Menominee

Menominee, also Menomini, North American tribe, of the Algonquian language family, and of the Northeast culture area. The tribe originally lived in the upper Michigan region, later moving to Wisconsin and west to the Mississippi River. Sedentary and peaceful, they lived in villages and gathered wild rice and other plants as their food staples. They also farmed, cultivating maize, beans, and tobacco, and hunted and fished. Later, they hunted animals for furs. After selling their lands to the U.S. government, they were moved in the mid-1800s to a reservation near Wolf River, Wisconsin. In the 2000 U.S. census about 7,900 people identified themselves as Menominee only; an additional 2,000 people reported being part Menominee. Most still live in Wisconsin. See also Native American Languages; Native Americans of North America: Northeast.