Tribal Histories

Brothertown History

Special | 26m 47s  | Video has closed captioning.

On the shore of Lake Winnebago, Joan Schadewald tells how the Brothertown Indians unknowingly gave up their tribal recognition status and have been working for 30 years to have it restored. An amalgamation of tribes that were forced from the East Coast to Wisconsin following the Revolutionary War, the Brothertown cling determinedly to their Indian heritage.

Aired: 12/29/16

Rating: TV-G

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Tribal Histories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin.

Brothertown History Funding provided by: Irene Daniell Kress, Francis A. and Georgia F. Ariens Fund of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of …

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