Conąkewįga (Blue Back Woman) Baptiste (abt. 1853)
Conąkewįga
Baptiste
formerly Blue Back Woman
Born about in Minnesota Territory, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of Unknown Walking Day
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Charles Hąbᵋmąnįga Walking Day
Wife of
George Baptiste
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
John Baptiste
Died [date unknown] in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified 21 Feb 2020
| Created 8 Jan 2020
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Conąkewįga (Blue Back Woman) Baptiste was a Native American and member of the Ho-Chunk tribe.
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Biography
Birth
Conąkewįga was born about 1853.
Name
John Baptiste's mother was named as Cho-na-ka-we-gah, which is for Conąkewįga, "Blue Back Woman." (Marriage Rec.) This name is found in both the Bear and Wolf Clans. It derives from, co, "a color that spans the spectrum from green to blue"; nąké, "back part of anything; back of a human body"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names."
Sources
- Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Marriage Record 252.
- Return of Marriages for the County of Woodbury, for the Fiscal Year Ending 30 June, 1915, 97-1844. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
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