By 1881, most were placed on homesteads in an attempt to assimilate them to American culture. They came back to the region in 1874 to live, chopping wood, hunting, fishing and picking berries. The Ho-Chunk Indians lived off the land around Black River Falls until they were removed to Nebraska in the winter of 1873-74. Black River Falls is located 39 miles northeast of La Crosse and is the seat of Jackson County.
