Decorah Family Line

In 1832, One-eyed Decorah married two wives and went to live on the Black river, Wis. He had at least one son, Spoon Decorah. Chas. H. Saunders says. “One-eyed Decorah has one daughter, Mrs. Hester Lowery, still living in Wisconsin. Her Indian name is No-jin-win-ka. She is between eighty-five and ninety years old.” One-eyed Decorah was living in Iowa between I840 and 1848, as Moses Paquette, who went to the Presbyterian school at the Turkey river, says that he saw him while was at school, and Decorah was then an old man. Big Canoe disliked to leave their Iowa reservation. … Read more

Winnebago Indian Bands, Gens and Clans

Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens, clans and phratry.  Often very little information is known or they no longer exist.  We have included them here to provide more information about the tribes. Caromanie (walking turtle). An un identified Winnebago gens. McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, i, 315; n, 289, 1854. Zuñi Indian Bands, Gens and Clans Chaikikarachada (those who call themselves the deer). A Winnebago gens. Cheikikarachada (they call themselves after a buffalo) . A Winnebago gens. Chonakera. The Black Bear gens of the Winnebago. Hichakhshepara (eagle). A subgens of the Waninkikikarachada, the Bird gens of the Winnebago. Huwanikikarachada (those … Read more