Menominee
noun
Me·nom·i·nee
mə-ˈnä-mə-nē 
variants
or less commonly Menomini
1
plural Menominee or Menominees also Menomini or Menominis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
2
: the Algonquian language of the Menominee people
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Perkins Restaurant & Bakery The only Perkins Restaurant & Bakery left in Michigan is located in Menominee.
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Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
In 1977, the Siletz became the second tribe to succeed, following the restoration of the Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin in 1973.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Fifty years later, in 1971, the Chicago Tribune documented how Menominee mother and activist Carol Warrington was jailed after pulling her children out of school in protest of the inaccurate and harmful depictions of Native people in their school textbooks.
—TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
The Potawatomi claim southeast Wisconsin as their ancestral homeland, but Menominee tribal historians claim their tribe’s ancestral territory included all of what is now known as Wisconsin, as well as parts of Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
For example, turnout on the Red Cliff Reservation increased by 28%, and turnout on the Menominee Reservation increased by 24%.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
Thirteen horses from Allegan, Cass, Clare, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, Menominee, Osceola (2), St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren (2) and Wexford counties, and one bird from Antrim County have tested positive for EEE.
—Dan Basso, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
In 1977, the Siletz became the second tribe to succeed, following the restoration of the Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin in 1973.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Fifty years later, in 1971, the Chicago Tribune documented how Menominee mother and activist Carol Warrington was jailed after pulling her children out of school in protest of the inaccurate and harmful depictions of Native people in their school textbooks.
—TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
The Potawatomi claim southeast Wisconsin as their ancestral homeland, but Menominee tribal historians claim their tribe’s ancestral territory included all of what is now known as Wisconsin, as well as parts of Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
For example, turnout on the Red Cliff Reservation increased by 28%, and turnout on the Menominee Reservation increased by 24%.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
Thirteen horses from Allegan, Cass, Clare, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, Menominee, Osceola (2), St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren (2) and Wexford counties, and one bird from Antrim County have tested positive for EEE.
—Dan Basso, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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Menominee
geographical name
Me·nom·i·nee
mə-ˈnä-mə-nē
river 125 miles (201 kilometers) long in northeastern Wisconsin flowing southeast on the Michigan–Wisconsin border into Green Bay
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