I am planning a trip to Wisconsin next week. First stop, the Ho-Chunk Nation to visit with the tribal genealogist and tribal historian. Also to visit with my thesis team member and take her to lunch. Next stop Madison to see the Wisconsin Historical Society! I have hours of work to do in this great place. Archives here I come! I have already been in touch with the archive people and they are ready for me. I am anxious to learn where Louise P. Kellogg found her sources about Sabrevior DeCarrie (Decaris) and Glory of the Morning. She doesn't list them in her articles and I can't navigate the on line archive recesses very well yet. Very frustrating indeed! Then it will be time for a break and I will travel up to Doty Island, present day Neenah and Menasha, to see where GOM and Sabrevior first met. Very exciting! I finish my trip in Wisconsin by conversing with none other than Jan Vasina, the father of oral history. He has agreed to discuss my thesis topic and look at my model of the transmission of generational Ho-Chunk oral tradition. It will be an amazing trip.
My last stop will be at the Shakopee Wacipi in good old Minnesota, where I hope to see family and friends, but also talk with the hereditary chief of the Minnesota Dakota about Indian Heights Park in Rochester. I am still trying to get the park recognized as a burial site. Nothing like putting theories into action when you are still learning about the components of the theories involved. Brutal and harsh realities intertwined with the ideals of of high ideals. Onward!
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