Menominee
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Menominees,
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Menominee
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a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Menominee.
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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
She played a key role in reversing Termination Era policies of the 1950s that took away the Menominee people’s federal tribal recognition.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
The Menominee Tribe had been placed under the control of a corporation in 1961, but Deer’s efforts led President Richard Nixon in 1973 to restore the tribe’s rights and repeal termination policies.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Besaw is a cousin of Cox's, and both actors are from the Menominee tribe.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
The principal Menominee chiefs were Tomah, Souligny, Grizzly Bear, and Iometah, and among the young men was Oshkosh.
From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites
With large tax-exempt holdings, communal responsibility, a profitable sawmill and lumbering business, about 3,000 Menominees, before "termination" began in 1961, were nearly selfsupporting.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned to three Menominees witnessing the ceremony and asked if it wasn't on June 17, 1876, that "you fellows beat General Custer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, many Menominees have had to sell their lands to pay taxes in their new ownership status.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Menominees of Wisconsin had good schools and community services, plus a sawmill owned by the tribe, when they were "terminated" in 1961.
From Time Magazine Archive
There the Menominees invited them to remain and share their reservation, as they had plenty of good land.
From The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American by Charles Alexander Eastman
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