Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Sauk County 2023

Date: October 9, 2023

Locations: Aldo Leopold Foundation, Chief Wakąjaziga/Yellow Thunder Memorial

Time: 12 to 3 pm

Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Sauk County 2023 centers around honoring Wakąjaziga (Chief Yellow Thunder) and Haakejanįheįga (Always in the Back)and Indigenous connections to the land. 

12 pm - Explore the grounds & buildings to find Ho-Chunk food, artists, vendors & history

1 pm - Ceremony with Ho-Chunk singers, Ho-Chunk Nation dignitaries

2 pm - Shuttle buses take guests to Yellow Thunder Memorial for a short ceremony

2:30 pm - Unveiling of new stone and interpretive panel at Yellow Thunder Memorial

Guests include Clayton Winneshiek, traditional chief of the Ho-Chunk Nation; John Greendeer, president of the Ho-Chunk Nation; Wifrid Cleveland, spiritual leader and prior president of the Ho-Chunk Nation; and Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation.