Indian and a United States Army soldier killed in action while leading his squad in Korea in 19 ...

(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

Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

Official Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska website

Ho-Chunk, Inc.
economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Constitution of the Winnebago Tribe, Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska
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