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As a part of the annual Sauk Prairie Eagle Watching days, the Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society again welcomed Art Shegonee. Shegonee, a Menominee and Potawatomi activist, dance artist, and educator, has served as an ambassador to Wisconsin Indian Summer that used to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Once hailed as the world’s largest ammunition plant, and having been turned back over to its rightful caretakers, the Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk), the Badger Ammunition plant recently played host to the revealing of a cultural mural.
Once hailed as the world’s largest ammunition plant and having been turned back over to its rightful caretakers, the Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk), the Badger Ammunition plant recently played host to several Hoocąk families for a cooperative art project.
Beginning in July, the Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF), will coordinate the creation of a community-inspired clay tile mosaic mural that will be installed along the Great Sauk State Trail.
The fire inside the teepee was burning low; the lengths of split wood that had been arranged neatly in the center of the fireplace throughout the night were now almost reduced to coal.
