Shiocton Wisconsin History & Info The Menominee ceded this territory to the United States in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars, after years of negotiations about how to accommodate the Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Brothertown peoples who were being removed from New York to Wisconsin. In the Menominee language, this place is known as Māēnomehsāyak, “wild rice along the banks”. The …