Report On Menominee Indian Reservation Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Centennial History of Menominee County The Menominee Indians are fast fading away, and where there were thousands when the white men came, it is rare now to find one.' When the writer came here, it was very common to see a village of wigwams at the rapids, the occupants busy catching and smoking aseason s stock of the staff of life, 1' (a, Sturgeon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In 1961, the U.S. government terminated the Menominee Indians’ federal status as a recognized tribe, including rights to a self-governed reservation. The Menominees were not the only tribe subject to this injustice; the government’s action was part of its larger policy of termination, which aimed to assimilate all Native Americans into larger American society. For the Menominees, as well as for other tribes, the result was devastating; in addition to their loss of land, Native peoples lost their livelihoods, assets, and very identities. In Menominee Drums, Nicholas C. Peroff explains how termination evolved and how it affected the Menominees. He also tells the astounding story of how the termination was reversed. Through an organized campaign called DRUMS, the tribe was able to regain its status of federal recognition.

Excerpt from The Dream Dance of the Chippewa and Menominee Indians of Northern Wisconsin The relations existing between the Chippewa and certain other tribes belonging to the great Algonquin linguistic stock appear to have always been very cordial. With the Ottawa and Potawatomi especially their relations were intimate, apparently by virtue of the fact that these three tribes all sprang originally from the same source, as nearly as can be gathered. At present also especially friendly relations are maintained between the Wisconsin Chippewa and the small number of Potawatomi still residing in the state. More or less friendly relations appear to have existed from time immemorial between the Chippewa and the Menominee who are also an Algonquin people, though these relations were not so intimate as those of the Chippewa with the Ottawa and the Potawatomi. At the present time the relations between the Chippewa and the Menominee are very cordial. The Menominee appear to have been at all times a comparatively small tribe whose numbers probably never varied greatly from that of the present day, which is about When first encountered by whites they resided in the vicinity of the Menominee river which forms part of the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan. They laid claim to the western shore of Lake Michigan from the mouth of Green bay to the mouth of the Milwaukee river, and inland to em brace the whole drainage basins of the Menominee and the Fox rivers. They at present reside on what is known as the Menominee reservation, on the upper course of the Wolf river, in Shawano and Oconto counties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: To the Secretary of the Interior, 1907 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the seventy-sixth annual report of the Office of Indian Affairs. A Session's Legislation. The Fifty-ninth Congress ended, as it began, with a most striking array of important permanent legislation respecting Indian interests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.