PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Ho-Chunk are a Siouan-speaking people
They were known to the French at Quebec as early as 1616
CULTURE AND BELIEFS HAVE SUSTAINED THE HO-CHUNK NATION FOR CENTURIES
HO-CHUNK CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO EITHER BIG VOICE OR BIG FISH
They originated at Red Banks
They are also related to the Quapaw, Omaha, and Ponca
Ho-Chunk is 1 of the most strongest native American tribes
The tribe consists of about 7,071 members
They were first known as the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe
They original name is Ho-Chunk or “People of the Big Voice"
The Ho-Chunk were avid hunters, gatherers and farmers
THE HO-CHUNK NATION IS A NON-RESERVATION TRIBE WITH 3,407 ACRES OF TRUST LAND
and 5,310 acres of taxable land
The Ho-Chunk Nation’s first constitution was drafted in 1962
BY: NATHANIEL DECORAH, REVEREND MITCHELL WHITERABBIT, ULYSSES WHITE,
Gilbert Lowe, Albert Lowe, Floyd WhiteEagle, Robert Blackdeer,
George Whitewing, Sr., and James Smoke
There government is now split up into 4 different sections:
General Council, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
The United States recognizes Indian tribes as sovereign powers
The Ho-Chunk and all other sovereign tribes in the U.S. have a
government-to-government agreement with the federal government
The limits of Indian sovereignty were defined in an 1832
