The
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, formerly known as the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, is one of two
federally recognized tribe of that were once a single tribe formerly known as Winnebago. The other federally recognized tribe is the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The tribe separated when its members were forcibly relocated to first a reservation in Minnesota, and later the current reservation in Nebraska. The name
Ho-Chunk comes from the word
Hochungra, meaning "People of the Big Voice" or "People of the Sacred Language."