Hoçanklar
Also known as Winnebago
The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocąk, Hoocągra, or Winnebago are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes: the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Key facts
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- Ho-Chunk Congress Members in 1898
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- 12,055 (2024)
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- United States (Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota)
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- Traditional Hocąk Way, Native American Church, Christianity
- Ethnic group.langs
- English, Hocąk
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- Iowa, Otoe, and Missouria
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- Ho-Chunk (Hoocąk)"sacred voice"
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- Hoocąk
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- Hoocąkra
- Ethnonym.language
- Hoocą́k hoit'éraNąąp hoit’e
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- Hoocąk Waazija
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Great Lakes tribesHo-ChunkNative American people in the American RevolutionNative American tribes in IllinoisNative American tribes in IowaNative American tribes in MinnesotaNative American tribes in NebraskaNative American tribes in Wisconsin"Related ethnic groups" needing confirmationSiouan peoples