Biography

Wīhą́gā was born in 1892.

While in her minority, she is always called Wīhą́gā; but in the 1911 Indian census, she appears as the daughter of James Ricehill, b. 1892, but with the name "Blanche Blackbird." This shows that she was given an Anglo name at, and probably for the purpose of, marriage.

Sources

• 1900 Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1240941. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
• 1911; Roll: M595_664; Page: 30; Line: 20; Agency: 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.