Oliver LaMere (1879 - 1930)

Oliver Conąkehųka F. LaMere (2 February 1879 - 30 July 1930) was a Winnebago Sioux author and ethnologist. He lived in Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska nearly all his life. His Winnebago name is Cho-non-ka-honk-ka, meaning Bear Clan Chief. In 1907 he was employed to secure information for Dr. Paul Radin of the United States Bureau of Ethnology, a position which he held for four years. During his career he was an interpreter, a Winnebago tribal councilman, and vice president of the Grand Council of North American Indians.