Career
That season he joined the NFL"s Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe. He attended Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania where he befriended Jim Thorpe.
In addition to playing with the NFL, Bill was an Assistant Football Coach at Lebanon Valley College, a professional musician in Chief Winneshiek"s All Indian Band, and traveled to the Antarctic with Admiral Byrd.
The two had a son, named William Sherwood Winneshiek, who would later fly 49 B-17 missions over Germany during World World War II and culminating his military as Director of Communications at North America Air Defense in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They also had a daughter, Doris Winona Winneshiek who became a nurse and writer