In the United States, the federal government recognizes Indian tribes as independent and sovereign powers. Sovereignty is the right of a nation or group of people to be self-governing. Indians are United States citizens and also citizens of their tribes. Like other Americans, Indians are subject to federal laws, but they are not always subject to state laws because Indian reservations are held in trust by the federal government. A government-to-government relationship exists between each sovereign tribe and the U.S. government. Today, eleven federally recognized Indian tribes call Wisconsin home (the Brothertown tribe filed a petition for recognition in 1996... more...
| Menominee Vocabulary, 1893 |
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| "Indian News" from the Voice of the Winnebago, 1931-1949 |
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| An examination of treaty rights in Northern Wisconsin, 1989-1990 |
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| The Oneidas claim land in New York |
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| A Menominee superintendent discusses changes on the reservation, 1935 |
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| Menominee lands are threatened with allotment, 1925 |
| Anti-spearfishing concrete walleye decoy
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| Athletic shoes embellished with a traditional artform |
| Stockbridge and Munsee Testimony, 1892 |
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| A Ho-Chunk grammar textbook, 1945 |
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| A modern dictionary of the Menominee language |
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| Conditions in Wisconsin Indian communities in 1929 |
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| The Human Rights Commission surveys Wisconsin Indians in 1966 |
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| Conditions on Wisconsin Indian reservations, 1909-1910 |
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| An Indian commission examines treaty rights and racism, ca. 1989 |
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| A survey of Milwaukee's Indian population, 1962 |
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| Excerpts from a tribal cookbook |
| The Killing of Chief Joe White (Gishkitawag), 1894 |
| Pictures of the Potawatomi from the 1820's to the 1920's |
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| Pictures of the Ho-Chunk in the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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| Pictures of the Menominee in the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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| Pictures of the Ojibwe in the 19th and 20th centuries. |
| 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 |
