Editing Suring, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
This area lies within the traditional homeland of the [[Menominee]], who lived here for millennia before European arrival. After years of negotiations with the [[Ho-Chunk]] and the United States government about how to accommodate the incoming populations of [[Oneida Indian Nation|Oneida]], [[Stockbridge-Munsee Community|Stockbridge-Munsee]], and [[Brothertown Indians|Brothertown]] peoples following their [[Indian removal|removal]] from New York, the Menominee signed the 1836 [[Treaty of the Cedars]] and ceded this territory to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-108.html|title=Menominee Treaties and Treaty Rights|website=Indian Country Wisconsin|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> Following this land cession, white settlement could begin. A post office called Suring has been in operation since 1897.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Oconto County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> The village was named in English for Julius "Joe" Suring ({{birth date|1851|7|30}}‒{{death date|1920|8|15}}),<ref>{{cite news|title=First Settler of Suring Is Buried |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42152049/wilhelmina_lubeck_suring_18581941/ |newspaper=The Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=February 24, 1941 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |access-date = January 12, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ancestry.com">{{Cite web| title = Julius (Joe) Suring 1851-1920 - Ancestry®| website = [[Ancestry.com]]| accessdate = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/julius-joe-suring-24-kqvrw| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219205005/https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/julius-joe-suring-24-kqvrw| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> a local landowner.<ref name="Callary">{{cite book |last1=Callary |first1=Edward |title=Place Names of Wisconsin |date=2016 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=[[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]] |page=267}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1908|page=128}}</ref> In the [[Menominee language]], it is known as ''Naeqniw-Sīpiah'' 'three rivers'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www4.uwsp.edu/museum/menomineeClans/places/chart.aspx|title=Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin|last=Hoffman|first=Mike|website=The Menominee Clans Story|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

Suring was mentioned in at least one national publication<ref name="Reason">{{Cite web| last = Brown| first = Elizabeth Nolan| title = Students Strip Searched for Vaping Devices| work = Reason.com| publisher = [[Reason Foundation]]| accessdate = February 19, 2022| date = February 18, 2022| url = https://reason.com/2022/02/18/students-strip-searched-for-vaping-devices/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193221/https://reason.com/2022/02/18/students-strip-searched-for-vaping-devices/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> due to an incident concerning to parents<ref name="TCH">{{Cite web| last = Williams| first = Brad| title = Suring Parents Outraged Over Alleged Strip Searches Of Students| work = TCHDailyNews| date = February 11, 2022| accessdate = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.tchdailynews.com/2022/02/11/77302/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193845/https://www.tchdailynews.com/2022/02/11/77302/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> where the [https://www.suring.k12.wi.us/ Suring Public Schools] superintendent and other administrators were alleged to have conducted multiple strip searches of both boys and girls in an effort to find hidden vaping devices.<ref name="Reason" /> After the [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto County]] district attorney declined to press charges,<ref name="WSAW">{{Cite web| last1 = Zimmerman| first1 = Jason| last2 = Peguero| first2 = Joshua| title = DA not issuing charges in Suring student search investigation| website = WSAW-TV| publisher = [[Gray Television]]| access-date = February 19, 2022| date = February 16, 2022| url = https://www.wsaw.com/2022/02/15/da-not-issuing-charges-suring-student-strip-search-investigation/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193415/https://www.wsaw.com/2022/02/15/da-not-issuing-charges-suring-student-strip-search-investigation/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> several parents hired a civil rights attorney<ref name="GBPG">{{Cite web| last1 = Mathew| first1 = Benita|  first2 = Jake| last2 = Prinsen| title = Suring High School parents hire civil rights attorney over strip search of students| publisher = [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]| access-date = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/education/2022/02/18/civil-rights-attorney-hired-over-suring-high-school-strip-search/6844594001/| language = en}}</ref> to explore possible litigation against the school board.