Menominee
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Wisconsin, Michigan
The Menominees belong to the large family of indigenous people called the Algonquians. They occupied the Great Lakes region since before recorded history. They were travelers and traders, visiting distant clans in their birchbark canoes. Today there is a Menominee reservation on the Wolf River in northeastern Wisconsin.
Culture
. Menominee culture resulted from environmental experience, clan and tribal oral histories, and information gathered via the tribe's network of water and land trails. Intertribal marriage gained acceptance to maintain extended family units, while...
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