Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the Green Bay area of Wisconsin, with present-day populations in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
- noun The Siouan language of the Ho-Chunk.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What the states and companies "are doing is wrong by any sort of definition of fair play," said Lance Morgan, chief executive of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic-development arm of the Winnebago tribe in Nebraska, which distributes cigarettes on tribal lands.
States Near Tobacco Deal David Kesmodel 2011
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In an afternoon of testimonials, speakers described leaping through what Rosalie Two Bulls, from Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, called "hoops of fire" to prove they were competent.
Stephanie Woodard: Iowa Commission Takes on Child-Welfare Morass Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Thanks to Ho-Chunk, Inc., tribal members participate in the American dream in ways not imagined a generation ago, with blue - and white-collar jobs, home ownership, and retirement accounts.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Thanks to Ho-Chunk, Inc., tribal members participate in the American dream in ways not imagined a generation ago, with blue - and white-collar jobs, home ownership, and retirement accounts.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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If she has her way, Morgan said, hundreds of Ho-Chunk, Inc. employees will be laid off, kids 'college scholarships will be put on hold, and tribal housing-assistance programs will be cut.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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At Ho-Chunk, Inc., some negotiations are already in jeopardy, said Morgan.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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If she has her way, Morgan said, hundreds of Ho-Chunk, Inc. employees will be laid off, kids 'college scholarships will be put on hold, and tribal housing-assistance programs will be cut.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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At Ho-Chunk, Inc., some negotiations are already in jeopardy, said Morgan.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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One case that is suspect is Anderson and Eagle's September 2002 work on a controversial site in the midst of a land-use dispute between the Prairie Band Potawatomi and Ho-Chunk Nation American-Indians and Wood County officials in central Wisconsin.
Canine Case Closed? 2004
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An article on Blago supporting a casino in the Southeast Suburbs here, and it sounds like he's not talking about the Ho-Chunk.
Archive 2004-08-01 UndercoverPunk 2004
hernesheir commented on the word Ho-Chunk
Indian tribe removed from Iowa in 1950.
December 9, 2010