Little Hill

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Portrait of Little Hill, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Nearly totally forgotten in the state of Minnesota is the presence of the Ho-Chunk people. Also sometimes known as Winnebago, this Dakota-speaking nation occupied the southeastern corner of the state and the adjacent areas of Wisconsin and Iowa. They were forced by the US military onto reservations in southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Nebraska permanently after the US-Dakota War via a treaty signed in 1865.