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Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Men

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) men. One of them may be Yellow Thunder.
Print

Wa-kaun, or the Snake, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief

Date: 1825
Description: Wa-kaun, or the Snake, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief. Hand-colored lithography from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treaty of Prairie...
Photograph

White Water, Head Brave of the Winnebago

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a blanket over a shirt and trousers.
Print

Shounk-Chunk The Black Wolf

Date: 1835
Description: Shounk-Chunk the Black Wolf, a Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Gre...
Print

"A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Squaw, wife of O'-check-ka or Four Legs"

Date: 1835
Description: A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Squaw, wife of O'-check-ka (Four Legs). Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Green Bay (1...
Print

Tshi-zun-hau-kau

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Tshi-zun-hau-kau, a Winnebago/Ho-Chunk warrior, that appeared in Volume II of the History of Indian Tribes by Thomas McKenney and James Hall in...
Print

O-che-na-shink-kaa, or the Man that Stands and Strikes, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: O-che-na-shink-kaa, or the Man that Stands and Strikes, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, sketched at t...
Photograph

Wa-do-ma-ni-ka, Warrior Chief

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a long coat, trousers, and boots, and is holding...
Print

Ker-o-menee

Date: 1827
Description: Portrait of Ker-o-menee, a celebrated Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treat...
Photograph

Rolling Thunder, 3rd Chief

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a coat, shirt, and trousers and is holding a b...
Photograph

Rev. David Lowry

Date: 1840
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend David Lowry. Lowry was appointed to be a teacher for the Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Tribe by Andrew Jackson. In 1834, he started a ...
Print

Tshu-gue-ga

Date: 1835
Description: Tshu-gue-ga, a celebrated Chief, half Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) and half French. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of...
Print

Wadt-he-doo-kaana

Date: 1835
Description: Wadt-he-doo-kaana, a Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du C...
Print

Waa-kaun-see-kaa

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-kaun-see-kaa, the Rattle-Snake, a Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treat...
Print

O'-check-ka, or Four Legs

Date: 1835
Description: O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) on Lake Michigan. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the ...
Print

Too-sha-na-gan-ka, Or The Little Otter

Date: 1835
Description: Too-sha-na-gan-ka, or the Little Otter, a Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the T...
Print

Portrait of Little Elk

Date: 1849
Description: Hand-colored lithograph of Little Elk (Hoo-Wan-ne-ka), chief of the Ho-Chunk, as he appeared during an official visit to Washington, D.C. in 1824. This por...
Print

Black Hawk; Prophet; Son (of Black Hawk)

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Black Hawk, Sauk Chief (center); Wabokieshiek, the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Prophet (left); Black Hawk's son (right). Lithograph from the Aborigina...
Photograph

John Littlewalker Wearing Bandoleer Bags

Date: 1890
Description: Nebraska Winnebago John Littlewalker. John is wearing two Ho-Chunk beaded bandolier bags across his chest, indicating his wealth and his status as an eligi...
Print

O-wan-ich-koh

Date: 1835
Description: O-wan-ich-koh (also phoneticized Hoowanneka) or the Little Elk, a chief of the Ho-Chunk. This portrait depicts Little Elk as he appeared at the Treaty of P...

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