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  Ho-Chunk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term "Winnebago" originally came from a name given to them by rival tribes, which meant something like "people of the stinking water", though the exact translation is disputed.
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Thurston County, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa)
The Ho-Chunk language is part of the Siouan language family, and is closely related to the languages of the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ho-Chunk   (552 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.
Winnebago, Nebraska is the location of the headquarters for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
The Winnebago Reservation is located in the northeastern corner of Nebraska, 26 miles southeast of Sioux City, Iowa and seventy miles north of Omaha, Nebraska on state highways 75 and 77.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/winnebag.htm   (1427 words)

  
 Language
Winnebago has not had any known dialect divisions within its recorded history, perhaps because of the severe reduction in Winnebago numbers attested to have occurred in the seventeenth century.
The language of the three combined groups is sometimes termed Chiwere, a spelling variant of Jiwere, which is actually a self-designation of the Otoe.
Readers should be aware that the Wisconsin branch of the Winnebago is currently lobbying for Hocak as the English term for the tribe and its language.
spot.colorado.edu /~koontz/faq/language.htm   (4213 words)

  
 Indian languages meeting focus
Language is so bound up in culture that the loss of American Indian languages is a loss of an important part of their speakers' identities.
The Rev. Randolph Graczyk, pastor of St. Charles Parish in Pryor and a linguist, is organizing the annual meeting of the Siouan and Caddoan Language Conference.
Your father's sister's children are considered clan aunts and uncles, although that's an over-simplification of the concept expressed in the language.
www.rlnn.com /ArtJune06/IndianLanguagesMeetingFocus.html   (473 words)

  
 Hotcâk (Hochunk) (Winnebago) Literature
Winnebago were called "people of the filthy water" and even the English called them Stinkards.
Winnebagoes thrived upon a delicious native grass they named wild-rice, which grew abundantly in lakes, ponds, and streambeds.
Winnebago are known as a mother tribe of Siouan linguistic families.
www.indigenouspeople.net /winnebag.htm   (254 words)

  
 Journal of American Indian Education-Arizona State University
From the "Winnebago Headstart Children’s Interest Inventory" it was ascertained that the 20 children interviewed did not seem to be familiar with terminology currently used specifically to refer to Indian concerns.
The Winnebago child is generally normal in his level of learning for an Indian child, but under par in relation to a white child.
Therefore, in the HHM, the school bus became an educational environment, in which the Winnebago language was reinforced and the plans for the future discussed.
jaie.asu.edu /v16/V16S1hoc.html   (2969 words)

  
 Winnebago - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Winnebago, Native American people of the Siouan language family.
Although Winnebago traditional culture has religious and social traits resembling...
Winnebago, Lake, in eastern Wisconsin, the largest lake in the state.
au.encarta.msn.com /Winnebago.html   (95 words)

  
 Bibliography
The language continued to be spoken prior to WWI in Kansas, and persisted into the 1940s in Oklahoma.
This was published by the Center for the Study of the Native Languages of the Plains and Southwest, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Center for the Study of the Languages of the Plains and Southwest, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 287 pp.
spot.colorado.edu /~koontz/tracks/jgtiombib.htm   (2435 words)

  
 Winnebago Attractions
The introduction of the bison herd represents a renewed connection with the rich cultural history of the Winnebago Tribe.
The WBP uses the volunteer services of youth workers from churches, schools, tribal agencies and the Winnebago Tribal Court for construction and maintenance of the refuges.
There are three buffalo societies within the clan: the Buffalo clan Feast is the society of those who have been blessed by the buffalo, and the society of those who wear the buffalo headdresses.
www.winnebagotribe.com /bison.htm   (533 words)

  
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The story of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska illustrates the struggle and challenges of all Native American tribes.
The Winnebago's gaming operation was very successful, but in 1994 the State of Iowa authorized the expansion of gaming in the Tribe's primary markets.
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.
www.hochunkinc.com /our_story.html   (1181 words)

  
 The Siouan Languages Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorsey, J. The Degiha language, the speech of the Omaha and Ponka tribes of the Siouan linguistic familay of North America Indians.
Marten, A. The morphophonemics of the Winnebago verbal, University of Wisconsin.
proceedings of the 1992 Mid-America Linguistics Confernce on Siouan and Caddoan languages, university of Missouri, Columbia.
puffin.creighton.edu /lakota/siouan_language.html   (6970 words)

  
 ACS: 2002 ACS Narrative Profile for Winnebago County
POPULATION OF Winnebago County: In 2002, Winnebago County had a household population of 278,000 - 141,000 (51 percent) females and 136,000 (49 percent) males.
NATIVITY AND LANGUAGE: Eight percent of the people living in Winnebago County in 2002 were foreign born.
The total school enrollment in Winnebago County was 73,000 in 2002.
www.census.gov /acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2002/ACS/Narrative/050/NP05000US17201.htm   (1186 words)

  
 "the People's Paths home page!" First People's Language
Aboriginal Languages Initiative Objective: "The Aboriginal Languages Initiative maintains and revitalizes Aboriginal languages for future generations by increasing the number of Aboriginal language speakers, by encouraging the transmission of these languages from generation to generation, and by expanding language usage in family and community settings.
The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas "SSILA was founded in December 1981 as the international scholarly organization representing American Indian linguistics, and was incorporated in 1997.
Potawatomi Web "The Potawatomi language belongs to the Algonkian language group; as such it is related in structure and vocabulary to the Ojibwe, Menominee, Kickapoo, Miami-Illinois, Shawnee and Cree languages, and most closely resembles Ojibwe and Kickapoo.
www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net /language.html   (4804 words)

  
 FDI - Winnebago
Tradition states that the Iowa, Otoe, and Missouria tribes separated late from the Winnebago in the region of Green Bay.
The Winnebago suffered greatly during the time of the Beaver Wars in conflicts not only with the Iroquois, but the Illinois, Fox and others.
Winnebago Indian Road: To the Land of the Dead http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/174.html
www.fourdir.com /winnebago.htm   (341 words)

  
 Canku Ota - NA Nation Links
As with many languages, translating Anishinaabemowin into English, word for word, is very difficult without references or more complete phrases.
The Ojibwe speak a language of the Algonkian language family and constitute the largest Indian group north of Mexico.
Each language on our planet is like a gene pool of singular thoughts, feelings and expressions unique to that culture.
www.turtletrack.org /Links/NANations/CO_NANationLinks_OQ.htm   (1850 words)

  
 NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
In spite of the fact that the Winnebago were strongly addicted to the use of liquor, Erik Morstad decided to work among them.
He would strive to learn the complicated Winnebago language, and he would conduct a school for the Indian children.
According to treaty provisions in 1833, all of the Pottawatomie, Chippewa, and Ottawa Indians were to have moved west of the Mississippi River many years earlier, but a large segment of the Pottawatomie had refused to leave their homes in Wisconsin and many of them had moved east to Michigan and even to Canada.
www.naha.stolaf.edu /pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_7.htm   (11524 words)

  
 Native American Culture - Languages
This language center was established in 1972 by state legislation as a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native languages.
The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee is succeeding at preserving the "NUMU TEKWAPUHA" and restoring it as a living language.
The Manitoba Metis Federation is in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage - Aboriginal Languages initiative and the Metis National Council in a planned three year language project.
www.ewebtribe.com /NACulture/lang.htm   (1374 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae
Responsibilities: Trained native speakers of Menominee and Winnebago in basic linguistics, literacy, and language-teaching techniques.
Taught introductory linguistics, Menominee and Winnebago linguistics for native speakers, a workshop for Menominee university students, and field methods.
Winnebago Grammar, unfinished version supplied to both branches of the tribe in 1993.
www.sunflower.com /~miner/CV_package/cv.html   (1521 words)

  
 Church: Neillsville, UCC Winnebago Indian Mission
He learned to speak the Winnebago language fluently and after being ordained an Evangelical and Reformed church minister, he delivered many a sermon and conducted many weddings and funerals for the Indian people.
In 1947, the Rev. Mitchell Whiterabbit, a graduate of the Winnebago School, Neillsville High School, Mission House College in Plymouth and Lancaster Seminary in Pennsylvania, returned to the old Winnebago Mission as pastor and spiritual leader.
The position of superintendent of the Winnebago program in Neillsville was taken over in Oct. 1961, by the Rev. Jacob (Jack) Grether, who had served as assistant to Dr. Stucki from 1950 to 1961.
www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/clark/webbbs/records/index.cgi?read=405   (1570 words)

  
 Wisconsin Native American Language Project. Records.
The Menominee and Winnebago records include the notebooks of Ken Miner, a Menominee linguistic specialist hired by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as part of a sub-contract made with the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council.
The main goal of the Project was to further linguistic analysis of the Native Wisconsin languages, and to prepare Native Americans in linguistic and methodological skills for the teaching of these languages.
Twelve native speakers were hired as language resource consultants, working with a staff linguist in analyzing grammatical aspects of the language and in preparing written and recorded sound materials.
www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/findaids/uwmmss20.htm   (2425 words)

  
 Native American Languages
SSILA: The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
IPOLA: Language Is the Soul of a Nation
The scope of language endangerment and recent responses to it, by Michael Krauss
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/ferndale/61/languages.htm   (326 words)

  
 Hotcak/Winnebago alphabet
The Hotcąk or Winnebago alphabet was adapted from the Fox syllabary, which was invented in the 1870s.
Speakers of this language in Nebraska call themselves Winnebago and are recognised as a separate tribe.
The first row of Latin letters are those used by the Hocąk Wazijaci Haci Language and Culture Program, those in the second row are used by Paul Radin.
www.omniglot.com /writing/hotcak.htm   (177 words)

  
 Misson
the opportunity to learn about Winnebago Language and culture so that they are grounded in self-esteem; 2.
Little Priest Tribal College recognizes that the quest for knowledge is on-going, and attempts to achieve a balance between educational advancement and cultural preservation.
Our Philosophy: In the Winnebago heritage of respect, integrity and self -reliance, Little Priest Tribal College is chartered by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a sovereign nation, to provide higher education opportunities.
www.lptc.bia.edu /Mission.html   (204 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:win
Scattered locations in central Wisconsin and Winnebago Reservation in eastern Nebraska.
There is a Language Program which plans a full-immersion Hocák school system, grades preschool through community college.
The name is written with a hook under the 'a' of 'Hocák', representing a nasalized vowel.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=win   (95 words)

  
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Formed in 1927 under the initiative of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, and other academic linguists, the Committee on Native American Languages of the American Council of Learned Societies was charged with documenting the endangered languages of indigenous Americans.
During the 1940s, the ACLS collection was arranged by language (and language family) by C. Voegelin and Zellig S. Harris, who also listed a significant quantity of miscellaneous non-linguistic material.
Classified list of languages and bands, showing which are extinct and which are extant and approximate number of speakers as of 1935.
www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/a/acls.xml   (5224 words)

  
 The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Siouan Lang's
You have reached the Siouan languages page, which is just one part of the "Language Finger" homepage, which is an index by language to the holdings of the Mansfield Library of The University of Montana.
updated 3-20-2002 The Siouan languages (Hokan-Siouan) comprise one sub-branch of the Siouan- Yuchi branch of the Hokan-Siouan family of languages.
As such, it is not a Siouan language per se, but a sister to the Siouan languages.
www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/siouxh.htm   (2331 words)

  
 American Indian Sound Recordings
The richest part of the audio collections, however, is associated with the library's holdings in American Indian history, culture, and languages.
Inventoried in the on-line Indian guide, most were recorded by ethnographers, linguists, or ethnomusicologists during the course of their research, often funded by research grants provided by the APS.
The resulting sound archives comprise one of the largest resources in North America for documenting American Indian languages, some of which remain robust, while others, like the Wampanoag dialect, are represented by few, if any native speakers.
www.amphilsoc.org /library/sounds   (301 words)

  
 HOCÁK
Spoken in scattered locations in central Wisconsin and Winnebago Reservation in eastern Nebraska, USA.
Winnebago Scriptures: Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis, and Exodus (Chapters 19 and 20).
Translated into the Winnebago Indian Language by John Stacy, a converted Winnebago Indian, and J. Stucki, missionary among the Winnebago Indians located at Black River Falls, Wis. (1907)
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/JPN-hocak.html   (54 words)

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