Current Tribal Activities
The Menominee developed the College of Menominee Nation in 1993 and it was accredited in 1998. It includes a Sustainable Development Institute. Its goal is education to promote their ethic for living in balance on the land. It is one of a number of tribal colleges that have been developed since the early 1970s, and one of two in Wisconsin.
The nation has a notable forestry resource and ably manages a timber program. In an 1870 assessment of their lands, which totaled roughly 235,000 acres (950 km2), they counted 1.3 billion standing board feet of timber. Today that has increased to 1.7 billion board feet. In the intervening years, they have harvested more than 2.25 billion board feet.
Since June 5, 1987, the tribe has owned and operated a Las Vegas style casino, associated with bingo games and a hotel. The complex provides employment to numerous Native Americans; approximately 79 percent of the Menominee Casino-Bingo-Hotel's 500 employees are ethnic Native Americans or are spouses of Native Americans.
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