The ancient US discovery predating the pyramids A series of millennia-old canoes are being unearthed from the bottom of a lake in Wisconsin, spurring a renewed interest in Indigenous culture.

Of the 16 canoes found so far, the youngest is 700 years old.
According to the #Wisconsin #Historical Society, 4,000 yrs before the Europeans sailed ashore & 400 yrs before the pyramids were constructed in Egypt, #Indigenous peoples called this land home. #HoChunkNation

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More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin

#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory

More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin

#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory

More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin

#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory

Ho Chunk native Sharice Davids was an MMA fighter before becoming a Congresswoman for the state of Kansas. #sharicedavids #captainjuneteenth #nativeamericanheritage2025 #nativeamericanhistory #americanindianhistory #bipoc #bipochistory #hochunknation #blacksky