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3,000-year-old canoe recovered from Lake Mendota

  

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Via:  evilgenius  •  2 years ago  •  3 comments

By:   Will Cushman (uwmadison)

3,000-year-old canoe recovered from Lake Mendota
On a brisk and breezy first day of fall, divers recovered an ancient Ho-Chunk canoe from the depths of Lake Mendota, an effort coordinated by the Wisconsin State Historical Society and members of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

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September 22, 2022By Will Cushman

On a brisk and breezy first day of fall, divers recovered an ancient Ho-Chunk canoe from the depths of Lake Mendota, an effort coordinated by the Wisconsin State Historical Society and members of the Ho-Chunk Nation. The dugout canoe, estimated to have sunk to the bottom of the lake some 3,000 years ago, is more than twice as old as another Ho-Chunk canoe recovered from Lake Mendota last year. Divers raised the canoe from the floor of the lake and transported it on a raft across the lake to Spring Harbor Beach, where it was loaded for transport. Those present included Marlon WhiteEagle, president of the Ho-Chunk Nation; Karena Thundercloud, vice president of the Ho-Chunk Nation; and Omar Poler, the Indigenous Education Coordinator in the Office of the Provost. On the southern shores of Lake Mendota, the UW-Madison campus occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, known as Teejop in the Ho-Chunk language. UW-Madison researchers played a key role in examining the first canoe found.

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1 Divers stabilize a raft during the recovery of the canoe. Photo by: Bryce Richter

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2 Christian Overland, the director and CEO of the Wisconsin Historical Society, speaks to members of the media during the recovery. Photo by: Bryce Richter

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3 Jim Skibo, Wisconsin state archaeologist (center), and members of the dive team lift a makeshift raft holding the canoe onshore. Photo by: Bryce Richter

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4 Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation and member of the Deer clan, speaks to reporters during the recovery of the canoe. Photo by: Bryce Richter

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5 Casey Brown (left), spokesperson for the Ho-Chunk Nation and member of the Bear clan, and Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation and member of the Deer clan, take a closer look during the recovery of a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe. Photo by: Bryce Richter

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evilone
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1  seeder  evilone    2 years ago

An amazing discovery! 3000 years old!

 
 
 
Kavika
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2  Kavika     2 years ago

Great discovery and it seems that the area has many hidden historical treasures. 

In May of this year and 8,000 year old skull of a NA was found in the Minnesota River.

You might be interested in this article. Lakes in Florida are a historians gold mine with some canoes being 7,000 years old. The one lake is just a short distance from where we live.

 
 
 
evilone
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2.1  seeder  evilone  replied to  Kavika @2    2 years ago

I'll check it out.

 
 

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