Lizzie Mąxixetewįga (Mike) Blackhawk (abt. 1892)

Ancestors

Wife of John Nojǫpka Blackhawk — married 1910 in Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Lizzie was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Lizzie was born within a year of 1892, the daughter of Mary and John Mike, Jr. (1905 census)

Name

In the 1911 census, she is listed as the wife of John Blackhawk, with the Indian name of MaHeHaTaWinKah, and being of the age of 19 years, which implies a birth date of 1892.

The name MaHeHaTaWinKah is for Mąxixetewįga, from mąxi, "cloud"; xete, "big, large, old"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. This is an Upper Moiety name, as is "Blackhawk," which shows that by this time the rule that all marriages are to be cross-moiety had broken down.

In the 1905 census, her birth order name is given as We Hun Kah, which is for Wīhą́gā, "Second Daughter."

Marriage

The 1910 Federal census lists John and Lizzie Blackhawk as married, but married for 0 years, which means that they were married in that year of 1910.

Sources

• 1905 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 4. 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.
• 1910 Federal Census for Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1713; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1375726. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1910 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5; Agency: Wittenberg. 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.
• 1912 Indian census; Roll: M595_570; Line: 13; 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.
• 1913 Indian census; Roll: M595_570; Line: 13; 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.