The Ho-Chunk Nation is organizing a rally at the state capitol next week to voice opposition to a bill that tribal leaders say endangers sacred Native American burial sites. The “Save the Mounds ...

What popped out were two mounds shaped like animals — a panther and a tad pole. Sampson says they were sacred to the Ho Chunk people. Sampson believes they were likely used for religious or burial ...

In an emotional ceremony Monday afternoon, the Ho-Chunk Nation reclaimed the Kingsley Bend Wayside Effigy Mounds in a state-agreed transfer from the Department of Transportation. About 40 people ...

The site also contains effigy mounds of Ho-Chunk ancestors, ancient burials that existed since 700 A.D. Quackenbush said the tribe has worked to change the way the site is treated.

CLAYTON, Iowa - The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument is a hidden wonder. ... including the Ho-Chunk Nation, which has a strong presence in Wisconsin.

Nineteen tribal nations are affiliated with the mounds that make up the Sny Magill Unit, including the Ho-Chunk Nation, which has a strong presence in Wisconsin. “The area itself is part of our ...

Constructed to resemble a panther and a tadpole, the mounds were likely built between A.D. 600 and 1100 by ancestors of the Ho-Chunk people, whose traditional territory includes southern Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Proposed state legislation could end a long legal fight over Native American effigy mounds in Dane County. New bill would allow excavation of burial mounds Skip to main ...

Nineteen tribal nations are affiliated with the mounds that make up the Sny Magill Unit, including the Ho-Chunk Nation, ... Others are effigy mounds taking the shapes of birds and bears.

Tribes associated with the history of Effigy Mounds are thought to be numerous, some of them include Iowa, Ho-Chunk, Winnebago, Sioux, Sac, Fox, Crow, Omaha, Santee, and Ponca.

A nearly 30-year-old artwork created by former University of Wisconsin professor Truman Lowe found a permanent home on Observatory Hill overlooking Lake Mendota. Lowe, who is of Ho-Chunk descent, ...