Read about agriculture in Wisconsin as practiced by both Native Americans and white settlers. |
Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
An Unreliable Text and Other Evidence |
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Wisconsin History books teach that Jean Nicolet was the first white person to reach the state, but he may have been the second. |
A People and Their Structures |
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Learn how the Effigy Mounds communities that transformed Native American life |
The History of Paleo-Indians in Wisconsin |
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Learn about the Paleo-Indians who first inhabited the Wisconsin territory and the archaeological excavations that have revealed their culture. |
New Tribes Brought to Wisconsin by French Commerce |
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Learn how contact with Europeans, the fur trade and warfare among their tribes drove many Indians to the Wisconsin territory in the 17th century. |
The Genesis of Modern Wisconsin |
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Discovery the history of the Woodland and Middle Mississippean Indian cultures and their relationship to modern Wisconsin. |
How Native Life was Transformed |
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Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
When the Beaver was King |
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Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
Military Outposts in Wisconsin |
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Read how American forts were established and settlement increased in Wisconsin after the War of 1812. |
How the University was Began |
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Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
The Changing Status of the Native Americans |
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Read about Wisconsin's Indian tribes and their changing legal status throughout the 20th century. |
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