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The Menominee (also spelled '''Menomini'''; known as '''Mamaceqtaw''', "the people" in their . The tribe has a reservation which is conterminous both with Menominee County, Wisconsin and with the town of Menominee, Wisconsin . They operate a number of gambling facilities and speak the Menominee Language . (There is also the Menominee River in the region, which flows into the Bay Of Green Bay , and the city of Menominee, Michigan is located at the mouth of the river.) HISTORY The tribe originally lived in what is now upper Michigan around (Ojibwa), their language has a closer affinity to those of the Fox and Kickapoo tribes. An Eastern Woodlands tribe, the Menominee belong to the Algonquian Language branch of North America. They were known as "folles avoines" by the early French. The Menominees formerly subsisted on a wide variety of plants and animals, with wild rice and Sturgeon being two of the most important foods; feasts are still held annually at which each of these is served. The five principal Menominee clans are the Bear, the Eagle, the Wolf, the Crane, and the Moose. Menominee mythology is rich with ethical meaning and interrelated in complex ways with the sacred literature of Native American people. The Menominee have a college called the College Of The Menominee Nation . NOTABLE MENOMINEES
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