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| The Clash of U.S Law and Indian Legal Tradition |
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| Learn how the trial of Menominee Chief Oshkosh, one of the most famous in Wisconsin history, pitted Indian traditional justice against white man's law. |
| 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 Natives Lost Their Land |
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| Learn about the many treaties between the United States government and native tribes. |
| How the University was Began |
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| Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
| Assimilation |
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| Discover how the government tried to assimilate Germans and Indians into their culture. |
| 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. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Stockbridge-Munsee community in Wisconsin and learn more through links to the band's website and to visual materials in our collections. |
| Learn about the term "New York Indians" and the specific Wisconsin tribes that white writers would have been referring to. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the term Winnebago Indians, and follow links to the Ho-Chunk and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to learn more about the communities. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the term Kickapoo Indians and learn more through links to Kickapoo tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Forest County Potawatomi band of Wisconsin. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| A brief history of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Visit the links to learn more about Menominee history, culture and community. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Learn more on the Ho-Chunk Nation's website about their heritage, culture, and more. |
| A Brief Introduction to Ojibwe Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa |
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| Read about the six bands of Wisconsin Lake Superior Chippewa. Learn more on each band's website about their history, culture, and more. |
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