MADISON LINCOLN

Talk of removing UW-Madison’s Lincoln statue reignites amid racial tensions on campus UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON September 15 is Treaty Day in Madison, Wisconsin, marking the day in 1832 when the Ho-Chunk Nation was forced to cede 3 million acres, including Teejop (Four Lakes), to the United States in the aftermath of the Black Hawk War between the Sauk and the U.S. Four decades of ethnic cleansing followed as the US tried repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, to remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin. But the Ho-Chunk hold this land to be sacred, cherishing and respecting the land and its waters that sing to their community and transform all who listen. Guided by leaders like Wakanjaxeriga (Roaring Thunder) and Hotakawinga (Mary Crane), the Ho-Chunk people could not be broken. Many refused to leave or quickly returned after each removal attempt, and they remain in Teejop to this day. https://diversity.wisc.edu/2021/09/treaty-day-2021/#:~:text=September%2015%20is%20Treaty%20Day%20in%20Madison%2C%20Wisconsin%2C,Hawk%20War%20between%20the%20Sauk%20and%20the%20U.S.