Menominee people

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The Menominee people are a Native American tribe originally from what is now Wisconsin and Michigan, known for their deep connection to the forests and waterways of the Great Lakes region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
alternativeName Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people

Menomini ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
censusClassification American Indian or Alaska Native ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice clan system ⓘ
seasonal migration within territory ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
ethnographicGroup Great Lakes tribes ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe true ⓘ
governingBody Menominee Tribal Chairperson ⓘ
Menominee Tribal Legislature ⓘ
language Menominee language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nativeName Mamaceqtaw ⓘ
notableEvent Menominee Termination and Restoration ⓘ
populationRegion Wisconsin ⓘ
primaryLocationCurrent Menominee County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Menominee Indian Reservation ⓘ
primaryLocationHistoric Great Lakes region ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
recognizedBy United States federal government ⓘ
regionAssociation Fox River ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Wolf River ⓘ
relatedGroup Ho-Chunk people ⓘ
linked to: Ho-Chunk

Ojibwe people ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Potawatomi people ⓘ
linked to: Potawatomi
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
reservationEstablished 1854 ⓘ
restoredFederalRecognition 1973 ⓘ
terminationPolicyApplied 1954 ⓘ
terminationPolicyEnded 1973 ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
birchbark work ⓘ
traditionalEconomy forestry ⓘ
fur trade participation ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
sugar making from maple trees ⓘ
wild rice harvesting ⓘ
treaty Treaty of 1831 ⓘ
Treaty of 1836 ⓘ
Treaty of Wolf River (1854) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Menominee River → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee, Michigan → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee language → ethnicGroup → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee language → alternativeName → Menomini ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Bodéwadmi → ethnographicRegion → Great Lakes tribes ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Wisconsin River valley → inhabitedBy → Menominee people ⓘ
Menomonee River → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee people → alternativeName → Menomini ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Menominee people → alternativeName → Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Menominee County, Michigan → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Alaqua Cox → tribalAffiliation → Menominee Nation ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Menominee Iron Range → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee Indian Reservation → homelandOf → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee County, Wisconsin → namedAfter → Menominee people ⓘ
Menominee → alsoKnownAs → Menomini ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Central Algonquian → spokenBy → Menominee people ⓘ
Fox (Meskwaki) → relatedEthnicGroup → Menominee people ⓘ
Treaty of 1836 → appliesToEthnicGroup → Menominee people ⓘ
Mamaceqtaw → selfDesignationOf → Menominee people ⓘ
Mamaceqtaw → hasCulturalIdentity → Menominee culture ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Mamaceqtaw → distinguishedFrom → exonym "Menominee" ⓘ
linked to: Menominee people
Wolf River (Wisconsin) → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Menominee people ⓘ
subject linked to: Wolf River
Wolf River (Wisconsin) → hasHistoricalSignificanceFor → Menominee people ⓘ
subject linked to: Wolf River