Menominee (disambiguation)
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Municipalities and administrative divisions

  • Menominee, Illinois
    Menominee, Illinois
    Menominee is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 248 at the 2010 census, up from 237 at the 2000 census...

    , a village
  • Menominee Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
    Menominee Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
    Menominee Township is one of twenty-three townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,020.-Geography:...

  • Menominee, Michigan
    Menominee, Michigan
    Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...

  • Menominee Township, Michigan
    Menominee Township, Michigan
    Menominee Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,939 at the 2000 census. The City of Menominee is located at the southern end of the township, but is administratively autonomous.-Geography:...

  • Menominee, Wisconsin
    Menominee, Wisconsin
    For the city in western Wisconsin, see Menomonie.Menominee is a town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,562 at the 2000 census...

    , a town
  • Menominee County, Wisconsin

Land features

  • Little Menominee River
    Little Menominee River
    The Little Menominee River is a tributary of the Upper Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.The Little Menominee rises in Grant County, Wisconsin. It flows south, to the east of the Menominee River, into Illinois. It crosses the northwestern corner of Illinois for about...

     in Wisconsin and Illinois
  • Menominee River
    Menominee River
    The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 118 mi , draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan...

     in Michigan and Wisconsin
  • Menominee River (Illinois)
    Menominee River (Illinois)
    The Menominee River is an tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. There is also a Menominee River in northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan, and a Menomonee River that flows through metro Milwaukee....


Menominee Nation (a Native American tribe)

  • The Menominee
    Menominee
    Some placenames use other spellings, see also Menomonee and Menomonie.The Menominee are a nation of Native Americans living in Wisconsin. The Menominee, along with the Ho-Chunk, are the only tribes that are indigenous to what is now Wisconsin...

     Indians, the tribe
  • Menominee language
    Menominee language
    The Menominee language is an Algonquian language originally spoken by the Menominee people of northern Wisconsin and Michigan. It is still spoken on the Menominee Nation lands in Northern Wisconsin in the United States....

    , their language
  • College of Menominee Nation, a community college that the tribe founded
  • Menominee Indian Reservation
    Menominee Indian Reservation
    The Menominee Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in northeastern Wisconsin for the Menominee.For the most part it is conterminous with Menominee County and the town of Menominee. However, there are many small pockets of territory within the county that are not considered to be...

    , Wisconsin

Other

  • Chief Menominee
    Chief Menominee
    Menominee was chief of the largest Potawatomi community in Indiana at the Twin Lakes of Marshall County.In 1820 at a Fort Wayne council, Menominee met with Isaac McCoy and asked him to visit his village on the Yellow River. Menominee had become a religious chief among the Potawatomi as he...

    , of the Native American tribe, Pottowattomie
    Potawatomi
    The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...

    . Signed the Treaty of the Tippecanoe
    Treaty of Tippecanoe
    The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an agreement between the United States government and Native American tribes in Indiana on October 26, 1832.-Treaty:...

    , October 26, 1832
  • Round whitefish
    Round whitefish
    The round whitefish is a freshwater species of fish that is found in lakes from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes. It has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its size is generally between 9 and 19 inches long...

    , called menominees in parts of the northern Great Lakes
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