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Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, in the western Great Lakes region. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 ...
Native American tribes in Wisconsin (13 C, 30 P) P. Pontiac's War (3 C, 26 P) Potawatomi (9 C, 49 P) S. ... List of Wisconsin placenames of Native American origin;
Flags of Wisconsin tribes in the Wisconsin state capitol. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Utah – from a language of one of the Ute tribe's neighbors, such as Western Apache yúdah, "high up". [30] Wisconsin – originally "Mescousing", from an Algonquian language, though the source and meaning is not entirely clear; most likely from the Miami word Meskonsing meaning "it lies red" [31] [32] (c.f. Ojibwe miskosin). [18]
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Wisconsin whose names are derived from Native American languages. Listings [ edit ]
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
Beginning about 1737, they competed for nearly 100 years with the Eastern Dakota and the Fox tribes in the interior of Wisconsin, west and south of Lake Superior. The Ojibwe were technologically more advanced, and acquired guns through trade with the French, which for a time gave them an advantage.
Pages in category "American Indian reservations in Wisconsin" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.