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.

Agency Records
Annunity Records

Payment of annunities to the Menomonee Tribe, 1872 (FHL microfilm 1036963 Item 3)

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