Blanche
Decorah
Born about in Wisconsin, United States
Daughter of Sam Wapawahiguga Decorah
and Mary Sam Hōjēcawįga (Little John) Decorah
Sister of
Ben Decorah, Charley Decorah, Ed Decorah, Emma John Mąnąhąbᵋwįga Decorah, Fannie L. Wakąjáskawįga (Decorra) Decorah and Minnie Decorah
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Blanche was Ho-Chunk.
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Biography
Birth
Blanche was born about 1890. She is the daughter of Sam Decorra and Mary Little John.
Name
Her Hocąk birth order name was ENoKaHoNoKah (1905 census), which is for Hinąkéxųnųga, normally the name for the fifth (McKern) or sixth born (HL) female, but here being used, apparently, for the fourth born girl.
Sources
- 1905 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5. 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.
- 1913 Indian census; Roll: M595_570; Line: 16; Agency: Tomah Ind 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.
- W. C. McKern, Winnebago Notebook (1927) from the Milwaukee Public Museum.
- HL — Learner’s Dictionary, Hocąk–English/English–Hocąk, edd. Johannes Helmbrecht and Christian Lehmann. Arbeitspapiere des Seminars für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Erfurt Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, no. 21. 2d ed. (Erfurt: the Editors, May, 2006).
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