Tribal Law Gateway | Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin

Also known as: People of the Big Voice, Ho-Chunk-Gra (Winnebago), Formerly Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe

Contact Info

Tribal Office Building (TOB)
W9814 Airport Road
Black River Falls, WI 54615
(715) 284-9343
(800) 294-9343
fax: (715) 284-2632

Tribal Court:

www.ho-chunknation.com/?PageId=28

P.O. Box 70
Black River Falls, WI 54615
(715) 284-2722
(800) 434-4070
fax: (715) 284-3136

Research Tools

United States Tribal Courts Directory. By A. Schwartz and M.J.B. Hunter.

Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations. Tiller Research, Inc.

Tribal Leaders Directory (BIA)

List of Federally Recognized Tribes. (Federal Register)

How to Build a Tribal Legal History. Indian Nation Archives

TRIBAL CODE

At tribe's website.

At NILL website. Downloaded December 2010.

See NILL catalog records for print and archived versions of the code. NILL hasa copy of the code from 2003 with amendments through 2007.

TRIBAL CONSTITUTION

At tribe's website.

At NILL website. This version of the constitution was received in 2003.

See NILL catalog records for print and archived versions of the constitution. Older versions of the constitution have been archived at the CU Law Library.

TRIBAL COURT OPINIONS

At tribe's website.

Indian Law Reporter (ILR) (not available online)
Cases from 1995-2007 are available in the ILR. See NILL's cumulative subject index of all tribal court cases in the ILR. Search tip: Search for Ho Chunk or Ho-Chunk to find cases from this tribe.

Westlaw
Opinions of the Trial Court and the Supreme Court of the Ho-Chunk Nation, beginning with 1997 are available.

OTHER LEGAL MATERIALS

See NILL catalog records for other Ho-Chunk materials.

See materials at the Tribal Supreme Court Project for Ho-Chunk Nation v. Wisconsin.