The Winnebago Tribe
The Winnebago tribe has two bands. One band of the Winnebago people resides in many places of Wisconsin and the other band of the Winnebago people resides on the reservation in Winnebago Nebraska. The Winnebago people migrated from the Mayans in Mesoamerica to Nebraska. There were plenty of epidemic diseases and wars that caused migrations to the Native American people. Before the Europeans invaded the New World, the Native American people didn’t have a written language, therefore oral traditions were liable.
The Hochunkra which means “The Parent of Speech” or “Big fish People” who are known as the Winnebago people. The French also called them puants or “People of the sea”. The English name Winnebago is derived from an Algonquin form perhaps …show more content…
The first group were the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Crow tribes that moved across the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and settled in North Dakota and Eastern Montana. The Second group were the Winnebago, Oto, Missouri and Iowa tribes that migrated across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and entered Wisconsin along the western banks of Michigan, while the rest traveled through Michigan and entered Wisconsin through the north. This group spoke the Winnebago language and had similar cultural traits. The third group was the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw tribes. They traveled north to the Ohio River which they followed to the Mississippi River, continued to the Missouri River. The Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw moved on the plains of Missouri while the Omaha and Ponca followed the Missouri River. The last tribes to migrate out of Kentucky were the Siouan, along with the Assiniboine. The names of the bands are called the Lakota, Yankton and Santee Sioux. The Lakota and Yankton Sioux followed the buffalo on to the plains and the Santee Dakota stayed in southern and eastern Minnesota( Smith).
The Winnebago people arrived in Wisconsin around 700 A.D to 1300 A.D. Some of the Winnebago people settled around lake Winnebago and some settled on the western part of Missouri. The Winnebago people built hundreds of effigy mound through northern Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1200 A.D the Winnebago people
The Hochunkra which means “The Parent of Speech” or “Big fish People” who are known as the Winnebago people. The French also called them puants or “People of the sea”. The English name Winnebago is derived from an Algonquin form perhaps …show more content…
The first group were the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Crow tribes that moved across the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and settled in North Dakota and Eastern Montana. The Second group were the Winnebago, Oto, Missouri and Iowa tribes that migrated across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and entered Wisconsin along the western banks of Michigan, while the rest traveled through Michigan and entered Wisconsin through the north. This group spoke the Winnebago language and had similar cultural traits. The third group was the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw tribes. They traveled north to the Ohio River which they followed to the Mississippi River, continued to the Missouri River. The Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw moved on the plains of Missouri while the Omaha and Ponca followed the Missouri River. The last tribes to migrate out of Kentucky were the Siouan, along with the Assiniboine. The names of the bands are called the Lakota, Yankton and Santee Sioux. The Lakota and Yankton Sioux followed the buffalo on to the plains and the Santee Dakota stayed in southern and eastern Minnesota( Smith).
The Winnebago people arrived in Wisconsin around 700 A.D to 1300 A.D. Some of the Winnebago people settled around lake Winnebago and some settled on the western part of Missouri. The Winnebago people built hundreds of effigy mound through northern Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1200 A.D the Winnebago people