 Ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe may have lived in the states of Wisconsin and Michigan for the last 10 @,@ 000 years . Their traditional territory was about 10 million acres ( 4 million hectares ) . They first acknowledged that they were under the protection of the United States in 1817 in the Treaty of St. Louis . In 1825 and 1827 , the treaties of Prairie du Chien and Butte des Morts answered boundary questions . None of the early treaties addressed hunting and fishing rights . In 1831 , the tribe entered into the Treaty of Washington , which ceded about 3 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 acres ( 1 @,@ 200 @,@ 000 ha ) to the federal government . These two treaties reserved hunting and fishing rights for the tribe on the ceded land until the President of the United States ordered the land surveyed and sold to settlers . In 1836 , the tribe entered into the Treaty of Cedar Point , under which 4 @,@ 184 @,@ 000 acres ( 1 @,@ 693 @,@ 000 ha ) were ceded to the federal government . The treaty did not mention hunting or fishing rights . 
