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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| Ancient copper mines are discovered in 1848 |
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| Menominee Vocabulary, 1893 |
| Copper tools from Northern Wisconsin, 4000-1,200 B.C. |
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| An Oneota ceramic vessel, ca. 1500-1625 |
| Statistics on government schools for Indians, 1899 |
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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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| A guide to the Mohican language, 1789 |
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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 |
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| The language of the Brothertown Indians' ancestors, 1722 |
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| Fr. Baraga's 1853 Ojibwe Dictionary |
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| The sports and games of Indians |
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| The first book printed in Wisconsin, an Ojibwe almanac |
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| Report on the Menominee at Termination, 1958 |
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| An Early Archaeological Report on the Old Copper Culture |
| 5,000-year-old tools from Crawford County. |
| A Long Ho-Chunk Vocabulary, 1880 |
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| Brief Ho-Chunk Language Vocabularies, 1830-1930 |
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| Frank Bridgman's Menominee vocabulary, 1878 |
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| The creation narrative of the Ho-Chunk Indians, recorded about 1850. |
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| American Indian language manuscripts at the Wisconsin Historical Society, 2010 |
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| Alfred Bridgman's English-Menominee word list from the 1870s |
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| Brief Potawatomi Language Vocabularies, 1920-1932. |
