Wanįkšujᵋpįwįga Good Red Bird Woman (1816)

Born 1816 in Wisconsin, Illinois Territory, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States

Wanįkšujᵋpįwįga was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

According to the 1897 census, Good Red Bird Woman was born in 1816.

Name

The 1898 census gives Good Red Bird Woman's Hocąk name as Wa-nic-shutch-pin-win-kaw, which is for Wanįkšujᵋpįwįga, from wanįk, "bird"; šuč (> sujᵋ), "red"; 'pį, "good, nice, pretty"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. Bird names are almost always from the Upper Moiety.

Residence

In 1897, 1898, and 1901, she resided on the Winnebago Agency, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska.

Sources

• Linda M. Waggoner, “Starring Red Wing!: The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2019) 17.
• 1897 Indian Census for Winnebago, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States. "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 15 November 2019. Citing NARA microfilm publication M595. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967.
• 1898 Indian census; Roll: M595_312; Page: 12; Line: 15; Agency: Omaha & Winnebago. 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.
• 1901 Indian census; Roll: M595_313; Page: 15; Line: 12; Agency: Omaha & Winnebago. 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.