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  Winnebago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ho-Chunk tribe of Native Americans with reservations in Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin was formerly know as the Winnebago tribe
Lake Winnebago and the Winnebago Pool in eastern Wisconsin
Winnebago County is the name of three U.S. counties:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winnebago   (155 words)

  
 "Wild Horse". Native American Art & History. Native people tribe. Winnebago or Ho-Chunk
Although the Winnebago spoke a Siouan language, they were very much a woodland tribe whose lifestyle and dress closely resembled their Algonquin neighbors in the upper Great Lakes.
The Winnebago used pottery for cooking and food storage, and copper implements were fairly common since it was easily available from the south shore of Lake Superior.
Winnebago clans served both ceremonial and social functions, but in distinctive Siouan characteristic, were grouped into two major divisions, or moieties: an Upper (Sky) with four clans; and a Lower (Earth) having eight.
www.american-native-art.com /publication/winnebago-or-ho-chunk/winnebago_or_ho_chunk.html   (686 words)

  
 Winnebago
As a result, there are two separate Winnebago tribes today: the Wisconsin Winnebago with 4,400 acres (333 acres tribally owned) scattered in small holdings across ten counties; and the Nebraska Winnebago who still have 27,500 acres from their 1865 reservation, 3,100 belongs to the tribe.
The Winnebago were obviously powerful enough for the moment to prevent the Ojibwe from moving further south, but the loss of territory and and a growing population must have stressed the resources available to them.
While Winnebago were serving as scouts, the Indian Bureau - in its wisdom - conceived a plan of relocating the Winnebago to North Dakota as a buffer between the Lakota and the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara.
www.dickshovel.com /win.html   (8121 words)

  
 WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA community profile
The Winnebago Tribe signed treaties with the United States which are the legal documents that established the reservations boundaries and recognized the rights of a sovereign government.
The Winnebago Tribe was originally designated reservation lands along the Missouri River recognized in treaties with the United States signed on March 8, 1865 and June 22, 1874.
Winnebago, Nebraska is the location of the headquarters for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/winnebag.htm   (1427 words)

  
 02-3301 -- Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Stovall -- 08/28/2003
WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA; SAC AND FOX NATION OF MISSOURI, in Kansas and Nebraska;IOWA TRIBE OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA; KICKAPOO TRIBE OF INDIANS OF THE KICKAPOO RESERVATION IN KANSAS; HCI DISTRIBUTION; JOHN BLACKHAWK, Chairman of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; LANCE MORGAN; ERIN MORGAN; EARLENE HRADEC,
According to the Winnebago tribe, the fuel was sold to the Kansas tribes on the reservation in Nebraska, and was then transported to the fuel depots on the Kansas tribes' reservations.
The tribes and various tribal officials then filed this suit in federal court for injunctive and declaratory relief against various state officials (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the state"), which the district court granted.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2003/08/02-3301.htm   (2105 words)

  
 Winnebago Indian Tribe History
On the other hand, the Winnebago show many cultural similarities with their Central Algonquian neighbors, particularly in all that pertains to material culture and art, and this double influence, that from their Siouan neighbors and that from their Algonquian neighbors, must be borne in mind in any attempt to understand properly the Winnebago culture.
Hoochoop, a chief of the tribe, living at the outlet of Lake Winnebago, assumed to be the keeper of Fox river valley and sometimes levied toll for the privilege of ascent.
The characteristics of the Winnebago dialect are, grammatically, a strong development of the classifiers of position, and, phonetically, the insertion of vowels between consonantal clusters and the change of the Dakota and Omaha t, d, and m, to tc, dj, and w.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/winnebago/winnebagohist.htm   (1336 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Winnebago Indians
The name Winnebago signifies "filthy water" (Chippewa, winipeg), and was originally applied to the lake near which the tribe was living in the seventeenth century.
In 1886 the tribe numbered 2152, and in 1910 had increased to 2333, of whom 1063 were in Nebraska and 12270 in Wisconsin, whither many returned from the reservation.
The Winnebago had a tradition of the Deluge; their paradise was in the skies, and the Milky Way they believed to be the path by which those who died journeyed to heaven.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15657b.htm   (587 words)

  
 About the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Located on the eastern side of the Reservation, Winnebago is home to most Winnebago tribal members and accounts for almost thirty percent of the Reservation's resident population.
The Winnebago Indian Reservation covers approximately 120,000 acres of cropland, woodland, and pasture in the northern half of Thurston County, Nebraska.
The Winnebago Tribe’s Trust Lands and holdings in Iowa are approximately 1800 acres at present with plans to extend ownership as development occurs.
www.winnebagotribe.com /aboutus.htm   (478 words)

  
 Ho-Chunk mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.
Kokopelli is a god worshipped in many tribes.
Among the Winnebago, he has a penis which he detached and placed in a river in order to have sex with the girls who bathed in the river.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winnebago_mythology   (152 words)

  
 ICT [2002/05/04]  Winnebagos v. Kansas
WINNEBAGO, Neb. ヨ The Winnebago Tribe is preparing to seek a federal court injunction against the state of Kansas as an impasse continues over fuel tax collections.
The Winnebago tribe is based in Nebraska but supplies fuel to federally recognized tribes in Kansas.
The Winnebago tribe has an agreement with the state of Nebraska to mix fuel and sell it on the reservation without paying the full state motor fuel tax.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1020452229   (998 words)

  
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The governing body of this tribe shall be the tribal council, composed of twelve members who shall be elected at large by secret ballot at an election hereinafrer provided for by the qualified voters of the tribe, such members to be chosen from the membership of the tribe.
Any recognized member of the Winnebago Tribe twenty-one years of age and over, and who has maintained residence within the reservation or within Thurston County, Nebr., for a period of six months prior to the date of election shall be a qualified voter.
Tribal lands of the Winnebago Tribe and all lands which may hereafter be acquired by the Winnebago Tribe or by the United States in trust for the Winnebago Tribe shall be held as tribal lands and no part of such lands shall be mortgaged or sold.
thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/winncons.html   (3317 words)

  
 ICT [2001/05/23]  Ruling expected soon in Omaha-Winnebago dispute
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska filed suit against the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska in an attempt to oust the tribe from land it allowed a then-homeless Winnebago Tribe to inhabit on its northeastern Nebraska reservation.
Under a treaty signed in 1865, the Winnebago could remain on the land as long as the two tribes coexisted peacefully, but a provision cited by the Omaha allows the tribe to buy back the land for $50,000, the amount the federal government paid the tribe on behalf of a settlement for the Winnebagos.
The Winnebago Tribe is a sovereign nation and immune from being sued, but is an indispensable party in the dispute between the Omahas and the federal government because its members live on the disputed land.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1841   (601 words)

  
 Tribal History
Brief History of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska The Winnebago people are the descendants of the Mound Builders who built ceremonial, temple, and effigy mounds from 200 BC to 1600 AD in the states of Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
The Winnebago Tribe was involved in the boarding school movement from 1886-1934.
The Winnebago Tribe is involved with economic development as well as educational endeavors and the outlook for the future is very bright.
www.lptc.bia.edu /tribalhistory.html   (357 words)

  
 essays papers -- Thw Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The tribe is thought to have migrated to the area along with the Iowa, Oto, and Missouri tribes.
“Winnebago” is not what the tribe initially called themselves, but what their neighbors, the Algonquin peoples and the tribe’s geographical neighbors, called them.
The Winnebago tribe, and their geographical area are associated with numerous effigy earth mounds.
www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=43257   (1677 words)

  
 Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska [Code], Title 11 - Business Corporation Code
A distribution may be in the form of a dividend or a distribution in liquidation, or as consideration for the purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of its shares, or otherwise.
In the case of tribal corporations wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Tribe, all provisions of this Code are subject to the provisions of sections 11-1001 through 11-1091.
Consent to suit by a corporation shall in no way extend to the Tribe, nor shall a consent to suit by a corporation in any way be deemed a waiver of any of the rights, privileges and immunities of the Tribe.
www.narf.org /nill/Codes/winnebagocode/winncode11.htm   (8559 words)

  
 Reznet : News: : Working to Live   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
WINNEBAGO, Neb.—There are many job postings on the bulletin board at the Winnebago Jobs and Employment Training office, but dial the number to a non-tribally owned construction company and there's a chance you'll hear a recording informing you the number you've dialed is no longer in service.
In the town of Winnebago, there are new corporate offices for Ho-Chunk, a new public school and new tribal college buildings, new housing developments and a new hospital the tribe shares with the neighboring Omaha tribe.
The population surge is causing overcrowding in the tribe's newly built schools and a housing shortage, he said.
www.reznetnews.org /news/050907_hochunk   (1078 words)

  
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Whereas, the Winnebago Tribe of the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska is a recognized Indian tribe organized under a constitution and by-laws ratified by the Tribe on February 29, 1936, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on April 3, 1936, pursuant to section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934, (48 Stat.
The officers of the Tribe shall maintain accurate and complete public accounts of the financial affairs of the Tribe, which shall clearly show all credits, debts, pledges, and assignments, and shall furnish an annual balance sheet and report of the financial affairs of the Tribe to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska of the Winnebago Reservation in a popular referendum to be held on August 15, 1936.
thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/winnchrtr.html   (913 words)

  
 Honoring Nations 2000 >> Economic Development Corporation
Chartered under the laws of the Winnebago Tribe and wholly owned by the Tribe, Ho-Chunk, Inc. was launched in 1994 to diversify the Tribe’s business interests while maintaining a separation between business and tribal government.
Freed from any requirement to pay dividends (freed, that is, from the requirement to contribute to the Tribe’s general fund) in its first five years, HCI reinvested its profits and now possesses an impressive portfolio of active and passive investments both on and off the reservation.
The strategy both minimized risk to the Tribe and meant that HCI could borrow against its assets in the future if the Tribe were to fall on hard times.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /hpaied/hn/hn_2000_hochunk.htm   (1892 words)

  
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The Tribe shall take the necessary steps to incorporate the terms of this Compact and the Regulations into the laws of the Tribe which shall be in effect on all Winnebago Land prior to conducting any authorized gaming activity.
The Tribe and the Director shall mutually agree on the scope of the audits to be conducted by the auditor.
The Tribe agrees to continue to withhold Iowa income taxes for all persons subject to Iowa income tax who are employed by the Tribe at the Gaming Facility and to withhold Iowa income taxes that Iowa has the lawful authority to impose on all gaming winnings of non-Indians.
www.state.ia.us /irgc/winvegas.htm   (16311 words)

  
 American Indian Relief Council (AIRC) promotes strong, self-sufficient American Indian Communities
About the Winnebago: The Winnebago were originally an eastern woodland tribe who called themselves Ho-Chunk, or “People of the First Voice.” In 1634 the Tribe was 25,000 members strong.
The Winnebago Tribe established a constitution in 1936 which was amended in 1968.
The Winnebago tribe operates a casino, which is the single largest employer on the Reservation.
www.airc.org /res_winnebago.cfm?ep=8&ec=5   (370 words)

  
 Honoring Nations 2002 >> Whirling Thunder Wellness Program
Even as the Winnebago lost almost of their lands to the United States in treaties signed in the 1820s and 1830s, tribal leaders insisted that health care be among the services guaranteed by the federal government for their people.
Currently, one third of Winnebago adults have Type 2 diabetes, and incidence and prevalence of diabetes are 7.7 percent and 8.8 percent higher in this population than in the US population at large.
In 2001, over 1,200 Winnebago adults and youth were screened for diabetes and diabetes risk factors The Program’s after-school and summer athletic programs have attracted hundreds of hours of participation, and the Kidz Café and Healthy Choice Café have served thousands of healthy meals.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /hpaied/hn/hn_2002_wellness.htm   (2211 words)

  
 Essays.cc - Winnebago Tribe Of Nebraska
The Upper Chief of the Thunderbird clan was the tribe’s representative of peace.
Unfortunately, as the Winnebago tribe’s population declined, they were forced to surrender a portion of their reservation in 1859 because it was deemed by the Federal Government to be “excess lands.” In 1862, the Winnebago were again forcibly gathered together and deported by the Federal Government.
The Winnebago tribe of Nebraska currently operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska).
www.essays.cc /free_essays/a3/myv106.shtml   (2605 words)

  
 INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 2, Treaties
Said division and assignment of lands to the Winnebagoes in severalty shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and when approved by him shall be final and conclusive.
The Winnebagoes, parties to this agreement, are anxious that all the members of their tribe shall participate in the advantages herein provided for respecting their permanent settlement and their improvement and civilization, and to that end, to induce all that are now separated from, to rejoin and unite with them.
In testimony whereof, the said Charles E. Mix, commissioner as aforesaid, and the said chiefs and delegates of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written.
digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/Vol2/treaties/win0790.htm   (484 words)

  
 Dickinson State University - Dickinson State Digest
Morgan is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and also one of the initial founders and chief executive officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe.
The $95 million tribe-operated corporation was founded in 1994 to improve and diversify the tribe’s economic base.
He is also owner/consultant of Lance Morgan Consulting, working with tribes on economic development strategy and structural issues, and a frequent speaker on Indian law and tribal economic development issues.
www.dsu.nodak.edu /digest.asp?ArticleID=1655   (345 words)

  
 Walking Where the Buffalo Roam: Winnebago Tribe Blueprint Promotes Exercise
The Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation drafted a white paper documenting the steps taken by the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska to create a new housing and commercial village designed to promote greater physical activity and healthy living among its residents.
One-third of Winnebago adults suffer from diabetes; diabetes-related illnesses, such as heart disease, remain the primary cause of death among tribe members, according to the Winnebago tribe.
The goal of the project was to draft a white paper that would serve as a road map for other Indian tribes seeking to design mixed-use developments that promote physical activity and healthy living.
www.rwjf.org /reports/grr/048052.htm   (851 words)

  
 Winnebago Scouts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 1863, the Winnebago Indians were moved from their home in Minnesota to a barren reservation in Dakota Territory.
In March, 1865, the Winnebago used their own funds to purchase land from the Omaha.
In the summer of 1866, upon the return of the Winnebago veterans, a homecoming festival was held.
www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/markers/texts/winnebago_scouts.htm   (234 words)

  
 Canku Ota - April 6, 2002 - Winnebago Tribal Executive Profiled in People Magazine
People spent a couple of days with Morgan and family at their home and at the Winnebago tribe's offices.
The Winnebago tribal homelands are located in the northeast corner of Nebraska, and a portion of western Iowa.
AllNative.com is majority owned and operated by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
www.turtletrack.org /Issues02/Co04062002/CO_04062002_Winnebago_Exec.htm   (710 words)

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