Kate W. Mą̄xíhanąžįwįga (Whitebear) Blowsnake (abt. 1888)

Born about 1888 in Wisconsin, United States

Wife of Jasper Blowsnake — married 14 Jan 1909 (to before 1917) in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States

Annie was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Kate was born about 1888.

Name

Her Hocąk clan name was MaHeHaNarSheWinKah, which is for Mą̄xíhanąžįwįga, "She Stands on the Clouds". This is from mą̄xí, "sky; clouds (collectively)"; hanąžį́, "to stand, to step (up) on"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. (1910 census, van Schaick) This is an Upper Moiety name, although it is evident that she was from a Lower Moiety family. It may be that her mother T’ą̄gūhiwįga never married Whitebear, and gave her daughter a name from her own moiety.

In the 1910 census (and thereafter), Kate is called "Annie W". This is apparently the name under which Kate chose to go, the /W/ standing for "Whitebear". They had a son John (b. 13 October 1913). (1914 census)

Marriages

Her marriage to Jasper Blowsnake on 14 January 1909 in Iowa was her first marriage. (Iowa Marriages)

Her second marriage was to a member of the Thundercloud lineage. (van Schaick)

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.
• 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.
• 1911 Indian census; Roll: M595_570; Line: 15; Agency: Tomah Indian Ind'l 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.
• 1914 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.
• Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 434 (Muscatine - Wright); Microfilm. Record Group 048. #12079, County of Woodbury, 14 January 1909. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
• Tom Jones, Michael Schmudlach, Matthew Daniel Mason, Amy Lonetree, and George A. Greendeer, People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942 (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2011) 148.