Wisconsin Indians

122 Pages·2002·7.717 MB·English

by  Nancy Oestreich Lurie, Francis Paul Prucha

isconsin Indians
REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION
Foreword by Francis Paul Prucha
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2019 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
https://archive.org/details/wisconsinindians0000luri_q2g9

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Wisconsin
Indians
Revised and Expanded Edition
Nancy Oestreich Lurie
Curator Emerita
Milwaukee Public Musetim
THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS
Madison
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
© 2002 by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
All rights reserved. First edition 1969.
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Printed in the United States of America
Designed by Jane Tenenbaum
Maps on pages 6 and 7 by Amelia Janes/Mike Gallagher, Midwest Educational Graphics
Cover photo courtesy of Jackson County Historical Society —
Van Schaick Collection
06 05 04 03 02 54321
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lurie, Nancy Oestreich.
Wisconsin Indians / Nancy Oestreich Lurie; foreword by Francis Paul
Prucha. Rev. and expanded 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-87020-330-4
I. Indians ol North America — Wisconsin - History. 2. Indians of
North America — Wisconsin — Governmental relations. I. Title.
E78.W8 L87 2002
977-5’oo497-dc2i
2001049757
CONTENTS
Foreword by Francis Paul Prucha, S. J. v
Preface to the 2002 Edition ix
1
0\’erview i
2
Wisconsin Indian Lands and Peoples 5
3
Federal Indian Policy — The Formative Years 15
4
Administering Indian Affairs 34
5
Two WYrld Whrs and Their Aftermaths 39
6
Termination and Relocation 46
7
Menominee lermination and Restoration 53
8
Chippewa Treaty Rights Controversy 65
9
Mining and Wisconsin Indian Lands 72
10
Sovereignty, Recognition, Gaming, and Beyond 76
11
Expanding Horizons 83
12
Summing Up 89
References and Resources 91
Index 93
WHi(X3)45609
T he original Great Seal of the Territory of W isconsin,
created in 1839, included the motto “Ci\-ilization takes
the place ol barbarism.” Notice the strong suggestion of
Indians being pushed west across the Mississippi Rh-er.
I his design, with minor modifications, was also used
after W'isconsin gained statehood in 1848; the seal was
redesigned in 1851 and again in i88t.