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:
Name
Birth
Source
Henry
1880
1912 census
Adam
1887
Dora
1889
Dot
1891
Flora
1895
Ray
1898
1905 census
Emeline
1914
Evaline
1914
1919 census
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.
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