What is Ho-Chunk?
The '''Ho-Chunk''', also called '''Winnebago''', are a [[Siouan languages|Siouan]]-speaking [[tribe]] of [[Native American]]s.<ref>Robert A. Birmingham; Leslie E. Eisenberg, ''Indian Mounds of Wisconsin'' (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000), p. 165</ref> Their [[homeland]] was in the present-day [[States of the United States|state]] of [[Wisconsin]].<ref name=Jones16>Tom Jones; et al., ''People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942'' (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2011), p. 16</ref> In the [[19th century]] they were removed to [[Indian reservation|reservations]] in [[Nebraska]], [[Minnesota]], [[Iowa]] and [[South Dakota]].<ref name=Jones16/> Today there are two [[Federal government of the United States|federally]] [[Recognition|recognized]] Ho-Chunk tribes: the [[Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin]] and the [[Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska]]. Since the late [[20th century]], the two [[tribal councils]] have built [[gambling]] [[casino]]s on their lands. These are used to earn money to help the tribes. The Ho-Chunk Nation is working on [[wikt:restore|restoring]] their [[language]]. They have developed a Hocąk-language [[Mobile app]] for the [[iPhone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://download.cnet.com/Ho-Chunk-Hoock-Native-American-Language/3000-20415_4-75698200.html |title=Ho-Chunk (Hoock) Native American Language |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |date=24 September 2012 |website= |publisher=CNET/CBS Interactive Inc |accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{north-America-stub}} [[Category:Native Americans]]