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Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1827–1865, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 51,602 km² in 11 cessions across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Winnebago · Chippewa · Menomini

Royce 469, 1865Royce 470, 1865Royce 468, 1863Royce 416, 1855Royce 439, 1855Royce 361, 1846Royce 245, 1837Royce 174, 1832Royce 267, 1832Royce 149, 1829Royce 134, 1827
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
134August 11, 1827 Chippewa; Menomini; Winnebago · with 23 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
149August 1, 1829 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
174September 15, 1832 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
267September 15, 1832; November 1, 1837; October 13, 1846 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
245November 1, 1837 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
361October 13, 1846; February 27, 1855 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
416February 27, 1855; April 15, 1859 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
439February 27, 1855; April 15, 1859; February 21, 1863 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
468February 21, 1863; July 1, 1863; March 8, 1865 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule
469March 8, 1865 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text
470March 8, 1865; July 4, 1888 Winnebago · with Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Royce’s schedule · treaty text

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.