How the Ho-Chunk Resisted Removal
Tuesday April 30, 2024 6pm - Hedberg Public Library, Janesville
Presentation by Stephen Kantrowitz, Plaenert-Bascom Professor of History at UW-Madison
Nearly two hundred years ago, the United States seized the Wisconsin homeland of the Ho- Chunk people and demanded that they leave the region forever. But despite repeated military efforts, many Ho-Chunk people remained or quickly returned from exile. How did Ho-Chunk people resist and defy the government's policies, and why was that resistance successful? Join us as we learn about the long and difficult history of U.S. policy towards the Ho-Chunk and other Native Americans.
More about Stephen Kantrowitz and the book Citizens of a Stolen Land.