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The Menominee Reservation is the only reservation in Wisconsin that is not subject to state jurisdiction under Public Law 280. This means that the Menominee Nation or the federal government generally holds legal jurisdiction over tribal members for crimes and civil disputes that occur within the reservation boundaries.
The Menominee (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ m ɪ n i / ⓘ mə-NOM-in-ee; 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 ...
Tribal elder food boxes loaded into a vehicle at Menominee Nation Food Distribution on June 15, 2023, in Keshena, Wis. But the Menominee Nation also was afflicted with poverty through federal ...
The Menominee Tribe is staging a media event in the Capitol Tuesday as it continues its effort to win approval to build a tribal casino in Kenosha. The event: the signing of a "ceremonial replica ...
The tornado developed just north of Keshena, where Menominee tribal offices and homes are located, along Highway 55 and moved about nine miles to Berry Lake just outside the reservation boundary.
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.
This spring, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Indigenized Energy and a coalition of 14 tribal nations, including Menominee in Wisconsin, will receive $135.5 million from its ...
In 1848, the United States and the Menominee negotiated the Treaty of Lake Poygan, in which Oshkosh ceded the Menominee's remaining lands in Wisconsin in exchange for 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2) along the Crow Wing River in Minnesota and $20,000. A clause in the treaty allowed the tribe to remain in Wisconsin until 1850.