Archaeologists identify the Menomini as descendants of the Middle Woodland Indians, who flourished in the area for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. According to Menomini legend, their people emerged from the ground near the mouth of the Menominee River. It was along that river that Sieur Jean Nicolet first encountered the Menomini in 1634. The Menomini, a peaceful people, lived by farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering wild rice. Perhaps because of their peaceful nature their name was not generally found in the white military annals, and they were largely unknown until...
Archaeologists identify the Menomini as descendants of the Middle Woodland Indians, who flourished in the area for thousands of years before the first...
This study forms one unit of a research project initiated by the South Pacific Commission as part of its Social Development research program. The project was devised to provide a comprehensive survey of the work done to date in social anthropology as it relates to conditions and problems among the peoples of the South Pacific Territories.
This study forms one unit of a research project initiated by the South Pacific Commission as part of its Social Development research program. The p...
