SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WIFR) – Wisconsin’s State Historical Society recently discovered 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Madison, sparking many questions.
On July 16, Bill Quackenbush, the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, and Amy Rosebrough, State Archeologist, hosted “Wisconsin’s Dugout Canoe Conundrum,” to discuss the discovery.
“The land that our building is on is historical Ho-Chunk land. We know that one of the largest Ho-Chunk villages was here, it was called Turtle Village,” said Julie Uram, Executive Director of Nature at the Confluence. “We want them to know that they are invited back to this land, and we also want our visitors to have the opportunity to learn about Ho-Chunk from the Ho-Chunk people.”
Dugout canoes are traditionally made using whole-tree technology from the trunks of Cottonwood trees, and cannot sink even if they get full of water…