Josette Vieau Juneau
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Josette Juneau was a mixed Indigenous and Settler "founding mother" of Milwaukee, known for her charitable work.
Josette Vieau Juneau
Solomon Juneau
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Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Repentigny, Quebec
Josette Vieau Juneau
…fluent and literate in French, and fluent in Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Winnebago. In 1820, Vieau married one of her father's employees, Solomon Juneau. She worked at the fur post due to the many languages she spoke, and managed it in her husband's frequent absence. The Juneaus had seventeen children…
Juneau in 1856
Statue of Juneau in Juneau Park, Milwaukee