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From: Paul Wolter <pawolter@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:12:36 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKv4dRXBjsmcaDTqYjzob9=E6OXakgvWpXFh9HdCB-3xOK9jfg@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Indigenous Peoples' Day in Sauk County - October 10
Indigenous Peoples' Day in Sauk County 2022 will honor and celebrate the
Sauk people who now comprise three federally recognized Sac & Fox Nations
in Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This year's celebration will be held in Sauk
City in Meyer Oak Grove Park and is sponsored by Sauk County, the Ho-Chunk
Nation, Village of Sauk City, and facilitated by the Sauk County Historical
Society. Generous support is also provided by McFarlane's of Sauk City.
Food, music, Indigenous art, and displays will be part of this festive day!
For over forty years during the 18th Century the Sauk had a great village
along the banks of the Wisconsin River with 90 houses and over 1,000
people. The Sauk planted hundreds of acres of corn, beans, and melons on
the fertile prairie in the area. Their name became associated with the
prairie and some 60 years after the Sauk left this village a new county was
formed and named Sauk. The two earliest villages in the county along the
same banks of the river were both named after the Sauk, and the area is
collectively known as the Sauk Prairie. Today the Great Sauk State Trail
traverses the same land the Sauk knew in the 1700s.
Our program at Meyer Oak Grove Park in Sauk City will begin at 1 pm on
Monday, October 10, 2022 but guests are encouraged to come early to sample
some Ho-Chunk cuisine, look at historical displays, visit with Native
artisans and vendors, and enjoy this ancient oak grove. During the program
our Sauk guests will be recognized as the story of their village and
presence here is recounted. The Winnebago Sons Drum will provide sacred
songs and the program will include the unveiling of an interpretive panel
about the Sauk village.
For more information - www.saukcountyhistory.org
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