Menominee
The Menominee or Menomini or Mamaceqtaw are a federally recognized group of Native American tribes. They live in Wisconsin. Their territory used to be much larger. It was about 10 million acres.[2] They are part of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their large language group is the Algonquian-language. They speak the Menominee language. The five clans include the Bear, the Eagle, the Wolf, the Crane, and the Moose.[3] An important food was wild rice. The Ojibwe people called them "wild rice people" or manoominii. The tribes were usually peaceful. Descent and inheritance were through the father (patrilineal).[4] The tribes had similar cultures to the Chippewa. The tribe had early contact with French colonists. In the 19th century, the Menominee sold much of their land to the United States. This included parts of Michigan and Wisconsin. In Menominee Tribe v. United States (1968), the Supreme Court decided that the Menominee could keep their right to hunting and fishing.[5][6]
omǣqnomenēwak | |
|---|---|
 Chief Oshkosh, c.1858 | |
| Total population | |
| 8,700[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
Wisconsin,  United StatesMenominee Indian Reservation | |
| Languages | |
| English, Menominee | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic, Big Drum, Native American Church | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Kickapoo |
Menominee Media
Claims of the Menominee Nation as described in the Treaty of Washington of 1831. The map's title text, Omaeqnomenew-ahkew, means "Land of the Wild Rice People" in the Menominee language.
Ball-headed War Club with Spike, Menominee, early 19th century, Brooklyn Museum
Menomini dress at the Field Museum in Chicago
Spearing Salmon By Torchlight, an oil painting by Paul Kane. It features Menominee spearfishing at night by torchlight and canoe on the Fox River.
Menominee signature on Great Peace of Montreal in 1701 depicting a thunderbird holding a wild oat stem.
Amiskquew, a mid-19th century Menominee warrior, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Dan Waupoose, a Menomini chief; training at Algiers, Louisiana, during World War II. U.S. Navy photograph, August 24, 1943.
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References
- ↑ Brief History - About Us. The Menomonee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
- ↑ "Brief History - About Us". www.menominee-nsn.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin". www.menominee-nsn.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Menominee Clans depicted at UWSP", Pointer Alumnus, University of Wisconsin – Steven Point, Spring 2003, pp. 1 and 5
- ↑ "MENOMINEE TRIBE OF INDIANS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin". Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2022-08-04.