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Emma Big Bear Foundation

EBBF's Mission Statement: “The mission of the Emma Big Bear Foundation is to preserve and protect the history, stories, traditions, and artifacts associated with Emma Big Bear and to promote and educate about American Indians and their history and culture, especially Emma’s tribe, the Winnebago / Ho-Chunk Nation.”
Founders:
Hon. Roger A. Halvorson (d. 11/2/14)
Connie M. Halvorson

Foundation Board:

Connie M. Halvorson, President
Terry Landsgaard, Vice President
Rogeta A. Halvorson, Sec./Treasurer
Janelle Pavolec, Director

Ruthann Daniels, Director
Foundation Donors:
Alliant Energy
Diane Benson
Dwayne & Joan Bourret
Larry & Maria Brummel
Ruthann Daniels
Clinton & Joyce Dennis
Patricia Dillman
Freedom Bank - Elkader
Freedom Bank - Monona
Freedom Bank - Postville
Denny & Bonnie Fuller
Connie M.  Halvorson
Roger A. Halvorson
Rogeta A.  Halvorson
Donald & Mary Lou Hattery
James B. & Karon E. Hendrickson
H. D. & Myrene Hoover
John B. & Sandra L. Hudson
Tony & Sue Huebsch
Richard & Mary Jensen
Terry Landsgaard

Robert & Joyce Lawlor
Peter Lucke
Robert & Susan Moran
Ollinger Investment Corporation
Janelle Pavolec
​Gary & Jean Peterson

Robert & Bonnie Pruett
Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp. (UMGC)
Craig & Leann Watson
Tom & Carolyn Woods



Picture
Pictured above is the clay maquette depicting Winnebago Emma Big Bear Holt making her traditional black ash baskets.  Photo used by permission of artist Florence Bird.
Picture
Pictured here is the final bronze life-sized statue of Emma Big Bear modeled after the clay maquette, which may be seen year-round and free of charge at the Mississippi River Sculpture Park on St. Feriole Island, Prairie du Chien, WI (a short drive across the Mississippi River bridge from Marquette / McGregor, IA to Prairie du Chien, WI).  Please also visit www.MississippiRiverSculpturePark.com 
Picture
As EBBF's way of saying THANK YOU for your generous donation, you may receive one of these limited-edition framed collectibles:

$10 Donation
(+ shipping costs, if service is requested)
Small Framed Postcard 
(not signed/numbered)
Shown as No. 1: 
 4" by 6" framed color postcard containing three photographs taken by infamous McGregor, IA photographer Margery Goergen depicting Emma Big Bear c. 1950s/1960s making baskets along the Mississippi River waterfront at McGregor, IA, wearing Moody Museum's fancy tribal earrings and beaded bandoliers, and the  background is a panoramic view taken from Pikes Peak State Park located south of McGregor, a sacred place preserving ancient Native Indian burial grounds.

$20 Donation
(+ shipping costs, if service is requested)
Medium Framed Portrait
(not signed/numbered)
Shown as No. 2:  
5" by 7" print of the colored chalk portrait of Emma Big Bear created by Mississippi River Sculpture Park artist Florence Bird, modeled after Margery Goergen's famous studio photograph of Emma Big Bear posing c. 1950s/60s in full Native Indian fancy dress.

$100+ Donation
(+ shipping costs, if service requested)
Medium Framed Print
(artist personally signed/numbered) 
Shown as No. 3:
  5" by 7" print of the colored chalk portrait of Emma Big Bear created by Mississippi River Sculpture Park artist Florence Bird, modeled after Margery Goergen's famous studio photograph of Emma Big Bear posing c. 1950s/60s in full Native Indian fancy dress.

$200+ Donation (+ shipping costs, if service requested)
Large Framed Print
(artist personally signed/numbered)
Shown as No. 4:  8 1/2" by 11" full-scale digital print of the life-sized oil on canvass painting created by famed artist Florence Bird of Emma Big Bear standing at the foot of Paint Rock and the mouth of Paint Creek, near where she lived by traditional tribal means with her husband Henry Holt and daughter Emmaline Holt Big Soldier so as to not stray far from her ancestors buried in the Effigy Mounds along the rivers and bluffs of the upper Mississippi River.

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