Menominee
1 Americannoun
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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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“Enough is enough. Endless scrolling is rewiring our teenagers’ brains,” added Gena Kakkak, chairwoman of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
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
Besaw is a cousin of Cox's, and both actors are from the Menominee tribe.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
Gunnar Peters, chair of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, one of the tribes that sued, said federal water regulation “protects our history, our culture, and our people’s way of life.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 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 Mary Hartwell Catherwood
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
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
Since then, many Menominees have had to sell their lands to pay taxes in their new ownership status.
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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