Our Community Today
(left to right) Mohican Veterans' Powwow is held annually on the second weekend of August; Traditional Medicine workshop with Misty Cook; Community open house with the Cultural Affairs Department.
"Just as our ancestors cared enough for their neighbors to help them in times of need, we take being a good neighbor very seriously"
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–Stockbridge-Munsee Community Tribal Council President Shannon Holsey
Stockbridge-Munsee
Community by the Numbers
7 elected Tribal Council Members
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866 employees – largest employer in Shawano County, Wisconsin
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2 official languages – Mohican and Munsee
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58 traditional medicines in use
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4 Tribal police officers and 25-member volunteer fire department
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$500,000 annually in scholarships to Tribal Members to pursue degrees
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1,500 enrolled members (approximately), about 1/3 live on reservation
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24,000 acres of lands are now in trust; still reacquiring lands originally promised in past treaties
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16,000 acres of Tribe's lands are forested
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$3.5 million contributed annually to universal health care for Tribal members and surrounding community
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60% of Tribal services and philanthropic efforts subsidized by Tribal-owned Casino
Native Americans serve at a higher rate per capita than any other group in the United States. Stockbridge Warriors have served bravely in every conflict since the French and Indian War.
Today the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans is alive, well, and thriving in our current homelands in Wisconsin. We continue to uphold values of fostering community and creating mutual care for our People. The Tribal government and its many departments work tirelessly to improve the livelihoods of Tribal members and those living in the surrounding area.
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In particular, the Cultural Affairs Department works to protect, preserve and tell the history of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. The department organizes community programming both in Wisconsin and the original homelands which also contributes to
the preservation of Stockbridge-Munsee history and culture. The Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library Museum boasts the largest archive of Mohican objects and documents in the world, and the Tribe offers classes in Mohican and Munsee languages, which anyone can join. To become involved in future programming offered by the Stockbridge-Munsee Cultural Affairs Department, please visit the Facebook page “Arvid E. Miller Library Museum and Cultural Affairs Department” to find events, livestreams, and virtual classes.
Staff Yvette Malone (L) and Bonney Hartley (R) of the Cultural Affairs Department, and Heather Bruegl (C) former Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.
History of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community
"Where are the twenty-five thousand in number, and the four thousand warriors, who constituted the power and population of the great Muh-he-con-neew Nation in 1604?... For myself and my tribe I ask for justice. I believe it will sooner or later occur. And may the Great and Good Spirit enable "
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–John W. Quinney, speech during return to Mohican Homelands in New York, July 4, 1854, Reidsville, NY
Stockbridge-Munsee 2020-21 Tribal Council