Menominee
1 Americannoun
plural
Menominees,plural
Menominee-
a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Menominee.
noun
Example Sentences
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In Marvel’s latest live-action series, “Echo,” she plays Bonnie, the cousin of its title character, who is an antihero from the Choctaw tribe played by Menominee actor Alaqua Cox.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Wisconsin is derived from the Menominee word Wēskōhsaeh, meaning “a good place” and the word Meskousing, which means “where it lies red” in Algonquian.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Born August 7, 1935, on the Menominee reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin, Deer is remembered as a trailblazer and fierce advocate for tribal sovereignty.
From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2023
Besaw is a cousin of Cox's, and both actors are from the Menominee tribe.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021
Needless to say, the world does not care whether Radisson went by way of the Menominee, or snow-shoed across country.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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