Link to Winnebago/HoChunk encyclopedia online
Richard L. Dieterle has compiled a tremendous website of the or Hočąk (Winnebago) people. The site is an easily searchable record of essays, language studies, ethnography, archaeology, stories, and so...
View Articlearticle link- Minnesota’s lost effigy mounds
Dennis W Garvey has written a wonderfully interactive set of pages on Minnesota’s lost effigy mounds. This article has an excellent overview of the mounds, but the exciting information is found by...
View ArticleDoug Norgord – Geographic Techniques
Doug Norgord has generously become our newest Technical Advisor and is volunteering generously by creating some beautiful effigy mound maps that we’ve always envisioned. Doug’s company, Geographic...
View ArticleJim Sherz Awarded
Dr. James Scherz Presented with Mid-America Geographic Society’s 2013 Field Service Award A “pair-a-docs” as Dave Weier likes to say. Dr. Jack Steinbring, PhD, (right), presents Dr. James Scherz, PhD,...
View ArticleEffigy Mounds National Monument is Focus of September 17 AES Meeting
Plan to join your AES colleagues at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 17 at Elie’s Family Restaurant (4102 Monona Drive in Madison) to hear a report from Jim Nepstad, Superintendent of the Effigy Mounds...
View ArticleJon Greendeer to Discuss Ho Chunk History
Join us at the Goodman South Madison Library (2222 S Park St) on Saturday, January 20 at 10:30 to hear from Jon Greendeer, former president of the Ho-Chunk Nation and current executive director of...
View ArticleAncient Wisconsin Rock Art Revealed on February 17
Learn about a fascinating rock art site near Madison that dates to the Ice Age on Saturday, February 17, 10:30 – Noon, at the Goodman South Madison Library on Park St. Nestled inside an active stone...
View Article“Uncovering Ancient Aztalan” on April 21 at South Madison Library
Join Archaeologist Sissel Schroeder on Saturday, April 21 at 10:30 AM for an update on archaeological field research project underway at Aztalan State Park in Jefferson County. This work is focused on...
View ArticleNew State Law Expands and Clarifies Legal Protection for Burial Mounds
Wisconsin has updated and clarified state legal protections for burial sites, including Native American mounds and pioneer cemeteries. 2017 Wisconsin Act 222, which was signed into law on April 3,...
View ArticleEffigy Mounds Explained
From LocaLeben.com by Jim Dittmann February 8, 2019 For the past eleven months I have had the privilege to be invited to participate in a significant research project, exploring and establishing order...
View ArticleBuilding A Portal to the Moundbuilding Era
AES members Ritchie Brown and Steve Solberg presented on Saturday, March 16 at the South Madison Library, a preview of an exciting proposal to transform a barren 55-acre island in Green Bay into a...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....