Cinąka Hųgᵋrawįga
Decorah
formerly Queen of the Lodge
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Four Deer Cajopka Decorah
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Sam Wapawahiguga Decorah
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
at about age 74
in Wisconsin, United States
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Cinąka Hųgᵋrawįga was Ho-Chunk.
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Biography
Birth
Cinąka Hųgᵋrawįga, "Queen of the Lodge," was born about 1831. (1905 census)
Name
The name Chenunkahuglawinkah can be analyzed as, činąka, "the lodge"; hųgᵋra (< hųk, "chief"; -ra, "the"); -wį-, a feminine gender infix; -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. This would give us Cinąka Hųgᵋrawįga, "Queen of the Lodge".
Old Age
"Old Grandma Decorah, mother of Charlie, Moses and Henry Decorah, appeared to be at least 100 years old (in 1895), and was so crippled and bent that she could not walk. She seemed to be well cared for by her sons." (Skavlem)
Death
She passed away after 1905.
Sources
- H. L. Skavlem, "The Archeology of the Lake Koshkonong Sites: The Village Sites," Wisconsin Archeologist, 7, #2 (April to June, 1908): 74-102 (100-102). See also The Encyclopedia of Hočąk (Winnebago) Mythology > The Last Camp on Lake Koshkonong.
- 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.
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