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Presents tribal histories of the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oneida, Mohican, and Brothertown Indians, drawing upon oral tradition and other sources such as tribal newspapers to describe the events and issues that have shaped the history of Native Americans in Wisconsin.
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Novelist David Treuer examines Native American reservation life--past and present--illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation while also exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture.
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Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Menominee Indians.
The Menominee traditionally lived on the slopes above Green Bay in what is now Wisconsin. They spearfished for sturgeon and canoed along the lakeshores gathering wild rice. When French fur traders arrived in the 1600s, the Menominee left their traditional pursuits to hunt beaver, whose pelts they traded for European factory goods. In 1763, the French were dislodged...
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