Lexic.us

Definition of Menomini

1. Noun. A member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin.

Definition of Menomini

1. a small white fish [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menomini

Literary usage of Menomini

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1920)
"THE Menomini The Menomini, whose home when first encountered by Europeans ... "The Menomini formerly disposed of their dead by inclosing the bodies in long ..."

2. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1902)
"Located in the Northeastern interior of the State of Wisconsin, on a 360 square mile reservation, are the Menomini Indians. They are mat FIG. 67. ..."

3. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1922)
"Menomini The Menomini are a small tribe (1745 in number) of the Algonkian ... In culture the Menomini belong to the Central Algonkian group of Woodland ..."

4. Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes by Katharine Berry Judson (1914)
"ORIGIN OF THE WORD CHICAGO1 Menomini POTAWATOMI Indians used to live in the marshes where ... Then the Menomini Indians went to the marshes for game. ..."

5. Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1900)
"1048 —, on popular synonym for wild rice 1023 —, on influence of wild rice on geographic nomenclature 1119 —,on Menomini gathering wild rice 1008 — ..."

6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"286): do not use salt: "Salt is not used by the Menomini during meals, ... Hoffman says that the Menomini word for "salt" signifies "sour and sweet ..."

7. Social Origins by Andrew Lang, James Jasper Atkinson (1903)
"According to the Menomini, there is, or was, a Being who « made the earth. ... All the people of a totem name in the Menomini tribe are akin to persons of ..."

8. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"The lavish giving away of presents is noted for the Sarsi, Blackfoot, Crow, Assiniboine, Arapaho, Ponca, Iowa, Kansa, and Menomini. ..."

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