2022, Henry Payer, The Wandering Winnebago No. 2 -- American University Museum (Washington)
From the museum label:
"The Ho-Chunk people have a history of physical removal from our traditional homelands in Wisconsin. From 1832 to 1974, the Ho-Chunk were removed from Wisconsin to lowa, to locations in northern and southern Minnesota, to central present-day South Dakota and to purchased land in Nebraska, establishing the Winnebago Indian Reservation before being allowed to take up homesteads throughout Wisconsin. All throughout this period of physical removals, the Ho-Chunk would venture back to their homelands in Wisconsin passing through these various states in the Midwest.
The Winnebago motorhome became an exonym, a name given by foreigners, for the Ho-Chunk people and it serves as a visual symbol for our plight and struggle to retain our identity.
The image of the boy depicted in this artwork, was taken from a Wisconsin Dells tourist booklet; the boy represents the youth, journeying along with the baggage of our Nation's history in which each piece of baggage serves as a mnemonic device used to tell our story."
2022, Henry Payer, The Wandering Winnebago No. 2 -- American University Museum (Washington)
From the museum label:
"The Ho-Chunk people have a history of physical removal from our traditional homelands in Wisconsin. From 1832 to 1974, the Ho-Chunk were removed from Wisconsin to lowa, to locations in northern and southern Minnesota, to central present-day South Dakota and to purchased land in Nebraska, establishing the Winnebago Indian Reservation before being allowed to take up homesteads throughout Wisconsin. All throughout this period of physical removals, the Ho-Chunk would venture back to their homelands in Wisconsin passing through these various states in the Midwest.
The Winnebago motorhome became an exonym, a name given by foreigners, for the Ho-Chunk people and it serves as a visual symbol for our plight and struggle to retain our identity.
The image of the boy depicted in this artwork, was taken from a Wisconsin Dells tourist booklet; the boy represents the youth, journeying along with the baggage of our Nation's history in which each piece of baggage serves as a mnemonic device used to tell our story."