Menominee Tribe

Location

• Original Location: Wisconsin or Michigan
• Reservation Location today: Wisconsin

Menominee Life

• Men hunted for food
• Woman cooked and cleaned the house
• Children went to school and they helped hunt and fish.
• Elderly were part of council

Menominee Food

• Eggs, honey, maple syrup and sugar, salt, nuts, beans, roots, greens, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, rasberries

Menominee Food

• Chokecherries, wild plums, persimmons, wild rice, Indian corn, pumpkins, sunflowers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes,

Menominee Food

• Peppers, avocadoes, popyas, and choclate.

Housing

• Lived in wigwams and lodges.
• Made out of bark, cedar, and twigs
• Now live in apartment buildings and modern houses.

Menominee Teachings

• Gods/Spirits: Ma'nabus, the legend of Spirit Rock.
• Ceremonies: Medicine Lodge or The Mita'Wam.
• Traditions: Dances for the gods.

Famous Leaders/Cheifs

• Big Fish
• Carron
• Cha-wa-non
• Dandy
• Grizzly Bear

Famous Leaders/Cheifs

• Keokuk
• Keshena
• La Mothe
• La Motte
• O-ge-mawnee

Famous Leaders/Cheifs

• Pontide
• Red Bird
• Silver
• Tecumseh
• We-Kau

Menominee Spirit Stories

• Story of Manabush
• The Origin of Night and Day
• The Origin of the Dream Dance
• Fox Plays a Trick
• The Master of Night