mnomen
Chief Menominee
wild rice
Recording(s)
Sample Sentences
mithêk i mnomen – you guys eat that rice!
gwithdon i mnomen – you soak that rice!
nwi gabsan i mnomen – I will parch the rice
wzam shpabimget dathë mathigêk i mnomen – the lake is too high for rice to grow
Additional Media
mnomen literally means good berry
Chief Menominee was a Potawatomi leader in Northern Indiana. Menominee like Pokagon seeked to avoid removal, but word was caught & his village was forcibly removed at gunpoint by the American government