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
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
Besaw is a cousin of Cox's, and both actors are from the Menominee tribe.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021
Having fed my horse, I covered the fire, leaving a good store of fuel by the hearth, and rode away toward the Menominee and Winnebago lands.
From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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