"Winnebago"

This blog entry is comprised of my notes on the headnote about the Winnebago people and their trickster tales as presented in the seventh edition of The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume A.

Text Notes:

• The Winnebago people are also known as the Ho-Chunks.  They are a Siovan-speaking group of people who were originally located in Wisconsin.
• They lived by hunting; fishing; planting squash, corn, and beans; and by gathering rice and berries.
• Trickster tales are very popular with the group and include two different tricksters.  
• First, there is Wakjankaga ('The Foolish One').
• There is also the Hare trickster.