Menominee Area Public Schools
The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', 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 nation of Native Americans. Their land base is the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Their historic territory originally included an estimated in present-day Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The tribe currently has about 8,700 members. Federal recognition of the tribe was terminated in the 1960s under policy of the time which stressed assimilation. During that period, they brought what has become a landmark case in Indian law to the United States Supreme Court, in ''Menominee Tribe v. United States'' (1968), to protect their treaty hunting and fishing rights. The Wisconsin Supreme Court and the United States Court of Claims had drawn opposing conclusions about the effect of the termination on Menominee hun ...
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Menomonee (other)
Menomonee can refer to: ;United States * Little Menomonee River in Ozaukee and Milwaukee counties, Wisconsin * Menomonee, Wisconsin, former town * Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, village * Menomonee River in Washington, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties in Wisconsin *Menomonee River Valley, Milwaukee The Menomonee Valley or Menomonee River Valley is a U-shaped land formation along the southern bend of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Because of its easy access to Lake Michigan and other waterways, the neighborhood has historically ... * ''Menomonee'' (sculpture), a public artwork by Hilary Goldblatt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin See also * Menominee (other) * Menomonie (other) {{disambiguation, geo ...
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