Miisaninawiind September 26 - October 2, 2022

Waatebagaa-Giizis (Leaves Turning Moon)

The 1854 Treaty Commemoration is scheduled for Thursday September 29 through Sunday October 2. Various events are scheduled to take place in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang (Red Cliff) and on Mooningwaanakaning (Madeline Island). See flyers below for all dates, times, details, and information.

On September 30, 1854, our Ojibwe ancestors from the Gitchi Gami (Lake Superior) region entered into a treaty with the United States, whereby the Ojibwe ceded ownership of their lands to the United States. Learn more about the 1854 Treaty and view the original 1854 Treaty document HERE.

Ferry tickets are available for Red Cliff Tribal Members. Tickets can be picked up at the Administration Building at 88455 Pike Rd.

Please contact the Red Cliff Tribal Historic Preservation Office with any questions at 715-779-3761.

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The Red Cliff Tribal Council and Legendary Waters Resort & Casino have set the next Larry & Jeanne Gordon Memorial Camping Week for October 16-22, 2022. Red Cliff Tribal Members will be able to camp for free at Legendary Waters Buffalo Bay Campground.

Tribal Members interested in free camping at Buffalo Bay Campground should contact the Legendary Waters Hotel Front Desk at (800) 226-8478 to reserve a spot. Members must still check in with the Hotel Front Desk to receive tags for the campsite.

A map of Buffalo Bay Campground is included for those who wish to select a specific site.

The Tribal Council aims to provide this free camping week in May and October every year.

Larry Gordon is a Red Cliff Tribal Member who dedicated a 30-year career to Isle Vista Casino – now Legendary Waters Resort & Casino. Larry offered much love and care for the community and spent countless weekends camping with friends and family. Larry passed away on November 12, 2020 while enjoying the outdoors. His wife and long-time Tribal leader Jeanne Gordon passed away December 31, 2021. Jeanne proudly served the Red Cliff community for years on the Tribal Council and as the executive secretary, only wanting to build a better community for the next generations to come. She worked to ensure the community was put first.

Read more about Larry at www.bratleyfamilyfuneralhomes.com/obituary/larry-gordon.

Read more about Jeanne at www.bratleyfamilyfuneralhomes.com/obituary/jeanne-gordon.

Gaa-Miskwaabikaang and Legendary Waters hosted the Wisconsin Gaming Regulators Association (WGRA) Conference September 14 and 15. Gaa-Miskwaabikaang Chairman Christopher Boyd, Compliance Director Charles Bresette, and Elder Anakwad (Frank Montano) provided an invocation and opening prayer.

Always Thundering drum group performed a welcome song, and Ernie Stevens Jr, Chairman of the Indian Gaming Association is serving as the keynote speaker.

The WGRA consists of regulators from all eleven tribes in the state of Wisconsin, along with the State of Wisconsin Division of Gaming. The WGRA works to address issues and concerns within the gaming industry, and provides training to protect the integrity of Indian and charitable gaming in Wisconsin.

Chi-Miigwech to all involved!

Ginanda Gikendaasomin Red Cliff Library will now be hosting a Crafters Niche' every 2nd and last Saturday of the month.

Bring your beads or all other crafting things to share with friends and family while we snack and have lots of fun crafting and chatting!

Due to popular demand, the Library’s Film Club, Strange & Unusual Chat Circle, and Young Adults Mystical Chats will now meet twice a month! Visit Ginanda Gikendaasomin Red Cliff Library on Facebook for all dates and details, or check out the Red Cliff Events Calendar online.

Stop by or call the Library with any questions at 715-779-3766.

The Twin Lakes Ma'iingan pack is located west of the town of Washburn. Red Cliff wildlife staff captured and GPS collared a two-year-old female ma’iingan on September 4, 2021. The female ma’iingan was in great condition with a weight of 74 pounds. After inspecting the health of her she was determined to be of non-breeding status. Once collaring, sample collection and visual condition inspection was completed the animal was released and given the name TL585.

Wildlife staff tracked and recorded her movements throughout the fall and winter months with no evidence that the pack reproduced in 2021. Come springtime wildlife staff were excited to see a cluster of locations from TL585. Such clusters were a promising sign of denning given that the localization began in April. After 5 weeks of seeing the localization from TL585 staff felt confident that she was now the breeder of the pack.

On May 5, 2022, wildlife tech. Ron Nordin Jr led a Northland College class out to the assumed den location with the hopes of capturing, pit tagging and VHF collaring ma’iinganensag (wolf pups). As we arrived at the potential den location the students were amazed to see four ma’iinganensag hiding under a pile of dead fall trees. All four pups were captured and fitted with expandable VHF collars, pit tagged and sexed. The largest ma’iinganens was nearly 10 pounds, the largest wildlife tech Ron Nordin Jr has ever seen at that age of approximately 5 weeks. The ma’iinganensag were collared to determine survival rates within the first six months of life.

The Red Cliff Boys & Girls Club of GitchiGami has announced it will host its first pow wow on April 8 and April 9 in 2023.

The 1^st Red Cliff Boys & Girls Club “Smoke Fish Not Drugs Youth Pow Wow” will take place at Legendary Waters. Please mark your calendars, share with youth, and stay tuned for more details. Aho!

Please contact the Club’s Cultural Coordinator Dusty LaFernier at 715-779-3722 or via email at dusty.lafernier@redcliff-nsn.gov.

The Red Cliff Indian Child Welfare Team would like to extend an invitation to all who are interested in understanding how historical trauma has impacted tribal communities. Attend this free community gathering and dinner on October 4 from 5-8PM.

A focus on understanding the impacts to individuals and families and how we can begin to make change to support generational healing will be explored.

Together we can understand and discuss how we can begin to repair the wounds and provide a home that supports wellbeing and growth of self, family, and community.

The Red Cliff Early Childhood Center will host a Family Fun Night on October 5 from 4:30-6:00 PM!

There will be food, raffles, car seat safety demonstrations, and rock painting.

Please contact the ECC with any questions at 715-779-5030 extension 2551.

On September 20, 2022 the Red Cliff Tribal Council passed changes to Chapter 7 – Commercial Fishing Regulations section 7.5.5, which shall now read as follows:

The October Whitefish Season for big boat licenses shall begin on October 3 and end on October 24, when all nets must be removed from the water. Tribal big boat licenses may set up to 6,000 feet of suspended set gill nets, bottom set gill nets or legged gillnets with a minimum 4 7 /16" stretch measure in total. Each gillnet shall be lifted a minimum of once every 48 hours. Gill nets shall only be set in those areas of Wl-2 that are greater than eight (8) fathoms but less than twenty­three (23) fathoms in depth and which are designated as non-exclusion zones in the October Whitefish Fishery Zones and Spawning Sites map. All lake trout incidentally caught must be tagged and retained. A licensed big boat fisher cannot participate in the fishery if they do not possess lake trout tags. (11/20/18) (9/20/22)

The Red Cliff Code of Laws can be accessed digitally online HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact the Red Cliff Legal Department at 715-779-3725.

Starting October 1, Red Cliff’s Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program is asking clients to please make an appointment for Energy Assistance. An appointment will be required in order for your application to be processed in a timely manner.

Please call 715-779-3706 to set up an appointment.

Learn more about the WHEAP program online at www.redcliff-nsn.gov/WHEAP.

Red Cliff Tribal Members have access to manoomin processing equipment through the Red Cliff Food Sovereignty Equipment Loan Program! Contact the Environmental Department at 715-779-3650 to reserve equipment.

Available equipment includes threshers (electricity required), metal pots for parching, unvarnished wood paddles for parching, turkey cookers (propane not provided), and tarps.

Equipment can be picked up at the Environmental Department, or staff can deliver it to a designated location.

The Red Cliff Food Sovereignty Equipment Loan Program is a collaboration between multiple Tribal programs including the Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Education Department, and the the Treaty Natural Resources Division. Currently, equipment in the program includes sugarbush equipment, manoomin processing equipment, and an apple press for pressing cider. The program will be adding more equipment to help grow, harvest, and process food as funding allows.

Chi-Miigwech to the Treaty Natural Resources Division, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, and the Education Department for making this possible for the membership.

Tribal Member Nikki Andrews is a licensed tax professional with a physical office located in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

Professional Tax Preparation & Representation Services (IRS Audit Support & Tax Debt Relief Services); Bookkeeping; Legal Document Assistance; and Notary.

In person, virtual and mobile appointments available.

Call 715-246-7774 to get started. Learn more online at www.msnaps.com.

The Buffalo Bay Store is seeking to hire a Store Manager and a Store Clerk.

View the position descriptions for all details. For further information, please email vickie.ackley@redcliffbdc.com.

FoodWIse Nutrition has released its October 2022 newsletter!

FoodWIse is federally funded statewide by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). FoodWIse advances healthy eating habits, active lifestyles and healthy community environments for Wisconsin residents with limited incomes through nutrition education at the individual, community and systems levels.

Click HERE to view the full October 2022 FoodWIse newsletter.

Click the image to access the entire ECC September newsletter.

Red Cliff's Ginanda Gikendaasomin Library is offering new programs and groups for Gaa-Miskwaabikaang! See individual flyers or visit the Library's Facebook Page for all program details.

Hello, my name is Natasha Trush and I have the honor of being the Environmental Health Specialist, located within the Red Cliff Environmental Department. Some of the areas of work will include food safety, drinking water quality, and workplace hazards.

I’m recently graduated from UW- Stevens Point, where I focused on Waste Management and Water Resources. I love being out on the water during summer and skiing during the winter. Fun fact, I am a certified scuba diver. I grew up in a small, southern WI town and was brought up here by my partner. I am very new to the area, but am looking forward to growing within this community. 

Click image to access the entire summer TNR Ganawenjigaade newsletter.

The RCCHA Board is set to meet on Tuesday September 27 at Legendary Waters.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 PM.

Click HERE to access the meeting agenda.

Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority is accepting applications for housing and housing assistance!

RCCHA provides clean, safe, adequate, and affordable housing for qualified families and elders.

Housing options to apply for include low rent, 6-plex, 4-plex, Elderly, Tax Credit, Tax Credit Rehab.

Oski-Ombendaam New Hope Supportive Housing

The Oski-Ombendaam New Hope housing contains efficiency, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units. The goal of New Hope housing is to provide supportive services to those individuals and families while providing clean, safe, adequate, and affordable housing.

Click HERE to access an application for Housing Assistance.

Click HERE to access an application for New Hope Housing Assistance.

Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority tenants have access to a Residential Resource Coordinator. The coordinator will help tenants get connected with various resources.

This service is available to Housing tenants Monday through Friday at New Hope Building A, at 37580 Pageant Road.

Please call 715-779-3744 extension 3514 with any questions.

Respite care services provides a short-term break for a family when a trained worker provides care for the individual. Respite care helps ease daily stress for the family and youth.

A Bayfield County family is seeking a dedicated respite care worker to provide support for a 15-year-old young man with disabilities. He diagnoses include autism, sensory disorder, developmental delay. He is a very active young man who needs to have a highly supportive environment and staff that can provide him with structure and a clear routine but be flexible enough to adjust if he is unable/unwilling to follow the routine. He will always need to be in the line of sight of his caregiver.

Responsibilities Include:

·       Engaging in activities with him.

·       During the school year, assisting him with getting ready for school (dressing, grooming, eating, etc.).

·       Learning interventions to assist him when he’s frustrated and/or upset

Must have a strong work ethic and healthy professional boundaries. Be willing to learn his support plan. A caregiver background check will be required.  Contact Hayley Weyers at Bayfield County Department of Human Services for more information at (715)-373-3356 or  hayley.weyers@bayfieldcounty.wi.gov

House for sale at 37335 N Bradum Road.

3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Full unfinished basement, large yard, two and 1/2 car garage. Asking $150,000. Call 715-779-5000.

This is leased land and can only be purchased by a Red Cliff Tribal Member.