Stockbridge and Munsee Indians : testimony taken before the Subcommittee (composed of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Stockbridge, and Pettigrew) having under consideration the bills (S. 2873) for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in the State of Wisconsin and (S. 2977) for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians in the state of Wisconsin
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- 1892-05-31
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The Stockbridge Indians who came to Wisconsin in the 1820s were forced in 1832-1834 to move to the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago, where they were joined by a number of dispossessed Munsee Indians. There, in 1843, the U.S. government offered residents a chance to become U.S. citizens and own their own property, or to remain within the tribe and live under treaty provisions. This split the community into a Citizens Party, who accepted the U.S. offer, and an Indian Party, who preferred to retain tribal status. Precisely which residents were tribal members entitled to treaty stipulations, and which were not, divided the Stockbridge-Munsee for the next several decades. In 1856 a new treaty between the Stockbridge-Munsee and the U.S. government relocated them again, this time to heavily forested lands near Bowler, Wisconsin. In 1871, under pressure from white lumber companies, the U.S. Congress passed a law selling some of the Stockbridge-Munsee timber lands, which produced $179,0
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- Native Americans
Indians of North America Government relations
Indian reservations
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- Shawano County;
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- Stockbridge and Munsee Indians : testimony taken before the Subcommittee (composed of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Stockbridge, and Pettigrew) having under consideration the bills (S. 2873) for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in the State of Wisconsin and (S. 2977) for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians in the state of Wisconsin. 1892-05-31. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/30235. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1892-05-31) Stockbridge and Munsee Indians : testimony taken before the Subcommittee (composed of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Stockbridge, and Pettigrew) having under consideration the bills (S. 2873) for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in the State of Wisconsin and (S. 2977) for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians in the state of Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/30235
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