Archive for June 2019

By Richard D. Ackley, Jr. Mole Lake Veteran’s Service Officer Dean VanZile jumped behind the seat of a new 2019 Ford Explorer XLT at the Sokaogon Tribal government center…

By Andrew Blok, Environmental Health News

“Our community is a fishing community.”

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, on the shores of one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world,

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Last Thursday, students and families attended the Sokaogon Education Awards Banquet at the Mole Lake Conference Center. The event began with the Swamp Creek Bros bringing in the colors. Yvette

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You may have noticed that construction is happening at the Sokaogon Chippewa Community Services building. The facility is being remodeled to include new offices for the Tribal Court and Indian…

By: Tina L. Van Zile

This was a record year for attendance (approximately 600 on Saturday) at the Powwow. We had 178 registered dancers, 10 drum groups, and a full…

The 2019 Native American Tourism of Wisconsin (NATOW) Conference was held at the Bad River Lodge & Casino this week.

NATOW is an inter-Tribal consortium made up

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Kobe Gallion was recently awarded a scholarship from the Forest County Sheriff’s Office. To qualify for the scholarship, Kobe was required to write an essay about what goals he wanted…

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) presents another film in the series of short videos called “Ogichidaa Storytellers”.

This short film centers on the Healing Circle Run.

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By: Richard D. Ackley, Jr.

“The black bear is viewed as both a symbol of Wisconsin’s wildness and as choice prey. Seeing a black bear in the wild is an

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