Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Martha Gradolf, enrolled tribal member and weaver
Total population
4,192[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Nebraska)
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 Ho-Chunk tribe is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. The name Winnebago comes from an Algonquin term "People of the Filthy Water."[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: Frank White
  • Vice-Chairman: Vincent Bass
  • Treasurer: Victoria Kitcheyan
  • Secretary: Kenneth Mallory
  • Council Member: Curtis St. Cyr
  • Council Member: Isaac Smith
  • Council Member: Darla LaPointe
  • Council Member: Coly Brown
  • Council Member: James Snow

[6]

Language

The Winnebago Tribe speaks English and the Ho-Chunk language, 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 that 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, and first fullblood Native American to attend Yale College
  • Lillian St. Cyr, known as Red Wing (1884–1974), a Winnebago actress of the silent film era
  • Frank LaMere (b. about 1954), activist
  • John Raymond Rice (April 25, 1914 – September 6, 1950), U.S. Army in service of UN Forces in Korean War

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Winnebago Agency." US Department of the Interior Indian Affairs. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Ho-Chunk." Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 Sept 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Priztker 475
  4. 1 2 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.

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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