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Indian Protest

Date: 04 26 1971
Description: Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W...
Photograph

Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
Photograph

Arrest at Gresham

Date: 01 27 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard arrest a group of Native Americans during the takeover of the Alexian Brother Novitiate near Gresham. The arrest wa...
Photograph

Brando & Groppi

Date: 1975
Description: Actor Marlon Brando (center) and Father James Groppi of Milwaukee arrive at the Alexian Novitiate in Gresham. The building had been seized by members of th...
Photograph

Negotiations at Gresham

Date: 01 18 1975
Description: Negotiations between leaders of the Menominee Warrior Society and the American Indian Movement with General Hugh Simonson (in the Army jacket) of the Wisco...
Photograph

Negotiations at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: Negotiations between Neil Hawpetoss, a leader of the Menominee Warrior Society that had seized the Alexian Novitiate at Gresham in January 1975, and a memb...
Photograph

Standoff at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: An unidentified member of the Wisconsin State Patrol points his revolver at several Native Americans at a vehicle checkpoint near Gresham. The State Patrol...
Map or Atlas

Land of the Winnebago

Date: 1979
Description: A map of Southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois showing the areas inhabited by the Ho-Chuck, formerly known as the Winnebago. Some of the location names ...
Photograph

Olivia King

Date: 11 26 1970
Description: A candid portrait of Olivia King in her kitchen at their home on Rabbit Ridge on the Menominee reservation.
Map or Atlas

Menominee County : [Showing General Land Ownership]

Date: 1970
Description: This map shows land owned by Menominee Enterprise Inc., land sold to Menominee shareholders, and land sold to non-Menominees. The map also includes water a...
Postcard

Menomonee Indians

Date: 1972
Description: Text on back reads: "Menominee Indians . . . Indian family chief, mother, daughter, at Wolf River Falls, Neopit, Wis."
Postcard

Menominee Chief

Date: 07 08 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Menominee Chief in priceless full head dress of rare Eagle feathers. Neopit, Wis." A native American man stands with his arms cross...

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