Hocak Wazijaci Artistic Traditions Project Collection, 1994

Key Subjects


Groups (Ethnic, National, Cultural, Religious, etc.)

  • Woodland Indians
  • Ho-Chunk (Nation)
  • Traditional Artists

Languages

  • English language
  • Hocak language

Locations

  • Baraboo (Wis.)
  • Camp Douglas (Wis.)
  • Dane County (Wis.)
  • Dells Dam (Wis.)
  • Jackson County (Wis.)
  • Juneau County (Wis.)
  • Monona (Wis.)
  • Monroe County (Wis.)
  • Sauk County (Wis.)
  • Tomah (Wis.)
  • Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin Dells (Wis.)
  • Wisconsin Rapids (Wis.)

Organizations

  • Hoocąk Waaziija Haci Language Division (Mauston, Wis.)
  • Hocak Wazijaci Language Division (Mauston, Wis.)
  • Hocak Wazijaci Language and Culture Preservation Committee (Mauston, Wis.)
  • Wisconsin Winnebago Language and Culture Preservation Committee (Mauston, Wis.)

Subjects

  • Basket making
  • Beadwork
  • Black ash splint basketry
  • Bow and arrow making
  • Sewing
  • Fancy work
  • Oil paintings
  • Fingerwoven beadwork (or pahx-keh)
  • Fingerwoven yarn sashes
  • Moccasins
  • Paax ge
  • Pah-keh
  • Pahx-keh
  • Sculpture
  • Quillwork
  • Wood-carving

Traditional Practitioners

  • Blackdeer, Lila Greengrass
  • Browneagle, Victor
  • Cloud, Ruth
  • Daugherty, Suzette LaMere
  • O'Brien, Polly
  • Red Cloud, Willa
  • Whitehorse, Harry
  • Winneshiek, Mike