Mission
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT SURROUNDING JOHN H. KINZIE'S 1830s COMMISSION AS UNITED STATES INDIAN SUB-AGENT TO THE HO-CHUNK (WINNEBAGO)NATION; TO EXPOUND ITS IMPORTANCE WITHIN THE LARGER STORY OF AMERICA AND TO FOSTER A MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERIOD THAT INSPIRES AND SHAPES THE QUALITY OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AMONG THOSE WHO CONTEMPLATE THE LESSONS OF HISTORY.