Ho-Chunk
SIOUAN-SPEAKING NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Ho Chunk; Winnebago (tribe); Ho-chunk; Winnebago Indians; Hochunk; Winnebagos; Ho-Chunk people; Hochunk people; Winnebago people; Winnebego
The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocągra or Winnebago (referred to as Hotúŋe in the neighboring indigenous Iowa-Otoe language), 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.