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Ho-Chunk Gaming – Wisconsin Dells is a Native American casino and hotel located in the Town of Delton, Wisconsin, between Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo. The casino is owned by the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, one of six Ho-Chunk casinos in the state and one of the three largest. [2] [3] [4] It is a Class III casino. [5]
There is proof that humans occupied the land between 12,000 to 16,000 years ago, but Ho-Chunk historians speak of people living there longer than 300,000 years ago. [7] The area may have been inhabited originally between 12,000 to 16,000 years ago due to the fact that this was the time the last of the glaciers had receded from the area.
Ho-Chunk Gaming Beloit: Beloit: Rock: Wisconsin: Land-based: Owned by the Ho-Chunk Nation; opening in 2026 ... Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells: Baraboo: Sauk ...
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The Ho-Chunk Nation speaks Ho-Chunk language (Hocąk), which is a Chiwere-Winnebago language, part of the Siouan-Catawban language family. [2] With Hocąk speakers increasingly limited to a declining number of elders, the tribe has created a Language Division within the Heritage Preservation Department aimed at documenting and teaching the ...
Frank Vaisvilas is a former Report for America corps member who covers Native American issues in Wisconsin based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact him at fvaisvilas@gannett.com or 815-260 ...
The term Devil's Lake is a misinterpretation of the Ho-Chunk name Te Wakącąk or Te Wakącągara. [5] Day-wa-kahn-chunk-gera, which better translates to "Sacred Lake" or "Spirit Lake." [6] [7] Spirit Lake is highly significant in Ho-Chunk oral history, and voices of spirits were often claimed to be heard during the celebrations.
Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells in Baraboo, Ho-Chunk Gaming Black River Falls, [44] Ho-Chunk Gaming Nekoosa, [45] Ho-Chunk Gaming Wittenberg, [46] Ho-Chunk Gaming Tomah, and; Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison. [47] In February 2013, the Beloit Common Council sold land to the Ho-Chunk Nation for a proposed casino. [48]