KESHENA, WI (WTAQ) – A proposal for a name change for the Menominee Indian Tribe has been put on hold.
Members of the Menominee Indian Tribe are looking into changing their name to Menominee Nation.
Tribal Chairman Douglas Cox says that was halted by the Tribal Legislature because tribal members did not have all the information they needed to vote on it.
He says it is delayed but not abandoned.
“The resolution included a provision in it that within the next twelve months we would be working on an educational effort for the membership.”
Chairman Cox feels that the membership will get a better understanding of what they need to know at that time.
Once approved, there is still a period of time that it takes to get in the voting members hands.
Tribal membership gets a ballot and send their votes in.
“The constitution is either amended or not.”
Cox says he was surprised that membership does not fully understand the change and would likely vote no.
“We did put quite a bit of educational information out there during the process, but the membership is strongly on the message that they don’t fully understand, and the result would be likely a “no vote.”
The resolution Tuesday night included the provision that for the next twelve months, they would be working on an educational effort for the membership.======================
