Sokaogon Chippewa Community News
Ryan Ensley Wins the License Plate Design Contest
The Tribal Council is pleased to announce the winner of $500 for Tribal License Plate Contest is Ryan Ensley. The winner was selected at the Tribal Council Meeting on February…
Students Promote College Partnership in Capitol
The 2019 Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Student Showcase was held on Tuesday, February 19th, in the state capitol rotunda in Madison.
The showcase provided students and instructors an opportunity…
School and Tribe Honor Coach VanZile
This past Monday evening, the Cardinal boys basketball team hosted Laona/Wabeno and were victorious with a score of 71 to 55. It was also a special night for another reason…
Tribe Contributes to High School’s New Scoreboard
By Ben Meyer, Managing Editor / Senior Reporter, WJFW News Watch 12 Josh Jaeger went to Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers games and thought, “We should…
Court’s Corner
Boozhoo! Did you know the Tribal Court is a separate branch of Tribal government? While some people assume that speaking to the Chairman or members of the Tribal Council may…
Honoring Chief Willard Ackley
The last hereditary chief of the Sokaogon Chippewa, Chief Willard Ackley, was born on December 25, 1889, in a traditional Ojibwe wigwam along the shores of what the old people
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Lisa McGeshick Finds Success in Construction Field
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,
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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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