![]() ![]() ![]() The tribal population is approximately 1,500 with the main occupations in tribal government, health, gaming, logging and small business. The reservation near Bowler, Wisconsin, consists of 40,000 acres, of which 16,000 acres are held in trust. They have been at their present location in Shawano County since 1856, having obtained the lands by treaty from their neighbor to the north, the Menominee Tribe. ![]() They leave their name prominently in the state at one of their former homes - Stockbridge, Wisconsin - located on the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago. Mohican, originally pronounced Muh-he-con-ne-ok, means “People of the waters that are never still." Like their name, they have been on many trails, seemingly never still, on a journey to their present-day home. The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican lndians is originally from the northeastern part of the United States. ![]()
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