Posted on 03/11/2016 9:21:00 AM PST by rellimpank
A group of people in a UW-Madison dorm room shouted stereotypical “war cry sounds” at a Ho-Chunk elder who had come to the campus for a healing ceremony Wednesday night, according to witnesses and university officials.
UW-Madison has launched an investigation into the incident, which happened during a ceremony at the Dejope residence hall recognizing Native American victims of sexual assault, spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said.
The Ho-Chunk elder had been singing traditional songs as part of the ceremony, which was held at an outdoor fire pit, when attendees said multiple people in a dorm room above them began shouting out of a window, drowning him out.
Emily Nelis, a junior and member of the Native American student organization Wunk Sheek, described the noises as “really stereotypical, like you (hear) when they try to portray Natives in the old western movies.”
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Honestly, when I read the headline I thought that a Ho-Chunk was ghetto slang for a heavy black woman...
no - that would be chunky ho
Still a lot of HoChunk natives in Central - North Central Wisconsin. The ceremonies are beautiful. HoChunk nation has 6 casinos in Wisconsin.
I just bet the teasers were black!
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