Related Web Sites:
Alexian Brothers' Novitiate
Report on the Menominee at Termination, 1958
Menominee History
Read More About It
"Takeover Backers Cite Treaties," Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 6, 1975
"Guard Called for Indians," Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 7, 1975
"Abbey Siege Over; Indians Taken to Jail," Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 4, 1975
Vocabulary:
amnesty
title
battalion
Interesting Fact:
The original complex, built in 1940 by a wealthy New York widow for her ailing daughter, had 20 rooms and was built in the Georgian-style architecture.
Study Questions:
Why did the Menominee Warrior Society want the novitiate property?
What happend to the five members of the Warrior Society after they were charged?
What became of the Alexian Brothers Novitiate?
U.S. historical events that occurred on January 18:
1943: During World War II, the U.S. bans the sale of sliced bread.
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