Sokaogon Chippewa Community News
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…
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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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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