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261. Website. menominee-nsn.gov. The Menominee Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in northeastern Wisconsin held in trust by the United States for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. It is the largest Indian reservation east of the Mississippi River. In the Menominee language, it is called Omāēqnomenēw-Otāēskonenan ...
The Menominee (/ m ə ˈ n ɑː m ə ˌ n i / ⓘ 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 ...
Keshena (Menominee: Kesīqnæh) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States. [5] Located on the Menominee Indian Reservation, it had a population of 1,257 at the 2020 census. [2] Keshena was named for an Indian chief; the Menominee name is Kesīqnaeh which means "Swift Flying". [6] [7]
The tribe today includes about 8,700 enrolled citizens and 2,200 descendants. ... He said the Menominee people have the opportunity to “turn the tide” again.
Menominee County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,255, [1] making it the least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is in the community of Keshena. [2] Menominee is Wisconsin's newest county, having been created in 1959 after recognition of the Menominee tribe was terminated by ...
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 ...
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 tribe approved spending six thousand dollars to construct a new building. These changes began a new era in Menominee schooling which would last well into the twentieth century. An increased number of Menominee children attended boarding schools, but most did so on the reservation in Keshena rather than at an off-reservation school. [14]