All communities have stories that describe their beginning. These stories connect the community to the world at large, and they establish the foundations for group behavior and unity. This traditional history is carefully nurtured, guarded, and passed from one generation to the next, for it serves as the soul of the community. Traditional stories incorporate factual accounts of events and the creative interpretations necessary to engage community members and weave diverse narratives into a coherent whole. Inappropriate behavior is identified and the punishments prescribed; appropriate behavior is extolled and the rewards detailed. These stories prepare individuals for membership in their... more...
| Ojibwe Place Names in Wisconsin, ca. 1890 |
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| Menominee Vocabulary, 1893 |
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| Ancient copper mines are discovered in 1848 |
| An Oneota ceramic vessel, ca. 1500-1625 |
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| Copper tools from Northern Wisconsin, 4000-1,200 B.C. |
| An Early Archaeological Report on the Old Copper Culture |
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| Statistics on government schools for Indians, 1899 |
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| An Oneida spelling book for children, 1820 |
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| An Oneida prayer-book, 1816 |
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| A life of Jesus in Ottawa, 1837 |
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| The language spoken by the Brothertown Indians when Europeans arrived in America |
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| A speech by Brothertown Indian leader Samsom Occom, 1771 |
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| The sports and games of Indians |
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| Fr. Baraga's 1853 Ojibwe Dictionary |
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| A Ho-Chunk grammar textbook, 1945 |
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| A guide to the Mohican language, 1789 |
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| A modern dictionary of the Menominee language |
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| A religious primer in Mohican, 1818 |
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| A missionary's speech in Oneida, 1815. |
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| The first book printed in Wisconsin, an Ojibwe almanac |
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| The language of the Brothertown Indians' ancestors, 1722 |
| 5,000-year-old tools from Crawford County. |
| Brief Potawatomi Language Vocabularies, 1920-1932. |
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| A Long Ho-Chunk Vocabulary, 1880 |
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| Brief Ho-Chunk Language Vocabularies, 1830-1930 |
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| The creation narrative of the Ho-Chunk Indians, recorded about 1850. |
