My grandmother was moved from new York to Oneida Wisconsin our land was given to us by the Menominee

(2023) - I am now 61 years old. For many years I have always known my maternal grandmother (1913-2011) was part Indian and part black. My family are from East Tennessee Smoky Mountains. Matter of fact within the start of Trail Of Tears area (Birchwood, Tn) I finally got the Ancestry website account and had my DNA sent in. To my surprise the Indian blood I have is Menominee. I was not expecting that as I always thought it would be Cherokee. Then I realized that my best friend's father and grandfather were originally from Milwaukee, I guess what I am saying is that I assume tribes obviously traveled or were moved. The other half of my blood is my 3x Great Grandfather was a black slave whom ended up fighting in the Civil War. He married a Menominee woman and had 10 children. Around c.1879, Congress had rewarded Civil War soilders 160 acres of farm land tax free as long as the lived on the land. So as expected, my family were farmers.... including myself.

It breaks my heart to see those photo's of children in the boarding schools, especially the very young children🥺. It's just terrible. There are still many elders alive today telling their boarding school horror stories😔

I became friends with a guy who was Menomonee. We first met when we fought against each other in the 1982 Golden Gloves state championship finals. His name was Mario Waupoose ( God rest his soul ), we became friends after the fight and even though I won by a decision he was the toughest opponent I ever fought against as an amateur or pro, a true warrior. I would cheer him on at other matches and considered him a friend. We got along good with each other after we fought and I always had and still have respect for him. It saddened me to hear he had passed away. I had hoped to see him again when I return to Wisconsin one day. Rest in peace Mario.

These are descendants of the people who truly know how to treat this land. They deserve even more than our basic respect. They need more land and deserve to flourish…they deserve to be left alone to recover and become strong again

I’m Menominee to and my name is Awaehsaeh and I love this tribe :-)

I honor my Menomonee grandmother and Oneida grandfather

Living the scenery. So peaceful and sublime.

Indigenous existence is resistance❤️

That's my grandma!!!

Thank you. That was great. I was in your area as a kid. I saw the lumber trucks and many young male adults crossing the street. We stopped at a little gas station in town. Shaw'no they called it but it is Shawano on the map. My brother and I met 3 Indigenous kids.. 2 older taller slender girls maybe 8 or 7 years old and a boy maybe 6 or 7 in the Dime Store. I think that the building was white with red trim on the windows. We all smiled but were too shy to speak. I never forgot that. A lawyer told me recently that being nice gets you no reward. It is hard to be true to yourself and to also know how the world functions to always trick and take. It is hard to avoid all battles even though your heart might not be in it. Like minds, must stick together to outwardly face it, fight it and finish it. Inside you might suffer. I got a lawyer last week. He is my worldly warrior. Please keep the language and culture alive. That is beautiful.

What a beautiful history....I am grateful my friend has let me borrow his tablet so I may receive knowledge of this amazing heritage... I am proud to be a part of my friends heritage and his welcoming of me to be included here ...a part of his family.... As an escanabian I feel a part of this history.... I feel sad to know that this information is not promoted more... I am seen as white ... Although my spirit feels otherwise.... I know my soul and spirit is part of this land... Which is why I am so passionate to support my brothers and sisters of this native land I am blessed to be allowed to freely roam...which is only a fraction of what should be rightly reTurned to them in my opinion... May my friends and in my opinion FAMILY be blessed by spirit still alive in souls long passed... I am blessed to be alive to witness survival and continuation of tradition!!! So... I am truly blessed!!! Thank you my friends... Thank you my family. Jammie berglund

Annually I come to the reservation to raft the wolf river. I love all of you members of the menomimee tribe. Thank you for keeping your culture and maintaining a safe and fun operation for others to enjoy

I am a Waubano from the Menominee tribe. I cannot wait to go home.

Lol! They were playing Iroquois music.

Awesome video

Excellent video.

really cool thank u for this series

My grandmother always said we came from iron mountain I would like to go there and walk through the forest if there are any left

Love it!

I grew up in Michigan a little town called holton Michigan I have just moved back here last fall I have been gone 20 years or more getting old now and the wisdom of the past is starting to circle around I spend a lot of time in the forest on the trails the rivers the lakes the streams last year fishing I had seen two separate sturgeons fascinated by these fish I look for more but they are very rare thing many people fish their whole life and never see one in these streams my brother had someone look into our history at great detail apparently back then you could have four or five wives or more we are supposedly descendants from this great chief that you speak of from what I hear we cannot get our history back and become a member of the Menominee because of one piece of paper with a signature on it that cannot be found this saddens me greatly for I just do not feel like fit in anywhere for so many years I come back here all the lakes and screams are blocked off so much land is bought up and there are signs everywhere to keep out all the trails to the river are blocked off with Gates and poles put into the ground most of the people were not even shake your hand they are rude and disrespectful it is a shame to come back and see this after so many years one thing I have always done ever since I was young is watched the sunrise there are a few places to go in the forest now and fish the lakes in the streams but I find comfort in what land is left to travel deep into Forest and watch the sunrise every time I see it it is special it is like a whole new beginning there is magic in the first race of the Sun for just a few minutes as the light crest The horizon and slowly warms your face it is the only true sense of peace that I have found since I have come back I have had a great loss that cut me to the very core and I have come back feeling unwanted and out of place parish peace in the forest in the solitude of the morning fog rising from the water or a full moon reflecting off what appears to be a sheet of glass so I spend my time fishing and hiking everybody always says I love to fish but it is not the fishing it's the going of fishing and what you encounter along the way that is what I love the most May the wings of Liberty never lose its wings and may always the next generation learn from the past and respect the wisdom that lies there

LMAO is that ndn car playing in the background at 13:00 ?

I love being native ❤❤❤😊

When will the truth be released

Can’t wait

Treaty of the cedars ……😔

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Are the Menomonie people part of the Ho-Chunk? It seams like they both claim the same lands as their home? I don't know, I'm just trying to understand better.

Oshkosh was an assasin he had my great, great, great, great grandfather murdered on a train platform. Waukechon was chief and oshkosh wanted power.

So as lndians, you will deny the Bible, Acts.17:24