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When MTE makes the news, either locally or nationally, you’ll find the articles right here. For example, you can find an article in the Green Bay Press Gazette about how the basketball floors used for the NCAA Final Four were made from MTE harvested maple wood, as well as a piece about the aftermath of a 2007 tornado that tore through over 3000 acres of the Menominee forest. Find out more about MTE and our forestry practices in these articles.
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We were honored to be mentioned in a recent Chicago Sun-Times article covering a live art collaboration at the Field Museum. The story focuses on the restoration of a historic 19th-century Samoan canoe by master artist Su’a Uilisone Fitiao for an upcoming cultural exhibition.
MTE Wood proudly donated the basswood used to meticulously re...
MTE Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A recent article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights the Menominee Tribe’s dedication to sustainable forest management and the importance of engaging youth in preserving this legacy. John Awonohopay, Sales Manager at Menominee Tribal Enterprises, discusses the challenges and future opp...
Featured in FSC Indigenous Foundation: Menominee Forest Stewardship
The FSC Indigenous Foundation recently highlighted Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) in their Voices of the Land campaign, showcasing our long-standing commitment to sustainable forest management. The article honors MTE’s FSC Leadership Award and explores how our forestry p...
The Menominee Forest, managed by Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE), is recognized as a model of sustainable forestry and the Menominee Nation's cherished "spiritual home." The Great Lakes region thrives due to MTE's unique blend of ancestral wisdom and modern scientific practices.MTE’s careful work prioritizes long-term ecological health&nbs...
Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) and the Menominee Nation’s dedication to peace and community healing was recently highlighted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The "Trees for Peace" initiative involved planting eastern white pine trees in Milwaukee during Earth Week, sourced from the Menominee Nation's sustainably managed forest.These pla...
PBS Terra recently featured the Menominee Nation’s sustainable logging efforts in their short YouTube documentary, Can Ancient Wisdom Save the Forests? In the film, Host Baratunde Thurston details how while forests across the world have been devastated by overlogging, the 230,000 acre Menominee Forest in Northern Wisconsin continues to thrive...
Honors students at MSOE have partnered with Menominee Tribal Enterprises and the Oneida Nation to create a video game teaching players about sustainable forestry. In the game, "The Giving Forest," players tend to their forest responsibly, managing sick trees, natural disasters and severe weather conditions.
The students collaborate...
U.S. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited Menominee Nation on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 to learn about the Menominee Indian Tribe’s commitment to sustainable agriculture. Dr. Biden is a known advocate for tribes, with the Biden Administration providing $1 million in funding toward the Menominee Tribe’s sustainable forest management ...
The Lumberjack World Championships is a 3 day competition to determine a World champion in a single lumberjack event. Over the course of 3 days hundreds of competitors are compete to make it into the next day through various time trials in their event. I competed in two sawing disciplines, the Men's one man crosscut and finished 4th in the world ...
Peace Tree Ceremony
On May 21 2022 we celebrated the commemoration of the Peace Tree. A gift to the museum from the Menominee Tribal Enterprises, it is a symbol of the museum's community and familial relationships, and a living contract of respect between the Field and the many Indigenous communities with whom we partner.
The Field acknowledges t...
August 9, 2021
Menominee Tribal Enterprises has been featured again in the Green Bay Press-Gazette by Frank Vaisvilas again for the stunning flooring made for the Milwaukee Bucks' basketball court. With the Bucks only losing one game at home during the post-season, many in the Menominee Tribe believe that the Native American blessing performed aft...
August 3, 2021
Menominee Tribal Enterprises was recently featured in an article published by the Green Bay Press Gazette. Frank Vaisvilas writes about MTE's sustainably harvested lumber that lined the floors of the NBA Championship series in Milwaukee.
Read the full article here:
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/native-american-is...
February 2021
Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. has been producing quality wooden parts since 1924. We think of ourselves as a custom job shop producing everything from Fishing Lure Bodies and Animal Groomers to Brush and Broom Blocks and Grills Scraper, S4S parts to finished and imprinted parts in any quantity from 1 to 10,000 piece...
July 15, 2020Menominee Tribe Breaks Ground for New Family and Community Engagement Center
(Keshena, WI) –The Menominee Indian Tribe takes another substantial and visible step to demonstrate its commitment to the Tribe’s Mission, Vision, and Values with the start of construction of a new 70,000 square foot Family and Community Engagemen...
The Collins Recital Hall is a brand-new recital hall on UW Madison's campus. The grand opening was on Friday, October 25, 2019.
The Collins Recital Hall seats 189 on the main floor (plus 3 wheelchair access) and 104 in the balcony, with an additional three for wheelchair access, to total 299. Warm wooden elements include wooden planking sourced ...
Project Status: COMPLETED
Construction Start: March 2017 Completion: October 2018
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Welsh-Ryan Arena, the home of Northwestern University’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams, underwent a transformation with the help of sustainable lumber from Menominee Tribal Enterprises. The pr...
Photo credit: Milwaukee Business Journal
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks' upcoming new arena to be opened later in 2018 - yet to be named - will feature flooring pulled straight from the heart of the Menominee Forest: 100% sustainably sourced hard maple wood supplied by Menominee Tribal Enterprises.
We're very proud to be the firm foundation ...
