Month: November 2023

Image Credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 8, 2023

Happy Eeyamquittoowauconnuck (Brothertown day),  November 7^th, 2023!

On October 20, 2019, the Brothertown Indian Nation Tribal Council passed a resolution officially making November 7th Eeyamquittoowauconnuck or Brothertown Day for the Tribe.

This Council resolution was followed up by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers who issued a State Proclamation making November 7th, Eeyamquittoowauconnuck or Brothertown Day for the State of Wisconsin October 29th, 2020. The State of Wisconsin has had a history of honoring The Brothertown Indian Nation and their decades of contributions to the State of Wisconsin by naming October 1982 to October 1983 as “Year of the Brotherton”, by Governor Lee Dreyfus

**You can see the signed proclamations and other documents further down the page…. 

Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, Tony Evers Declaring November 7th as Eeyamquittoowaukonnuck (Brothertown) Day,

Take a moment to think about what the Tribe means to you, your family, our ancestors, and the Tribe’s future generations. Below are some links for some personal time for remembrance and to learn more about our tribe on this important date:

• • From the Brothertown Indian Nation YouTube channel:
    • Video of council reading the Brothertown Council proclamation (2020)
    • Virtual Family Story telling event for Eeyamquittoowauconnuck (Brothertown) Day – November 7, 2021.
  • A few other videos to allow members to be with the tribe in some way on this important day – through our YouTube channel (a big thank you to Brothertown Forward for these pieces of history of the tribe):
    • The Brothertown Tribe in the 1980’s with Lani Bartelt and Mark Baldwin
    • Our Parent Tribes – The Brothertown Indian Nation – a playlist of our ancestors and where we came from….
  • If your interests are history of a different time, please check out our extended YouTube playlists including:
    • Shape Note Singing,
    • The Brothertown Indian Nation – Parent Tribes,
    • Education: Histories and Heritage of the Brothertown Indian Nation,
    • Additional Education videos on the Brothertown (with several authors and writers on Brothertown books and research)
    • BIN virtual Homecoming 2021
    • Mohegan Language videos – Learn our langugage.
    • And a short playlist of Native American Youth stories for our younger members.

From the Brothertown Council, Peacemakers, Our Elders, and all our members from: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pacific Northwest, and throughout North America.  It has been a long journey to arrive at who the Brothertown Indian Nation has become today in 2023.

Happy Eeyamquittoowauconnuck (Brothertown day),  November 7^th, 2023!

Brothertown Council Resolution naming November 7th as Eeyamquittoowanconnuck (Brothertown) Day.

1982-3 Year of the Brotherton – the State of Wisconsin Proclamation by Governor Lee Dreyfus