Conversation so far:
where was the menominee indian reservation?
The Menominee Indian Reservation is located in northeastern Wisconsin.
when was it established?
1961.
what was special about it?
The reservation was created in a treaty with the United States signed on May 12, 1854 in which the Menominee relinquished all claims to the lands.
was there ever any problems?
contemporary federal policy whose goal was assimilation.

Question: were they able to assimilate?
Self-contained rewrite: were the Menominee Indians able to assimilate?