Sokaogon Chippewa Community News
Alice Ackley Randall Remembered
In 2016, the Ancestral Women exhibit was showcased in Wausau at the Center for Visual Arts. Vickie Ackley and her father, Fred Ackley, Jr., attended the opening of the exhibition,…
Tribe Signs Offer to Purchase for Hoffman Property
The Sokaogon Chippewa Community signed an offer to purchase on October 31, 2018, for 190 acres known as the Hoffman Property.
The property, currently owned by the family of Ray
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Remembering the End of the Crandon Mine
Richard D. Ackley, Jr.
Fifteen years ago, the decades long battle against metallic sulfide mining in Forest County officially came to an end on October 28, 2003. The controversial
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Tina Van Zile Presents at Western Mining Action Network – 2018 Biennial Conference
Uniting for Healthy Lands, Waters and Future Generations Hosted by the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) Kamloops BC, Canada | 27-29 September 2018 Thompson Rivers University
By Tina L. Van
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Lake Metonga Association Banquet on Saturday
By Richard D. Ackley, Jr.
The Lake Metonga Association has been working very hard over the years protecting the water, the fish and wildlife, and the environment
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Great Eagle Financial Receives $150,000 Grant
Great Eagle Financial Services Corporation (GESFC) was awarded $150,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Treasury through the Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund.
GESFC is
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Treaty Day and the Jingle Dress Dancer
By: Barbara With
The journey to create the Jingle Dress Dancer began in November 2017, after Jason Pero was tragically shot in his grandparents’ front yard in Bad River. Community
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Be Aware of Timber Sales on Tribal Lands
The SCC Forestry Department would like everyone to know of two timber sales that are currently active on Tribal lands.
Please be safe, especially when traveling on Makwa Lane and
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