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A Landscape
...of Families
A. Novey, Annuity Payment of 1832, 2021
Nearly two centuries have passed since the start of efforts to wipe an entire culture from the Wisconsin landscape. Rediscover Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) families of 1832,and appreciate their descendants' continued journey today.
REMEMBER their story.
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Investigate the names of those who called this place home in 1832. Meet Hoocąk families at this time of pivotal change.
Explore the villages of Wisconsin's 1832 cultural landscape and consider the geography of Hoocąk homeland.
Discover the stories of Hoocąk families who were registered in the 1832 census. Trace their ongoing journey.
On the frigid morning of November 8, 1832, Indian sub-agent John H. Kinzie recorded the names, villages, and sizes of the families of nearly every head of household in the Hoocąk Nation. This would become the last intact census of Hoocąk families prior to the commencement of their forced expulsion the following spring. Discover the stories within the census through the lenses of historic documents, archival research, and the continuing stories of descendants whose families have overcome great obstacles in order to continue to call Wisconsin home. Get started
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