Interested in learning more?
There are many opportunities to discover more about Wisconsin’s many Native American nations, whether in books, films, periodicals, museums, organizations, or on-line. Here are just a few suggestions to get you started:
MUSEUMS
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
30 Ramey Drive
Collinsville, IL 62234-7617
(618) 346-5160
cahokiamounds.org
Copper Culture Museum
Mill Street
Oconto, WI 54153
(920) 834-6206
Copper Culture State Park
280 Copper Culture Way
Oconto, WI 54153
(920) 834-6206
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W. Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 278-2728
www.MPM.edu
Wisconsin Historical Museum
30 N. Carroll Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 264-6555
historicalmuseum.wisconsinhistory.org
ORGANIZATIONS
Oconto County Historical Society
917 Park Avenue
Oconto, WI
(920) 834-6206
www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 264-6535 (Library)
www.wisconsinhistory.org
Wisconsin Archeological Society
PO Box 75
Praire du Sac, WI 53578
www.wiarcheologicalsociety.org
BOOKS
Quimby, GI, Indian Life in the Upper Great Lakes:
11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1800, University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, Ill., 1960
Gear, WM, KO Gear, People of the Morning Star
Trilogy (North America’s Forgotten Past),
Tor Books, 2014
WISCONSIN INDIAN NATIONS
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa
P.O. Box 67
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
(715) 588-3303
www.ldftribe.com
Ho-Chunk Nation
Tribal Office Building
W9814 Airport Road
P.O. Box 667
Black River Falls, WI 54615
(800) 294-9343
Cultural Resources Division
16520 Helmet Road
Tomah, WI 54560
(715) 284-7449
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
W2908 Tribal Office Loop Road
P.O. Box 910
Keshena, WI 54135-0910
(715) 799-5100
www.menominee-nsn.gov
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
County Road Ee
Oneida, WI 54155
(920) 869-2768 (Museum)
www.oneidanation.org
Forest County Potawatomi
Cultural Center, Library, & Museum
8130 Mish ko swen Drive
P.O. Box 340
Crandon, WI 54520
1-800-960-5479, Ext. 7478
www.fcpotawatomi.com/culture-and-history
Tribal Nations of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
125 S. Webster Street
Madison, WI 53703
(800) 441-4563
www.dpi.wi.gov/amind/tribalnationswi