The History of the Wisconsin Indians

His name is Wautheeweela. It means Bright Horn, referring to horns on a deer. He is ten years old, and ready to make his journey to prove his manhood. He and other boys from his Shawnee tribe have been physically toughened and taught to be independent since an age of around six. In winters, they have had to break the ice to jump into the freezing river to continue their daily routine of learning to survive with Nature and its elements. Now will be his test of endurance. He is sent into the woods with a bow and arrow and told not to come back until he had shot something to eat. His face is blackened with charcoal, a sign to all who saw him that he is on his quest and cannot be helped. He would

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are indigenous of parts of the Southeastern United States. They have members all the way south as Georgia and are spread out across the Appalachian mountain trail in both North and South Carolina and stretching across into Tennessee. The land in which each tribe is from has a particular way is shaping how they live and defines the important aspects of that culture. In the Eighteenth Century the Cherokee Indians were one of the most heavily populated Indian societies in the Southeastern United States. These Indians have many unique political and spiritual ideas and world views.

The Sioux and Chippewa Indian tribes’ have a drastically different way of living compared to what other people are accustomed to in terms of their history, clothing, tools, and weapons needed for survival. The Sioux Indians were originally from Asia, but migrated to America about 30,000 years ago. Their long, straight jet-black hair resembles that of the Asian descendants. The Sioux tribes were located in The Great Plains, which consists of 7 different states Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota; however, they were also known to live in parts of Nebraska, Illinois, and Montana. “The name Sioux is an abbreviation of Nadouessioux. (Britannica) The name was given to them by the Ojibwa (Chippewa). Sioux means, “Little snake”. The Sioux tended to follow the pattern of the buffalo, which is why they are found in multiple locations.

1)Paleo-Indians, the first Americans lived in bands of fifteen to fifty people, and traveled within their territory to hunt. Archaic Indians experienced a warming climate. One of the results of the warming climate was better hunting. Forest grew larger with a greater variety of plants and animals. The changes allowed some Indians to reside in permanent homes. The ample supply of food allowed more peoples to live on less acreage. The weather also allowed for specialization of caring for plants; this was the beginning of controlling crops to better supply the people.

Wisconsin Education Act 31 states the legislative requirement that all school districts teach the culture, tribal power and history of the twelve American Indian tribes and nations in the state (Why Act 31). Wisconsin Education Act 31 is important because it gives the students an understanding and appreciation for cultures and diverse value orders. Furthermore, it gives students an opportunity to support and accept human relatives in regards to American Indians (State Statutes for Wisconsin American Indian Studies). The classroom teacher needs to have post-secondary education training in the study of minority group relations, such as Wisconsin Indian history, tribal power and culture (Act 31 and Related Statutes). Also, as part as the social studies curriculum in elementary school and high school, the classroom teacher needs to teach the history, culture, and tribal power need to be included using the appropriate teaching material that display the cultural diversity and multicultural aspect of American society; e.g. texts and resources (State Statutes for Wisconsin American Indian Studies).

The Plains Cree Tribe lived in Canada, north and west of Lake Superior in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Women wore dresses made out of deerskins, Men wore animal skin leggings,a loincloth which is a small piece of cloth or skin worn between the legs and a belt to hold the loin cloth. They did not speak english, their language is called Montagnais. They lived in teepees.

The Iroquois nations, one of the oldest and most prestigious tribes in the history of all Native Americans. In this paper I will be showing why the Iroquois ended up siding with the English through the French and Indian, and Revolutionary wars through factors of colonization. I will also be showing some features of their culture, considering the iroquois are not well known in the western United States, and discussing the fall of the once great tribes. The main reason I 've chosen the Iroquois is because of my own prior knowledge of the Iroquois, and their relationship to lacrosse. I started playing lacrosse my freshman year of highschool. The very first thing I learned, before any stick skills or any basics of the game, was the history of it. Our coach insisted that we knew the history and the culture of the game, and that we respected it. I was intrigued by how interesting the game was. The game was made as a form of war. Lacrosse was sometimes even referred to as “Little brother of war”. It would be called this because injury, even death were common during a lacrosse game. When two tribes had a disagreement, but didn 't feel the need to have a legitimate war, the opposing tribes would send their best warriors to the battlefield and play a lacrosse game. Games would be played to a score of 5-7, but considering how long the fields could be, these games could take hours, days even, however long it took for one of the tribes to win,

The Cheyenne was one of the most famous tribes of the Native American Indians. They lived on the Great Plains in what is now South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. During the 1800’s, the U.S. government forced the Cheyennes to move to Oklahoma. Today, there are two Cheyenne tribes. The Southern Cheyenne live in Oklahoma while the Northern Cheyenne settle in Montana.

The Eastern Woodland Indians was an Indian tribe that was located around the stretch from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. Usually the Woodland Indians had settled west from the Atlantic. The Eastern Woodland tribe also settled from Canada in the North all the way to The Gulf of Mexico in the South. The Indians of The Eastern Woodlands tribe had spoke several different languages and dialects. According to www.indians.org, “Additionally, there were many groups such as the Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga, and Seneca tribes”. Many different parts of the Eastern Woodlands economy encouraged them to become a civilization such as the habitat of the Eastern Woodlands, the shelter, the food, and the culture of the Eastern Woodlands Indians.

The Hurons are also called the Wyandot, Wyandotte, or Wendat. Iroquoian-speaking. They were North American Indians living along the St Lawrence River when contacted by French explorer Jacques Cartier. When the French explorers met in the early 1600’s, the Huron lived in what is now Southern Ontario and the French called them the Huron.

1661 – The first missionary to arrive in Wisconsin was Father Rene Menard, a French Jesuit. He attempted but failed to establish a mission at Chequamegon Bay.

Erie Indians lived in communities which were in a palisade made of logs. Erie Indians constructed standing places over these palisades for defenders to use. They built villages as few as ten buildings, or up to 140 buildings. Their palisades were made of wooden stakes from tree trunks that were between 15 and 30 feet high. Each stake was sharpened and was placed close to one another. Some of the Erie lived in long houses with their families.

The Woodland Indian tribes started in present day New York and extended to New England, Maryland,the Great Lakes, and Maine, where they settled. The Woodland Indians lived in the forests near lakes or streams, thats why they are called the Woodlands Indians.

The Hopi tribe is the Westernmost of the Pueblo Indian tribes, the independent Hopi Nation is the only Pueblo tribe that speaks a Shoshonean language of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. “Hopi” is the shortened form of the original term Hopituh-Shi-nu-mu, which the term was used to mean peaceful people.

Wisconsin: Recollections of the Aborigine, written by Jack Fashbaugh, depicts the life of a young boy and how he begins to understand the world around him. When analyzing the second stanza of the poem, Fashbaugh makes it evident that one of the viewpoints the boy encounters is segregation. The opening line of this stanza recites, “Since Mrs. Bagley knew the best muskie waters, my father met her Chippewa Gardener.” Through this statement the writer is able to exclaim the separation between the common man and in this case the Chippewa gardener. Without the intent of the father to want to discover the fishing hole, the boy and his father would still have been secluded from the Chippewa culture. Another aspect the writer wishes to address