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Tomah was founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 [3] [4] and incorporated as a city in 1883, [5] but the charter was not issued until 1894. [6] It is named after Thomas Carron (ca. 1752–1817), a trader at Green Bay who had integrated into the Menominee tribe. [7] The Menominees pronounced the name Tomah or Tomau and he became known as Chief Tomah.
He signed the bill for federal recognition of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin on December 22, 1973. The sovereign tribe started the work of reorganizing the reservation, which they re-established in 1975. Tribal members wrote and ratified a tribal constitution in 1976, and elected a new tribal government, which took over from BIA officials in ...
The Menominee Restoration Act, signed by President of the United States Richard Nixon on December 22, 1973, returned federally recognized sovereignty to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. It also restored tribal supervision over property and members, as well as federal services granted to American Indian tribes.
The tribe approved spending six thousand dollars to construct a new building. These changes began a new era in Menominee schooling which would last well into the twentieth century. An increased number of Menominee children attended boarding schools, but most did so on the reservation in Keshena rather than at an off-reservation school. [14]
Menominee tribal police and the FBI are investigating. Anyone with information about Dean's disappearance or his associates are asked to call Menominee police at 715-799-5806.
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The Menominee Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in northeastern Wisconsin held in trust by the United States for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. It is the largest Indian reservation east of the Mississippi River .
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