Annie Wakąjáskawįga (Blowsnake) Thundercloud (abt. 1867 - aft. 1937)

Born about 1867 in Levis Creek, Black River Falls, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Mąxiwiga Thundercloud — married about 1879 in Wisconsin, United States

Died after 1937 after about age 70 in Wisconsin, United States

Annie was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

She was the daughter of Charles Blowsnake and Lucy Goodvillage. Her family typically camped along Levis Creek, near Black River Falls from about 1864. (Lurie 1) It was in this area that Annie was born around 1867.

Name

Her Hocąk clan name was given by her sister Mountain Wolf Woman in English as "White Thunder" (Lurie 2), and in Hocąk, WaConChaSkaWinKah (censuses), which is for Wakąjáskawįga. This name is from Wakąjá, "Thunderbird"; ska, "white, pale"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. "White Thunder Woman" is an attested name in the Thunderbird Clan.

Children

Annie had the following children with her husband Thundercloud:

Death

She died sometime after 1937 since she and her husband are found together in the census of that year.

Sources

• 1919 Indian census; Roll: M595_168; Page: 57; Line: 2; Agency: Grand Rapids. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1921 Indian census; Roll: M595_168; Page: 58; Line: 12; Agency: Grand Rapids. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1925 Indian census; Roll: M595_168; Page: 58; Line: 1; Agency: Grand Rapids. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1937 Indian census; Roll: M595_573; Page: 100; Line: 3; Agency: Tomah Indian School. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• CT — Sam Blowsnake (ed. Paul Radin), Crashing Thunder. The Autobiography of an American Indian (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983 [1926]).
• Nancy O. Lurie (ed.), Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian (U. Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1961).