- Fact 2 - They inhabited lands of Woodland,
lakes, rivers and
streams and were hunters, fishers and farmers. Their crops
included rice, squash, melons, pumpkins.
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Based on an Indian word "Ouisconsin" believed to mean
"grassy place" in the Cheppewa tongue
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Lake Superior lowland and highland sloping to the sandy central plain
- Fact 6 - There were many Native
Americans of Wisconsin including the Chippewa, Dakota Sioux, Fox,
Huron, Iowa, Kickapoo, Mohican, Miami, Munsee, Iroquois, Oto, Ottawa,
Potawatomi, Tionontati, Winnebago and Wyandot tribes
- Fact 7 - The Chippewa people were members of
an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. The
people's name, is given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa in
the United States. The Chippewa waged extremely violent war on
their enemies - they were so feared that the French considered
the complete annihilation of this tribe.
- Fact 8 - The Sioux were the largest
Indian tribe and comprised of three major divisions based on
Sioux dialect and subculture: The Santee or Eastern Dakota
tribes. The western Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior
culture, are often referred to as the Lakota. The middle Sioux
are often referred to as the Yankton or the Western Dakota,
incorrectly classified as “Nakota”
- Fact 9 - Members of the Fox tribe (Mesquaki)
spread through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa / Illinois
border after constant battles with the French-backed Huron tribe
- Fact 10 - The Iowa, also called the Ioway, were a
Woodland tribe with some Plains area traits. The tribe
originated from north of the of the Great Lakes. The Iowa, the
Missouri, the Omaha, the Otoe, and the Ponca indians are
believed to have once formed part of the Winnebago people
- Fact 11 - The Kickapoo adopted a
Woodlands culture living in wigwams or longhouses but also
hunted buffalo which they adopted from the neighboring tribes in
the Plains area. Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 12 - The Mohican (also referrred to as
Mahicans) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe,
originally settling in the Hudson River Valley in Albany, New
York. After 1680, many moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Fact 13 - The Miami tribe was
originally found in what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and
western Ohio. The name Miami derives from the Algonquian term
meaning "downstream people."
- Fact 14 - The Munsee were a group of Lenape
native American Indians (the Wolf Clan) who originally inhabited
Pennsylvania. The tribe was converted to Christianity (The
Christian Munsee) by German settlers. In 1837, some of the
Pennsylvania Munsee moved to Wisconsin to join another Christian
band of Indians called the Stockbridge Mahican (aka Mohican).
The tribes merged becoming the Stockbridge-Munsee.
- Fact 15 - The Iroquois are also known as the
Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse". Tribes of
Iroquoian-speaking people formed the Iroquois League referred to
as the Five Nations or Iroquois Confederacy was composed of the
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca nations.
- Fact 16 - The Oto, also spelt Otoe,
had a Plains Indians type of culture. They were once part of the
Sioux tribes of the Great Lakes area, commonly known as the
Winnebago
Fact 7 - The Missouri lived near the mouth of the Grand River in
Missouri. They were, however a nomadic tribe, that inhabited
parts of the Midwestern United States before the explorers from
Europe arrived.
- Fact 17 - The Ottawa adopted a Woodlands culture
living in wigwams or longhouses. They allied themselves with the
French and the Huron which automatically made them the enemies
of the Iroquois.
- Fact 18 - The Potawatomi closely
related to the Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands
culture living in wigwams or longhouses. closely related to the
Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands culture living
in wigwams or longhouses. The Potawatomi supported Pontiac's
Rebellion, fought against the United States were friendly to the
French and aided them against the English
- Fact 19 - The Winnebago, also known as the
Ho-Chunk Nation, were a war-like tribe of hunters and fishers
who inhabited the area around Green Bay in Wisconsin to the Rock
River in Illinois. Their name translated to "people of the
stagnant water" in reference to the algae filled waters of the
rivers where the Winnebago people lived. They were known for
their violence and practice of torturing and eating their
enemies
- Fact 19 - The Tionontati were
Iroquoian-speaking Indians originally inhabited Grey and Simcoe
counties in Ontario. They are also referred to as the Tobacco
Nation, or Tobacco Indians because of their extensive
cultivation of this plant. Their enemies were the powerful
Iroquois who eventually forced them to relocate.
- Fact 19 - Huron, also called Wyandot, are known in their native language of the Iroquoian
family as the Wendat. Their culture was substantially that of
the area of the Eastern woodlands. They lived in palisaded
villages, cultivated tobacco and were strong allies of the
French. The tribe were the mortal enemies of the Iroquois who
eventually fled to Quebec.
- Fact 20 - 1764 - Indian War /
Pontiac's Conspiracy aka Pontiac's Rebellion. The British
treated the former Indian allies of the French like conquered
peoples, which prompted the Ottawa Chief Pontiac (1720-1769) to
lead a rebellion of a number of tribes against the British. 1832
- Black Hawk War was the last native conflict in the area, led
by Chief Black Hawk. An unsuccessful attempt by the Sauk and Fox
tribes to move back to their homeland.
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