A brief story of the Menominee Indians
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- Created Date
- 1634-1958
- Description
This 40-page mimeographed report was written by the tribe's last Indian agent, Melvin L. Robertson, in 1958, to answer the many questions he had received about tribal history and their transition from reservation to independent status under the U.S. government policy of "termination." It opens with a brief history of the tribe, and then discusses in detail conditions on the reservation in the 20th century. An abstract of each treaty starts on page 20 and a detailed, 10-page chronology beginning on page 25 gives a wealth of detail about the post-treaty era; a page of 1958 tribal statistics follows at the end.
- Creator
Robertson, Melvin L
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Pamphlet Collection
- Publisher
- Menominee Indian Agency
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Forest conservation
Indians of North America Government relations
Forests
Forest products industry
Logging
Sawmills
Menominee - Type
- text
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Chicago citation style
- Robertson, Melvin L. A brief story of the Menominee Indians. 1634-1958. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/43450. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Robertson, Melvin L, (1634-1958) A brief story of the Menominee Indians. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/43450
- MLA citation style
- Robertson, Melvin L. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/43450>.