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Spooner is a city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.The population was 2,573 at the 2020 census.The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the Town of Spooner, with a small portion extending into the Town of Beaver Brook on the south, the Town of Bashaw on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west.
According to Native American historian William W. Warren, Anishinaabe people were living in northern Wisconsin before 1492 and the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean area. The Dakota Indians referred to the Anishinaabe as the Ra-ra-to-oans, which means "People of the Falls." The French adopted the name.
Spooner is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. The City of Spooner is located mostly within the southwest corner of the town.
Sauk County – named after the Sauk people. Sauk City; Saukville; Waukesha County – Potawatomi word meaning "little foxes" City of Waukesha; Waupaca County – Menominee word meaning "white sand bottom" or "brave young hero" Waushara County – a Native American word meaning "good earth" Winnebago County – named after the Winnebago people.
For one of the state’s preeminent experts on ancient Indigenous mounds, it made sense to Kurt Sampson to help write a book about the subject, focusing on a mound-rich region in Wisconsin.
The people listed below were born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Spooner, Wisconsin. Pages in category "People from Spooner, Wisconsin" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, in the western Great Lakes region. See also: Category:Native American history of Wisconsin Subcategories
This enabled the people to stay in this territory rather than to be forced west of the Mississippi River, as the government had attempted. Under the treaty, bands with reservations have been federally recognized as independent tribes; several retain Lake Superior Chippewa in their formal names to indicate their shared culture.