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The Menominee (/ məˈnɑːməˌni / ⓘ mə-NAH-mə-NEE; Menominee: omǣqnomenēwak meaning "Menominee People", [2] also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as Mamaceqtaw, "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans officially known as the Menominee Indian T...
Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba. Menominee Township is located to the north of the city, but is politically autonomous. Menominee is part of the Marinette, WI –MI micropolitan statistical area.
Menominee, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who, when first encountered by the missionary-voyageur Jean Nicolet in 1639, lived along the Menominee River, now the eastern portion of the boundary between Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Menominee (pronounced muh-NOM-uh-nee) means “Wild-Rice People.” This name comes from their reliance on wild rice. The French also called them Folle Avoines, or “Crazy Oat Indians”. Location. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Reservation is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Green Bay. The reservation contains about ...
Menominee County (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ m ə n i / mə-NAH-mə-nee) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,502. [2] The county seat is Menominee. [3] The county's name comes from an American Indian word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe a tribe.
The Menominee or Menomini or Mamaceqtaw are a federally recognized group of Native American tribes. They live in Wisconsin . Their territory used to be much larger.
Menominee, city, seat (1861) of Menominee county and the southernmost city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It is located on Green Bay (an embayment of Lake Michigan) at the mouth of the Menominee River opposite Marinette, Wisconsin, with which it is connected by three bridges.
The Menominee Indian Tribe’s rich culture, history, and residency in the area now known as the State of Wisconsin, and parts of the States of Michigan and Illinois, dates back 10,000 years. At the start of the Treaty Era in the early 1800’s, the Menominee occupied a land base estimated at 10 million acres; however, through a series of seven ...
The Menominee Tribe's history is unique because our origin or creation begins at the mouth of the Menominee River, a mere 60 miles east of our present Menominee Indian Reservation. This is where our five clans: ancestral Bear, Eagle, Wolf, Moose, and Crane were created.
The Menominee Tribe is part of the Algonquian language family of North America and is made up of several tribes that were located around the Great Lakes. They are considered one of the historic tribes of upper Michigan and Wisconsin and occupied about 10,000 acres.