Refuse to Sign
Chief Menominee
Potawatomi Nation
In 1836, Menominee refused to sign a treaty, and in 1838 re-stated his decision in a pointed speech. "I will not sell my land. I am not going to leave my lands and I do not want to hear anything more about it." –Chief Menominee Claiming inevitable Indian violence, the governor of Indiana sent an armed militia to remove Menominee and his followers. The soldiers arrested Menominee and rounded up his people at gunpoint. The soldiers marched the Potawatomi people to Kansas. Today, the descendants of Menominee's people are part of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma.
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