Menominee Indian Project

One of this weekends project was the Menominee Indian Project my middle child had. She had a report and we promised her we would work with her on building on a model of a wigwam. At first we tried to build the wigwam that looked like an igloo built out of bark. We also discovered they also built Teepee's so we opted for the latter. Teepee's are allot harder to build than we thought. :o) It was allot of fun because there was input from everyone involved. We were able to build the model which she brought to school today, and tonight we're supposed to make Menominee Indian corn bread. Being the proud Papa that I am, I'm also posting her one page report below. Enjoy.

The Menominee Indians were a select group living in Wisconsin and upper Michigan
where they settled in village sites at the mouth of the Menominee River. The
Menominee’s were also known as the wild rice tribe because the Menominee women
would collect wild rice from canoes in the summer time while the men of the tribe would
make and use arrows to hunt for small game from other boats, or fished for sturgeon with hooks, spears, traps, and nets. The Menominee’s were well known for their choice in colorful clothing. Men would ware deerskin skirts, leggings, and moccasins. The women usually wore shirts of woven nettles, along with ware deerskin skirts, leggings, and moccasins. Both men and women decorated their clothing with painted designs,porcupine quills, and beadwork, they were also known to ware copper jewelry. There shelter was made of bark and in the shape of a semi-circle called wigwams in the summer
but when winter season came they changed there shelter into longhouses. They also built
different lodges for sweating, dreaming, and fasting. The Menominee’s had a belief that children and elders were the closest to spirits. If a baby was unhappy they would send a special healer to find out why. When the children of the tribe got older the female children would be sent with her mother all day to be taught how to cook and harvest rice while the male children would spend his time with their fathers learning how to hunt and set up wigwams or longhouses. This is just a small picture of a tribe that lived in Wisconsin and upper Michigan.