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by: Raven Webster

South

*Some of the figures were hand carved by James F. Frechette, Jr.

  • carved with Menominee white pine and decorated with acrylic.

Pine Squirrel

The Toolmaker

The Fox Clan

Preserving the Bounty

Fish Hawk

Craft of the Forger

Dog

The Hunter's Prize

White Tail Deer

Provisions for the Hunt

North

Sturgeon

The Gift of Mä'näbus

  • The Wolf is the principal of the Wolf Clan.
  • The Wolf prepares for the hunt.
  • One of the two harvesting clans.
  • Primary obligation within the Menominee culture is to harvest resources.

Crow

The Arrow Maker

Porcupine

Preparing the Cache

Sparrow

The Flint Knapper

Muskrat

Tapping of the Maples

The Wolf Clan

The Harvesters (hunters)

Origin Story

East

West

  • The Bear is the pricipal of the Bear clan.
  • The Bear is the Speaker/Peacekeeper.
  • The Bear called the tribe to council meetings and opened the deliberations that followed in an orderly procedure.
  • The Bear watched over civil affairs to make sure things ran smoothly.
  • Granfather changed the bear in to a human.
  • he became the first Menominee man.
  • He traveled along the river and was lonesome.
  • He looked above him and seen a Golden Eagle.
  • he called the Golden Eagle down to be his brother.
  • They continued along the river.
  • They came upon a beaver.
  • beaver asked to be apart of the Thunderers, but being a women, was adopted as younger brother of the bear.
  • The three continued. They adopted the Wold, Crane, and Moose as brothers.
  • they turned into men.
  • went on seperate journeys.
  • each one meet animals and birds and adopted some of them as younger brothers.
  • Together they became the first Menominee people.
  • Grandfather made the earth, sun and stars.
  • He then created many spirit beings and gave them the form of animals and birds.
  • the animals were the underground beings.
  • The principal underground being is the Silvery White bear.
  • The principal Thunder is the Invisible Thunderer: represented by the Golden Eagle symbol.
  • birds, mostly eagles and hawks, are Thunderers.
  • Grandmother (earth) gave birth to a daughter (moon)
  • Daughter gave birth to twins.
  • one of the twins grew to become a man.
  • Grandfather gave him powers so that he could complete the building of the world.
  • he built the hills and mountains.
  • he made the forests, lakes and rivers.
  • Before people were on the earth, a Great Light Colored Bear emerged from the underground.
  • he traveled up the river and as he traveled he spoke to Grandfather
  • The Golden Eagle is the principal of the eagle clan.
  • They served as warriors and worked as laborers.
  • To the Menominee peace was ideal and war disrupted it, so they tried to avoid battle, if possible.
  • Clan members had the duty of performing ceremonies associated with war and planning military stratgies.

The Bear Clan

The Speakers

Beaver

Anticipation of Spring

Sunfish

The Craftsman

The Eagle Clan

Community Security

Leadership

Fire Carriers

The Warriors

Red Tail Hawk

The Bow Maker

The Swift-Flying Hawk

Spearmaker

Fork Tail Hawk

Warrior's Quiver

Winter Hawk

Preparation for Conflict

Raven

Making of the War Club

  • The Moose is the principal of the moose clan.
  • The other harvesting clan.
  • The Moose supervised the harvest of the wild rice, and made sure the crop was equally distributed among the members.
  • The Moose provided camp security.
  • The Crane is the principal of the crane clan.
  • The Crane had to master the knowledge of making things out of the materials presented to them by nature.
  • The Crane had to be certain that the tribe maintained this arduously obtained information, along with many manufacturing techniques that the work required.
  • In effect, the material basis of Menominee society fell to the lot of the Crane.

Builders

Builders of the World

Moose Clan

The People of the Wild Rice

Guardians of the Rice Beds

Preharvest Ceremony

Coot

Canoe Maker

Birch Bark

Mud Turtle

Rendering the Maple Sugar

Fisher

Winnowing the Rice

Otter

Collecting the Sap

Bald Eagle

Recounting the Conflict

Great Blue Heron

The Weir Builder

Old Squaw Duck

The Trap Builder

Marten

Parching the Wild Rice

Elk

The Water Carrier

Washing the Rice

Loon

Canoe Maker Dugout

Turkey Buzzard

The Lodge Builder

Raccoon

The Dancer

Hulling the Rice

MENOMINEE CLAN SYSTEM

& THEIR BROTHERS (SUBCLANS)

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