Menominee Nation
The Menominee (Mamaceqtaw, "Wild Rice People") are an Algonquian-speaking nation whose homeland centers on the forests and waterways of present-day Wisconsin and upper Michigan. They are among the oldest continuous residents of any region in North America, with archaeological evidence of Menominee presence in Wisconsin spanning thousands of years. The Menominee entered into treaties with the United States that ceded much of their territory while establishing the Menominee Reservation in northeastern Wisconsin, where the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is headquartered today.
Portrait: McKenney & Hall, "Mar-Ko-Me-Te, A Menomene Brave," 1842. Hand-colored lithograph.
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