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Fearing that the incident would end like similar situations at Kent State and Attica Prison, the Brothers instead chose to sell the property to the Menominee Reservation for one dollar. The standoff ended and the 39 members of the Menominee Warrior Society were arrested. [14] The month-long standoff resulted in no fatalities or major injuries.
Amiskquew, a mid-19th century Menominee warrior, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Initially neutral during the War of 1812, the Menominee later became allied with the British and Canadians, whom they helped defeat American forces trying to recapture Fort Mackinac in the Battle of Mackinac Island. During the ensuing decades ...
The community was named for Walter Q. Gresham, who was the Postmaster General at the time the post office opened in December 1883. [6] Gresham was home to the Alexian Brothers' Novitiate, which after its closure was the site of a month-long occupation by the Menominee Warrior Society in 1975.
Robinson first married a Menominee woman, Okemawabon (incorrect) (also known as Cynthia (incorrect) Josephine or "Sahsos")(1800-). To Note: Sasus -aka- Josephine Little Wolf's parents were: Okimaw (means Chief) Mahwaeseh & Oneesis, they were both full blood Menominee Indians. Okimaw Mahwaseh was a noted War Chief of the Menominee Indian Tribe ...
In January 1975, Aquash worked with the Menominee Warriors Society in the month-long armed occupation of the Alexian Brothers Novitiate at Gresham, Wisconsin. [19] The Catholic abbey had been closed and abandoned, and the Menominee wanted the property returned to the tribe, as the land had originally been appropriated by the Alexian Brothers ...
Menominee actresses from Wisconsin, Alaqua Cox and Darnell Besaw, star in new Disney/Marvel series 'Echo' Gannett. Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 9, 2024 at 6:04 AM.
Chief Oshkosh (also spelled Os-kosh or Oskosh) (c. 1795–August 31, 1858 [a]) was a chief of the Menominee Native Americans, recognized as the leader of the Menominee people by the United States government from August 7, 1827, until his death.
One of the attackers pursued him but Spencer killed the warrior before he could be overtaken. [4] He wandered the woods for several days before reaching Fort Hamilton. [4] Spencer reached Fort Hamilton around the same time that Colonel William S. Hamilton [8] arrived with a large group of Menominee who had volunteered against the Sauk and Fox.