Menominee

seek redress for damages they caused to current and former residents of Shawano, Wisconsin with their negligent waste disposal. The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are 210 current and former residents of Shawano, and all are members of the historic Menominee Indian Tribe, according to attorney Michela May. The plaintiffs seek compensation from defendants FMC and the Shawano County Solid Waste Management Authority (SCSWMA) for improper waste disposal at the Shawano Mines Landfill Site (“Site”),…

Some legends say that they will come down and grab your children. The Wisconsin Menominee Native Americans saw the lights as torches that were used by benevolent giants when they would spear fish at night. The fishermen in northern Sweden took the lights as a good luck sign, believing they were reflecting on large schools of herring in…

5 important policies imposed on Native Americans: The Indian Removal Act was passed in the US in 1830 to provide legal grounds for the expulsion of Indians from the states east of the Mississippi River. The law authorized the president to begin negotiations with tribes living within the states to exchange their lands for lands purchased in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase. On February 8, 1887, the US Congress passed the "General Allotment Act". Later, he became widely known as the Dawes Act. The…

I gripped my lacrosse stick like a blanket on a cold winter night, scared down to my bones about what I was about to do. I peeked the back door open to see if anyone was watching, but I knew that no one would be up at this time of night. I grabbed my backpack from the table and quickly ran out the door toward the woods not sure what was lurking in its darkness. I ran through the trees as briskly as I could, nimble on my feet. I knew no one could catch me now, no one knows what I’ve done. I was…

The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin is sovereign government with a long and proud history of self-government. As a part of the original five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Oneidas were under the jurisdiction of the Great Law of Peace, originally recorded on wampum belts. The Confederacy dates all the way back to the 1500s. The Oneida have persevered in the face of adversity for centuries, and we proudly and passionately continue to protect and preserve our homelands. The Iroquois…

At this point in history, tribal nations were facing more obstacles besides the United States. Disease, poor living conditions, and poverty swept through Indian country. Lewis Meriam claimed that many Native Americans struggled financially because “the Indians were ignorant of money and its use…” and spent their lump sums of cash from selling allotments on temporary goods instead of investing for future use. Native Americans struggled to survive off of the small incomes from leases, per capita…

lined with striped cotton One notable thing is that the bandolier bags were made differently according to various tribes in which each tribe was able to make it according to their style. These bags are made differently from the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Menominee, Winnebago, Sauk and Creek tribes. (Bey, 2004) The bags consisted of an “X” motif which appears on the veins in the leaves. The bags also consist of a woven panel sewed onto the bag and woven tabs beneath the bag. However the designs on…

Water plays an essential role in life on Earth; whether it’s affecting human life, animal life, plants, or rocks, water is the key to just about everything. The shape of land on Earth has been impacted over time by the ever-changing water that covers most of the planet. In Michigan especially, the effect that water has on the land can clearly be seen throughout the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. This change comes from rivers and lakes eroding, transporting, and depositing; glaciers carving the land…

As he mentions there are groups who only use what they need of the land, like the Menominee, and practice self restraint when using natural resources. Sustainability is attainable, but privileged and multifaceted like our culture and power structures that make up humanity. Did this project actually make a difference? Although he is “No…

Herbalism Human beings have been using plants for healing long before scientists started manufacturing products from plants. One of the first known texts on medicinal plant use was used by Ancient Egyptians and is called the “Ebers Papyrus; it dates back to 1500 BC and contains over seven-hundred medicinal solutions (Krohn)”. Great philosophers like Aristotle even wrote about and studied medicinal plants. Aristotle also created his own list of medicinal plants. “Hippocrates, 460-380 BC, known…