Menominee Maps |
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The image at left represents the map depicting the land cessions by treaty to the U.S. Click on the image for a larger representation. |
A set of three maps are locally available for sale at the UWSP Museum of Natural History Store.
The maps are the work of several people. David Wrone, emeritus professor of history, provided interpretations of influences various government treaties had on the lands. James Frechette Jr., of Rhinelander, the artist who carved the clan figures, designed traditional Menominee symbols used on the borders of the maps. Mapping Specialists Ltd. of Madison assisted with the development of the maps. Five hundred copies of each map were printed in four colors on 80-pound matte paper.
One map, written entirely in the Menominee language, shows the land in central and eastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, which the tribe regarded as "the sacred land given to them by the creator," Wrone said. It shows trails and canoe routes with the Plover Portage as the main east-west thoroughfare.
Another map shows the tribe’s original boundaries with cessions of lands to the U.S. government that took place between 1817 and 1856. For example, a sliver of land along the Wisconsin River from the Wausau area to the Wisconsin Rapids area, took place in 1836. UW-Stevens Point’s campus was part of the cession.
The third map shows the contemporary home of the Menominee with various geographic features plus roads, cemeteries, railroad and its three settlements of Neopit, Keshena and Zoar.
 The image above represents the Menominee Nation in Menominee. Click on the image for a larger representation.
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The image above represents the Menominee Reservation today. Click on the image for a larger representation. |
