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advancing a historical claim for $ 30,000 as compensation for lands allegedly ceded by several treaties. He signed the memorial as the "delegate from the
Brotherton Indians" and claimed to be "their legally authorized agent."
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Proposed
Finding Against Acknowledgment of The Brothertown Indian Nation (Petitioner #67): Prepared in Response to the Petition Submitted to the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
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Finding Against Acknowledgment of The Brothertown Indian Nation (Petitioner #67): Prepared in Response to the Petition Submitted to the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
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Finding Against Acknowledgment of The Brothertown Indian Nation (Petitioner #67): Prepared in Response to the Petition Submitted to the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
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Fowler served during the 1845 session of the
Territorial Assembly ("Third Session of the Fourth Legislative Assembly" January 6-February 24, 1845) as one of three Representatives from a district consisting of
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politician and the first legislator in
Wisconsin of known non-European descent. He served in the 1845 session of the Legislative Assembly of the
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was organized, Fowler was elected as one of the vice-presidents. Later that year, he was elected County
Treasurer for Calumet County.
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of the Legislature as "*Brothertown Indian." (In December 1843, he had been chosen by the Assembly as their
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19th century Native American politician, first non-white Wisconsin legislator.
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In 1854, Fowler submitted "a memorial of the Brotherton tribe of Indians" to
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Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War
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Commuck, Thomas. "Sketch of the Brothertown Indians."
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369:William Fowler was born in 1815 into the
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365:Background
355:Union Army
258:Union Army
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447:Marquette
435:Sheboygan
431:Manitowoc
379:Green Bay
361:in 1862.
78:In office
69:Winnebago
65:Sheboygan
57:Marquette
53:Manitowoc
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281:Sergeant
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