Ho-Chunk Nation marks the end of fall harvest with Green Corn Celebration

Ho-Chunk Nation hosts Green Corn Celebration to share its history and culture

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - The Green Corn celebration is an annual event put on by the Ho-Chunk nation, celebrating the year's bountiful harvest of foods and medicines. “It is reflective of how important it is to make sure that we make this a thought process throughout the very beginning of spring to the very end when the last squash is picked in for each year as we go by. If we don't think ahead, we're not going to survive.” Ho-Chunk…

Ho-Chunk Nation marks the end of fall harvest with Green Corn Celebration

The Ho-Chunk Nation held its annual Green Corn Celebration at the tribal office building, marking the end of the fall harvest.