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Menominee

The wild-rice people of the Menominee River, who met Nicolet in 1634.

Exceptional persistence — still in the same homeland in 1800; first land cession not until the 1830s.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Menominee — the shape you scrub through changes in 1634 · 1801 · 1854.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1953 Termination policy Congress targets tribes for termination — the Menominee among the victims.
• 1973 Wounded Knee II; Menominee restored AIM's 71-day stand at Wounded Knee; the Menominee Restoration Act reverses termination; the Bahamas go free.

Further reading

• The Menomini Indians Walter James Hoffman · 1896

  An early ethnographic study of the Menominee wild-rice people.

• People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish Kathleen Schmitt Kline · 2009

  A history of the Menominee and Wisconsin's sturgeon, central to Menominee life (regional/cultural context).

Sources

• Menominee — Wikipedia