The Missouria or Missouri are a Native American tribe that originated in the Great Lakes region of what is now the United States before European contact. The tribe belongs to the Chiwere division of the Siouan language family, together with the Ho-Chunk, Winnebago, Iowa, and Otoe.
Remains of the Missouria Old Fort earthworks (1400–1752 CE) at Van Meter State Park
Mahinkacha ('Maker of Knives'), a Missouria warrior on the left, painting by Karl Bodmer based on sketches from 1833–1834
The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hocąk, Hoocągra, or Winnebago, are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Ho-Chunk
Big Snake
Chief Waukon Decorah in 1825
Winnebago family in 1852