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Menominee

1 American  
[muh-nom-uh-nee] / məˈnɒm ə ni /
Or Menomini

noun

  • Menominees,
    plural
  • Menominee
    plural
  1. a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.

  2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Menominee.


Menominee 2 American  
[muh-nom-uh-nee] / məˈnɒm ə ni /

noun

  1. a river in NW Michigan and NE Wisconsin, flowing SE to Green Bay on Lake Michigan: forms part of the boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin. 118 miles (190 km) long.


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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

Born Aug. 7, 1935, on the Menominee reservation in Keshena, Wis., Deer is remembered as a trailblazer and fierce advocate for tribal sovereignty.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Soon after, she was elected head of the Menominee Restoration Committee and began working as a lecturer in American Indian studies and social work at the University of Wisconsin.

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

She and the Indian walked about the room several times, while mother and the Menominee woman spoke to them in their language, they answering in the same.

From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Elizabeth Whitney Williams

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

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

Since then, many Menominees have had to sell their lands to pay taxes in their new ownership status.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The Menominees, sometimes called the 'White Indians,' formerly occupied the region bordering on Lake Michigan, around Green Bay.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly

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