Sokaogon Chippewa Community News
Community Roundtable Discusses Traditional Foods
By: Richard D. Ackley, Jr. The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) welcomed 17 people gathered to the Mole Lake Casino & Lodge Conference Center last Wednesday, July…
Now Starring in Children’s Cartoons: Authentic Indigenous Characters
By: National Public Radio (NPR) For decades, animated children’s stories included negative stereotypes of Indigenous people.
There was Disney’s Pocahontas, which presented the daughter of a Powhatan chief in a
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Jeep Jamboree Attracts Hundreds
By: Mazie Vincent, WJFW Channel 12 More than 120 Jeep owners made their way to Mole Lake to go off-roading through the trails of the Sokaogon…
Healing Circle Run/Walk
The Healing Circle Run/Walk passed through our community earlier this week. We welcomed everyone with a feast and ceremony as they left for Lac Vieux Desert. The Healing Circle Run/Walk…
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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