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Women at a Ho Chunk PowWow in Wisconsin - 2006. Oral history suggests some of the tribe may have been forcibly relocated up to 13 times by the US federal government to steal land through forced treaty cession, losses estimated at 30 million acres in Wisconsin alone. In the 1870s, a majority of the tribe returned to their homelands in Wisconsin.
Chief Waukon Decorah in 1825. The Ho-Chunk speak a Siouan language, which they believe was given to them by their creator, Mą’ųna (Earthmaker). [citation needed] Their native name is Ho-Chunk (or Hoocạk), which has been variously translated as "sacred voice" or "People of the Big Voice", meaning mother tongue, as in they originated the Siouan language family.
Pepin, Wisconsin, was Wilder's birthplace. Her birthplace is about seven miles (11 km) north of the village, and is marked by a replica cabin along the former WIS-183 at the Little House Wayside (near Lund, Wisconsin). Pepin celebrates her life every September with traditional music, craft demonstrations, a "Laura look-alike" contest, a ...
More than 40 buildings designed by Wright are extant in Wisconsin today, according to Oldhouseonline.com, though many of those are privately owned. Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's home and work ...
Milwaukee saw more snowfall Friday, March 22 than it has in the past 60 days combined.
A ruler measures 7.5 inches of snow on a picnic table in a back yard in Bayside on Friday, March 10, 2023. Much of Southeast Wisconsin received several inches of wet heavy snow overnight.
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Flags will fly at half-staff across Wisconsin on May 14 to honor Hmong-Lao veterans who fought alongside the U.S. in the Vietnam War.