Trees of the Menominee Reservation

Sacred Little Ones InitiativeBook prepared byAndrew Manthey

Trees of theMenominee Reservation

This is a white pine tree.(kaeqc-askah)

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This is a white pine tree leaf.(kaeqc-askah)

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This is a maple tree.(sopomahtek)

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This is a maple tree leaf.(sopomahtek)

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This is a butternut tree.(pakanaweh)

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This is a butternut tree leaf.(pakanaweh)

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This is a basswood tree.(wekopemeh)

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This is a basswood tree leaf.(wekopemeh)

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This is a white birch tree.(wikihsahtek)

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This is a white birch tree leaf.(wikihsahtek)

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This is a hickory tree.(nanackoh)

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This is a hickory tree leaf.(nanackoh)

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This is an cedar tree.(kesaehkahtek)

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This is an cedar tree leaf.(kesaehkahtek)

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Useful web links

Menominee Forest Keepershttp://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/menominee-forest-keepers/

Menominee Tribal Enterprises Snapshot of the Foresthttp://www.mtewood.com/Forestry/Forest%20Overview/Snapshot%20of%20the%20Forest.html

UW Stevens Point: The Menominee Clan Storyhttp://www4.uwsp.edu/museum/menomineeClans/stories/Introduction.aspx

MenomineeVocabulary Guide

white pine tree kaeqc-askah

maple tree sopomahtek

butternut tree pakanaweh

basswood tree wekopemeh

white birch tree wikihsahtek

hickory tree nanackoh

cedar tree kesaehkahtek

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Sacred Little Ones Initiative is a special project

devoted and dedicated to the infusion of Menominee

and Native culture into reservation pre-school

instruction. This project is funded through the

American Indian College Fund and the W.K. Kellogg

Foundation

Author: Andrew Manthey is a student at the

College of Menominee Nation and is working

towards his degree in Early Childhood/Elementary

Education. He is married and has four children.