Sokaogon Chippewa Community News
Youth Gain Knowledge on Defeating the Crandon Mine
By: Richard D. Ackley, Jr. The 27-year battle against metallic sulfide mining in Forest County officially came to a definitive end on October 28, 2003. The controversial mine began in…
Final NAIG 2020 Tryouts Will be Held on July 27th
Preparations for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are underway. The North American Indigenous Games will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia July 12-18, 2020. Team Wisconsin is hosting…
History of the Healing Circle Run/Walk
In 1989, the Anishinaabe Solidarity Relay began as a response to the resounding racism and hatred directed towards Ojibwe people
throughout the region at boat landings and other communal spaces.
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NAIG 2020 Tryouts on Saturday
Preparations for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are underway. The North American Indigenous Games will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia July 12-18, 2020. Team Wisconsin is hosting…
GLIFWC to Survey Lakes for Invasive Species
Each year biologists with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) survey inland lakes in the Ojibwe Ceded Territories,
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Youth Continue Gardening Tradition
Each year, Tina VanZile, Environmental Director, mentors youth in the tradition of gardening. This year is no exception, and Tina and four interns planted hay bales on Monday.
“I’ve always
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2019 Healing Circle Run Expands to Eight Days
By: Richard D. Ackley, Jr. The Sokaogon Chippewa Community and several other Ojibwe communities are preparing for the 2019 Healing Circle Run, which will take place July 13th through July…
Wounded Warriors Family Support Donates Vehicle
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…
Michigan Tribe Seeks to Set Its Own Water Standards
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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