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...
| Menominee Vocabulary, 1893 |
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| Ancient copper mines are discovered in 1848 |
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| Ojibwe Place Names in Wisconsin, ca. 1890 |
| An Oneota ceramic vessel, ca. 1500-1625 |
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| Copper tools from Northern Wisconsin, 4000-1,200 B.C. |
| Fr. Baraga's 1853 Ojibwe Dictionary |
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| The sports and games of Indians |
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| A guide to the Mohican language, 1789 |
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| An Early Archaeological Report on the Old Copper Culture |
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| The language of the Brothertown Indians' ancestors, 1722 |
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| Statistics on government schools for Indians, 1899 |
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| The first book printed in Wisconsin, an Ojibwe almanac |
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| A Ho-Chunk grammar textbook, 1945 |
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| A speech by Brothertown Indian leader Samsom Occom, 1771 |
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| Report on the Menominee at Termination, 1958 |
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| The language spoken by the Brothertown Indians when Europeans arrived in America |
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| A modern dictionary of the Menominee language |
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| A life of Jesus in Ottawa, 1837 |
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| A religious primer in Mohican, 1818 |
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| An Oneida prayer-book, 1816 |
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| A missionary's speech in Oneida, 1815. |
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| An Oneida spelling book for children, 1820 |
| 5,000-year-old tools from Crawford County. |
| Brief Potawatomi Language Vocabularies, 1920-1932. |
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| The creation narrative of the Ho-Chunk Indians, recorded about 1850. |
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| A Long Ho-Chunk Vocabulary, 1880 |
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| Brief Ho-Chunk Language Vocabularies, 1830-1930 |
