Menominee Tribe

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The Menominee Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Wisconsin.

Ancestral homeland: near Lake Michigan, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Tribal Headquarters
Menominee Indian Tribe P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135-0910 Phone: 1.715.799.5100 Fax: 1.715.799.3373


 * The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Official Website

Brief Timeline
1634: Jean Nicolet, French made contact with the Menominee

1775: Some fought agains the American in the Revolutionary War

1812: War of 1812; Some fought against the Americans

1854: gave up lands except for a reservation on Wolf River in north-central Wisconsin

1954 -1973: federal statusTerminated

1961: Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin was terminated, Tribal membership 3,270 Tribal land (Acres) 233,881

1972: Menomiee Restoration Act restored tribe

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Menominee tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Newspaper


 * Menominee Nation News

Treaties


 * 1817 March 30, at St. Louis, with the Chippewa
 * 1825 August 19, at Prairie du Chien, with the Sioux, Etc.,
 * 1827 August 11, at Butte des Morts
 * 1831 February 8, at Washington
 * 1831 February 17, at Washington
 * 1832 October 27,
 * 1836 September 3, at Cedar Point
 * 1848 October 18, at Lake Powawhaykonnay
 * 1854 May 12, at Falls of Wolf River
 * 1856 February 11, at Keshena

Vital Records


 * Keshena Agency, M595, Births and Deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 576894

Important Web Sites

 * Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Constitution Bylaws
 * The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Official Website
 * Menominee Tribe Wikipedia