Message-ID: <SNT104-W367D95593F0E35B461884EA1C60@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Historic Indian Agency House EVENT NOTICE Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:47:21 -0500
Agency House to Host Ho-Chunk Lecture Series
The Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) nation has a long, sometimes heart-wrenching,
history in this area. Despite the fact that they were here hundreds of yea
rs before the first white man even laid eyes on the portage, the Ho-Chunk
are only given a supporting role in our history books. What was life like
for the Ho-Chunk and other area tribes before outsiders disrupted the Nativ
e rhythms of existence? How did these original inhabitants of Wisconsin mak
e sense of the ensuing cultural upheaval caused by the arrival of Europeans
?
The Historic Indian Agency House of Portage will host a 4-part speaker seri
es exploring the Ho-Chunk experience in this area. The series, entitled
“Their Side of the Story: The Ho-Chunk at the Portage,” will consist
of one lecture a month from June to September. Each lecture, to be held o
n the last Tuesday of each month, will focus on a different aspect of Ho-
Chunk history and culture.
The first installment of the series will take place Tuesday, June 29 at 6
:30PM. At this time, Historian Peter Shrake will address the relationship
between the United States government and the Ho-Chunk in the early 19th ce
ntury, with a specific discussion of the role of Indian Agent John Kinzie
(original inhabitant of the Agency House).
The museum and visitor’s center exhibits, always free to the public,
will be open 5PM until the lecture begins, and guided tours of the Histor
ic Indian Agency House itself will also be offered for a minimal fee during
this time. Light refreshments will be provided for lecture guests.
Each installment of this speaker series is free and made possible by a gene
rous grant from the Great Circle Foundation, Inc. of East Northport, Ne
w York.
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Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House
Portage, Wisconsin
(608) 742 - 6362
"Old men can make war,
but it is children who will make history."
~Ray Merritt, Full of Grace
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