The
Ho-Chunk, sometimes called
Winnebago, are a
Siouan-speaking tribe of
Native Americans, native to the present-day states of
Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and parts of
Iowa and
Illinois. Today the two separate
federally recognized related Native tribes are the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin has territory primarily on land spread over Dane, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Sauk, Shawano, and Wood Counties, Wisconsin. The
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska live on a Federal Reservation in Nebraska. While related, the two tribes are distinct
federally recognized as sovereign Nations and peoples, each having their own constitutionally formed governments, and completely separate governing and business interests.