Who Are the Winnebago Indians?
The Winnebago Indians are a tribe of Native Americans originally based is the Wisconsin area. The actual name of the tribe is Ho-Chunk, which translates to Trout Nation. The name Winnebago was given to them by neighboring tribes and means people of the smelly water. Historians of the Winnebago Indians trace their history back thousands of years to 500 BC, when they lived in what is now northwest Kentucky.