Monday, September 26, 2011

Beginnings


From my earliest remembrances of my childhood Choka always began his story about our Decorah origins with, "I was born in a wigwam in a Ho-Chunk settlement (or village) along the Turkey River.  Seeing the river takes his words to a whole new level for me since I have never been there before.



file:///Users/valerieguimaraes/Desktop/156-18v.jpg (aerial view of the Turkey River on the border of Wisconsin and Iowa.

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