Legal, administrative, educational and political documents, including correspondence and news clippings, describing events and people involved during the Menominee Termination and Restoration era, 1961-1973.
College of Menominee Nation/Menominee Public Library
Lucille B. Chapman Collection on the Menominee
Photographs and postcards of the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin and of Shawano, Wisconsin, including landmarks such as Smokey Falls, Wolf River Dells, Rainbow Falls and Spirit Rock, 1914-1975. Also contained in this collection are four programs from pageants written, produced and performed by members of the Menominee Nation from 1955-1957.
Menominee Collection on the Termination and Restoration Era, 1961-1973
In 1954, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin was terminated under federal policy that stripped them of their status as a recognized federal tribe. The 1973 Restoration Act allowed the Menominee Indian Tribe to restore their federally-recognized tribal status. The materials in this digital collection tell a personal and national story of the Menominee struggle for sovereignty during the Termination period.
Menominee Veterans Photographs
Portraits of veterans, including enrolled members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin as well as local residents in Keshena, Shawano and the surrounding area, who served in World War II, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nancy and Bill Alderman Collection of Neopit Postcards
Postcards depicting buildings in the community of Neopit on the Menominee Reservation, including the hospital, school, train depot and lumber mill.
Phillip and Faith Sealy Collection on the Menominee Arts
Photographs of members of the Menominee Nation community including Barney Doud, Jim Frechette, Jerome Sanapaw, Merciline Sanapaw, Karen Washinawatok, Hilary Waukau, Theresa Wescott and others.
