LRB-5260/1
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April 1998 Special Session
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
May 15, 1998 - Introduced by
Committee on Senate Organization, by request of
Senators Moen, Rude, Schultz and Welch. Referred to Committee on Senate
Organization.
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1Relating to: the life and times of Chief Benjamin W. Winneshiek of the Ho-Chunk
2Nation.
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Whereas, Benjamin W. Winneshiek was born on February 22, 1917, in Dells
4Dam, Clark County, Wisconsin, and spent his formative years in the Dells Dam and
5Neilsville area, attending the Neilsville Indian School; and
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Whereas, Benjamin W. Winneshiek was a distinguished veteran of World War
7II and the last tribal survivor of the Wisconsin 32nd Red Arrow Division, serving
8from 1940 through 1945 with the 128th Infantry Regiment through the New Guinea,
9Papua and Leyte and Luzon, Phillipines campaigns, and was decorated with the
10Bronze Star and many other citations for his bravery in action; and
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Whereas, Benjamin W. Winneshiek, on March 8, 1952, married Imogene
12Swallow, a union that gave life to daughters Paula, Annie, Sadie, Eunice and Rachel
13and sons Clayton and Forrest and sustenance to stepson Howard Swallow; and
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Whereas, Imogene Winneshiek passed from this earth on April 27, 1998; and
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1Whereas, Benjamin W. Winneshiek, who served proudly as the traditional
2Tribal Chief of the Ho-Chunk Nation, passed away on May 5, 1998, at the age of 81;
3and
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Whereas, Benjamin W. Winneshiek, man, soldier, patriot, husband, father,
5grandfather, great-grandfather and leader of a great Indian Nation, will be dearly
6missed by the many whose live he has touched; now, therefore, be it
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7Resolved by the senate, That the members of the Wisconsin senate commend
8the life and service of Benjamin W. Winneshiek, express their sorrow at his death and
9extend their condolences to his family and friends and to all of the members of the
10Ho-Chunk Nation; and, be it further
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11Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall provide a copy of this resolution to
12his daughters Paula, Annie, Sadie and Rachel Winneshiek and Eunice Wamego; and
13to his sons Clayton Winneshiek and Howard Swallow.
