Travel Back in Time to Keshena

According to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, “the Menominee occupied a vast territory, over 10 million acres of land, of what is now Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.” The tribe’s point of origin is roughly 60 miles east of the present reservation, which is incredibly unique. Keshena is seat of government for the Menominee Tribe. The College of Menominee Nation S. Verna Fowler Academic Library/Menominee Public Library has several digital collections dedicated to the history of the tribe, including its struggle for sovereignty: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/cmnlsc. More information on the Menominee Tribe can be found here: https://www.menominee-nsn.gov/Default.aspx.
All images are from the College of Menominee Nation Library.

Looking down Main Street in Keshena, showing buildings, automobiles and a group of people.
Chief Sam Frog, Johnson Awohnopay, and Wayne Martin pose with Menominee men in traditional and modern dress, original print.
Theresa Wescott at Smokey Dells on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena, original print.
Menominee News – volume 1 – issue 1, 1954.
Menominee citizens line along a bridge for a Memorial Day Parade in downtown Keshena.