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Photographer: Fitzie Heimdahl
Caption: An additional Madeline Island Marker
Additional Description: Mooningwanekaaning-minis
Telling a fuller history

The Ojibwe are among the Indigenous peoples who have called Mooningwanekaaning home since time immemorial. Also known as Madeline Island, the human story of Mooningwanekaaning is continuous. It spans thousands of years-beginning long before the 1600s, when Europeans first arrived in the region. A historical marker erected in 1961 at this location inaccurately claimed the French discovered the island. The marker did not fully recognize the Ojibwe and their central significance to the island's history.

The Wisconsin Historical Society engages different perspectives and examines historical sources to better understand the past. The Society used community input as part of the process in removing the Madeline Island historical marker at this location. The Wisconsin Historical Society will work with members of the Ojibwe and local community to erect a new historical marker at this location in 2023. This is part of an effort by the Society to address the longstanding exclusion of historically underrepresented communities from the historical narrative.
Submitted: May 26, 2022, by Fitzie Heimdahl of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p657566
File Size: 0.372 Megabytes

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