THESE INDIANS ARE DESCENDANTS OF ALGONQUIAN SPEAKING TRIBES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THEY WERE THE FIRST TO RELINQUISH T5HEIR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE U.S. INDIAN NATION W23AS FORMED BY A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN 1785 BY WATERVILLE, NEW YORK. BY 1830 THEY MOVED TO WISCONSIN AND TODAY THEY HAVE 3200 FOLKS THRIVING HERE.
THEY SOLD LAND IN NEW YORK BOUGHT LAND IN WISCONSIN JUST JUST ON THE WEST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. IN 1822 THEY ACQUIRED ANOTHER 6 MILLION ACRES! FIVE GROUPS ARRIVED AT GREEN BAY ON SHIPS BETWEEN 1831 AND 1836. THEY CLEARED LAND AND BEGAN FARMING AND BUILT A CHURCH. BY 1834 THE GOVERNMENT WANTED THEM TO RELOCATE TO KANSAS AND SELL THERE LAND. THEY REQUESTED U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND TITLES TO THEIR LAND SO THEY COULD NOT BE FORCED TO MOVE AGAIN. BY 1878 THE GOVERNMENT MET WITH THEM AGAIN AND ALLOWED UNCLAIMED TERRITORY IN THE RESERVATION TO BE SOLD TO GERMANS.
SINCE1981 THEY HAVE BEEN PETITIONING TO GAIN FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . THEY HAVE BOUGHT A PART OF THEIR RESERVATION LANDS. THEY STILL HAVE NO FEDERAL RECOGNITION. THEIR LARGEST POPULATION IS IN FOND DU LAC. THERE ARE ABOUT 24000 ENROLLED MEMBERS.
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