Born in 1955 on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Hayward, Wisconsin, Denomie moved to Minneapolis as a young boy after his parents' divorce - a rupture caused in part by the stress of forced government relocation programs during the 1960s.
ເກີດໃນປີ 1955 ໃນເຂດສະຫງວນ Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation ໃນເມືອງ Hayward, Wisconsin, Denomie ໄດ້ຍ້າຍໄປ Minneapolis ເປັນເດັກຊາຍຫລັງຈາກການຢ່າຮ້າງຂອງພໍ່ແມ່ - ຄວາມແຕກແຍກທີ່ເກີດຈາກສ່ວນ ຫນຶ່ງ ຂອງຄວາມກົດດັນຂອງໂຄງການຍົກຍ້າຍລັດຖະບານໃນໄລຍະ 1960.