Some of Our
Favorite Links Some of Our
Favorite Links
Lakota Wowapi Oti
Kin: Lakota Information Home Page
Web page with lots of links to Lakota related subjects including history, treaties, educational institutions, museums, art work, foreign language Lakota sites, and many, many more.
Two Bears Trading is a family run business producing arts and crafts with Native American Themes. Great site with galleries of craft work, newsletter, and calendar.
Mascoutin Society of
Chicagoland 
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Home
Page
Web page with information including pictures, maps, and background regarding the Crazy Horse Mountain Carving in South Dakota.
Northwest Suburban Council - BSA 
A link to our home Scout council in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
Lakota Lodge 175 - Order of the
Arrow 
A link to our home Order of the Arrow lodge.
"I have this one suggestion to offer to us as we go forward, lodge by lodge, in strengthening our relationship with the American Indian and his lore and tradition. It is that we deepen our interest."
- E. Urner Goodman
Official Boy Scouts of America
Web Site 
Yep, you guessed it. This is a link to the official BSA web site. If you would like to learn more about the Venturing program or the Order of the Arrow, this is a good place to start.
Native American events, exhibits, and places within 250 miles of Chicago compiled by Mark Thiel & updated by our webmaster. Here's some great side trips when in the area for the White Bear Hethuska or if you just need a good adventure. Enjoy!
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: Some native astronomy exhibits.
American Indian Center Powwow Competition dance, 3rd weekend of November.
Chicago Historical Society Some local native exhibits
Chicago Museum of Art Some native art
Field Museum of Natural History Substantial native exhibits, all of which are closed for renovation to 2006.
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College, Evanston Native art and culture
Cahokia Mounds State Park, near St. Louis Site of world-class city and trade center, ca. 800-1400 A.D., by Omaha and Ponca, some scholars believe.
Illinois State Museum, Springfield Cahokia and Illinois natives.
National Powwow 13, Vermillion County Fairgrounds, Danville Traditional powwow with educational seminars and exhibits, July 6-9, 2005.
O-Sa-Wan Powwow by Mascoutin Society of Chicago-land, Boone County Fairgrounds, Belvidere Traditional dance, 3rd weekend of August.
The Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures at Aurora University
Native arts museum.
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis Native and Western art
Tecumseh Lodge Powwow, Tipton County Fairgrounds, Tipton: Traditional dance, Labor Day weekend.
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry Exceptional effigy and other mounds, ca. 500-1600 A.D.
Iowa State Museum, Des Moines Some exhibits on Native Americans in Iowa.
Aztalan State Park, near Lake Mills Site of village tied to Cahokia, ca. 1000-1300 A.D.
Cinak Pi, Good Village Foundation, 906 Hwy. 21 East, Friendship (30 miles north of Wisconsin Dells) Ho-Chunk language and culture activities with hethuska under development with special welcome to White Bear Society. Info: Kenneth Funmaker, Sr. [son of Harry Funmaker, who bestowed the "White Bear" name and brother of Mary Anne Yazzie, White Bear Society cook], 608-339-2577
Ho-Chunk Neesh-La Powwow, "behind" Ho-Chunk Casino, between Baraboo and Lake Delton
(5 miles south of Wisconsin Dells and east of U.S. Hwy 12): 3rd weekend of July [18-20].
Ho-Chunk Wazijaci Powwows, Red Cloud Park, Indian Mission (5 miles east of Black River Falls on Hwy 54): Competition dances, Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
Indian Summer Festival, Milwaukee Largest U.S. native celebration with powwow and lacrosse competition and crowds up to 60,000, weekend after Labor Day, 414-604-1000
Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit Native art and culture.
Marquette University Libraries, Milwaukee Selected native photos to be accessible online access by 2004, some with prairie ribbon and beadwork.
Info: Mark Thiel, mark.thiel@marquette.edu, 414-288-5904
Menominee Nation Powwow, Woodland Bowl, Keshena: Contest dance, 1st weekend of August.
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee Includes interactive modern powwow and prairie ribbon and beadwork.
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay 1802 Rankin wedding dress (appliqué ribbon work).
Oneida Powwow, Norbert Hill Center, Oneida Reservation, Oneida (near Green Bay) Competition dance, 4th of July weekend, 800-236-2214
Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh Local native exhibits with prairie ribbon and beadwork.
Parsons' Friendship Dance, Parsons Trading Post Traditional dance, 3rd weekend of October at store/museum of native art with prairie ribbon and beadwork. U.S. Hwy 12, Wisconsin Dells Parkway, Lake Delton (2 miles south of Wisconsin Dells) Info: Henry, 608-254-8533
Wisconsin Historical Society Museum, Madison Wisconsin natives and prairie ribbon and beadwork.
Wisconsin River Tour, between Wisconsin Dells and Mississippi River:
Native effigy mounds and rock art, some illustrating Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) legends, e.g. Red Horn (folk-hero), ca. 1000-1500 A.D.
GUIDE TO WHITE BEAR COUNTRY
CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY
ELSEWHERE IN ILLINOIS
INDIANA
Info: 812-327-6875
IOWA
WISCONSIN
Info: 608-524-1020
Info: 608-847-5694, 800-294-9343
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Info: Robert Salzer, salzerrj@beloit.edu
