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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...

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article 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...

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Doug 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...

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Jim 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,...

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Effigy 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...

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Jon 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...

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Ancient 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...

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“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...

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New 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,...

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Effigy 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...

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Building 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...

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