Ho-Chunk Feature Stories
Ho-Chunk Nation urges you to drive safely
Black River Falls, WI - In recognition of Drive Safely to Work Week the Ho-Chunk Nation is urging motorists to limit distractions when they’re behind the wheel.
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Ho-Chunk Featured on Television Show
Black River Falls, WI - Television viewers across Wisconsin and in several Midwestern states will get a unique look at the culture and history of the Ho-Chunk Nation thanks to an episode of "Discover Wisconsin."
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Boys & Girls Club Benefits from Ho-Chunk Donation
The Ho-Chunk Nation is thrilled its $5,000 donation to the Stateline Boys & Girls Club will help the organization fund important youth programs in the Beloit community.
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Ho-Chunk Invests in Youth With Donation to New Green Education Center
A new Environmental Education Center will soon become a reality thanks to a large donation from the Ho-Chunk Nation and contributions from other local companies. The "green" building will provide an education facility within the Black River Falls School Forest.
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Ho-Chunk doing their part to prevent forest fires
The Ho-Chunk Nation's DNR department has been busy clearing brush to prevent forest fires.
Crews begin the lengthy process by clearing out the small brush with weed whackers and brush mowers. The second phase includes the use of chainsaws to cut down small, dead or damaged trees. This eliminates the fuel forest fires use to rage out of control.
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Ho-Chunk Nation donates to Red Cross disaster relief
The Ho-Chunk Nation showed its commitment to the community by delivering a truckload of bottled water to the American Red Cross Badger Chapter.
"This latest donation is our way of showing our dedication to helping those in need in communities across the state," said Anne Thundercloud, Ho-Chunk public relations officer. "The Ho-Chunk Nation has a history of supporting the Red Cross. It's a good feeling for us to be a part of their quick action and generous giving in times of need."
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Ho-Chunk police chief sworn in
Daniel Libke was sworn in as the Ho-Chunk Nation's first police chief. The ceremony marked a major step for the Nation in forming its own law enforcement agency.
Chief Libke will lead the development of the new police department that will have jurisdiction over all Nation territories. The Ho-Chunk Nation has about 3,500 acres of trust land in 14 Wisconsin counties.
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New bill paves the way for Ho-Chunk Nation and Mission Road
Governor Doyle signed a new bill that will allow municipalities or the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to transfer roads to Native American Tribes. This bill enables tribal roads divisions to make needed repairs to the roads that lead to their communities.
"Mission Road was the road that drove this bill being initiated," said Ho-Chunk Nation President Wilfrid Cleveland, "we wanted Mission Road turned over to the Ho-Chunk Nation but we needed this legislation passed before we could make the transfer."
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Ho-Chunk Nation Archaeologist expert in Indian Mounds
May is Wisconsin Historic Preservation and Archeology Month, so be sure to bring your excavating tools and curiosity to Nitschke Mounds Park. The area has many unique archaeology features.
Ho-Chunk Nation Archaeologist Jay Toth is an expert in effigy, conical and linear mounds features of the park.
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Vernon County thanks Ho-Chunk Nation
The Vernon County Board passed a resolution to recognize the recent $1.2 million payment from the Ho-Chunk Nation to Vernon County.
The payment is part of an intergovernmental agreement between the Ho-Chunk Nation and Vernon County. The Nation will dedicate earnings from its gaming facilities to provide the $1.2 million annually to the county for every year it is required to make a payment to the state.
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Ho-Chunk Nation helps out South Dakota tribe ravaged by winter storms
The Ho-Chunk Nation is sending support and supplies to a South Dakota Native American tribe hit hard by a recent ice storm and blizzard.
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation tribal officials estimate that the storms brought down about 3,000 utility poles, causing extensive failures. A bitter cold snap then froze thousands of water pipes leaving nearly 14,000 people in the region without water for several days.
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