February 20-26, 2023

Namebini-Giizis (Suckerfish Moon)

There will not be a Miisaninawiind newsletter for next week February 27 - March 5. The next Miisaninawiind is expected to be published on Monday March 6.

Boozhoo Gaa-Miskwaabikaang! Winter Weather Advisories are in place with several rounds of goon (snow) expected throughout the week. This may lead to some service delays or rescheduled events. Be sure to check out our website and Facebook page for updates.

For up-to-date snow and storm information, visit the NWS Duluth website or the US National Weather Service Duluth Minnesota Facebook page.

Travel safely and check on your neighbors and elders.

Howah! Biboon Gabeshiwin (winter camp) kicks off this Wednesday Namebini giizis (February) 22-25, 2023. Biboon Gabeshiwin is open to all.

Biboon Gabeshiwin features outdoor and indoor activities, such as ice fishing, sled dogs, snow snake, wolf/animal telemetry, snowshoeing, asemaa teachings, storytelling, and much more. View the up-to-date schedule of events HERE.

Sugar Bush Feast

A sugar bush themed dinner will celebrate the start of Biboon Gabeshiwin. There will be storytelling beginning at 5 PM on Wednesday February 22 at the Bayfield School Cafeteria. The meal is expected to be served at 6:00 PM. The winner of the Winter Camp art contest will be announced at the feast. This is open to the entire community, all are welcome.

Local chef Chris Basina will prepare the meal. There will be building tours, storytelling, and classroom showcases.

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

Red Cliff's Mino Bimaadiziiwin Gitigaanin has two workshops coming up! The Farm will host a Canning Blueberry Jam workshop as part of the Biboon Gabeshiwin activities at 10 AM on Saturday February 25. There are 8 open spots for participants. Please RSVP by contacting the farm at 715-779-3782 // farm@redcliff-nsn.gov.

The Farm will also host an Intro to Sugaring workshop at 5 PM on Tuesday February 28. Learn the basics to get you started sugarbushing this season.

Please contact the Farm for information:

715-779-3782

Farm@redcliff-nsn.gov

Wenabozho ominisan (Apostle Islands) have been featured in National Geographic's March 2023 edition. Part of the feature, written by Stephanie Pearson and photographed by David Guttenfelder, includes elder Guyaushk (Jim Pete), Council Member Scott Babineau, and Chairman Chris Boyd. It highlights a youth camp held on Sand Island in June of 2021.

The Apostle Islands are at the center of the Ojibwe migration story, the spot from which the tribe first grew and has spread its branches in every direction.

The full feature and magazine can be accessed online.

The Red Cliff Tribal Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday February 21 at Legendary Waters.

The Regular Session is expected to begin at 4:30 PM. Community members are encouraged to attend.

Access the meeting agenda HERE.

The Red Cliff Tribal Council is seeking seven (7) community members to serve on the 2023 Election Board. You must be 18 years of age, a Red Cliff Tribal Member and eligible to vote at the Tribal Elections.

The Election Board will serve both the Primary and General Elections.

If you are interested in serving on the Election Board, pick up an application at the Tribal Administration Building. Applications need to be submitted to the Front Desk of the Administration Office by March 29, 2023 by Noon.

For further information please contact:

Nora Cadotte, Tribal Council Secretary, at 715-209-3989 or secretary@redcliff-nsn.gov.

Visit www.redcliff-nsn.gov/election to learn more about this year's Election cycle.

The Red Cliff Transfer Station will be open an extra day this week on Monday February 20 from 10 AM - 6 PM.

The Transfer Station is expected to also be open on its regularly scheduled days of Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM - 6 PM, and Saturday from 8 AM to 12 PM.

Please contact the Transfer Station with any questions at 715-779-3650 or 715-779-0171.

Red Cliff Elders were surprised with hand-made gifts during their Valentines Day bingo event last week. Students from the Red Cliff Early Childhood Center made crafts for the elders to enjoy. Aho!

Interested in learning more about budgeting and managing your personal / family finances, how to save, and how to build credit?

Join this free community workshop from 5:00-7:00 PM on Monday February 20 at the New Hope Commons, located at 37580 Pageant Rd in Red Cliff.

Dinner will be provided along with gift cards and raffle prizes. Child care will be available. You do not need to register -- simply show up!



Please contact RCCHA with any questions at 715-779-3744.

The Red Cliff Library's book club will meet at 6 PM this Thursday February 23.

 The group will feature long time Red Cliff Library supporter Louise Robbins and the book "Murder on the Red River"!

Please contact Kathy Barri with any questions at 715-779-3766.

Zaagichigaazowin Home Visiting Program and Ginanda Gikendaasomin Red Cliff Library will host a Mom and Baby Yoga session on February 27 beginning at 10:30 AM at the Library.

Please contact Savanna Basina with any questions.

Red Cliff Behavioral Health Services will host a bake sale on Friday March 3 from 10 AM - 2 PM at the Red Cliff Community Health Center to raise funds for Noojimo'iwewin Center programming and community member resources.

All proceeds will go toward supporting our area's behavioral needs, including mental health, AODA counseling, Peer Specialist support, relapse prevention, and culturally rich group activities to help all on their path to recovery.



Please contact Ceaira Gordon with any questions at 715-779-3707 ext 2450 or email cgordon@redcliffhealth.org

Red Cliff Community Members:

You are hereby notified that the following addition to the Red Cliff Code of Laws is being proposed by the Red Cliff Legal Department:

Pertaining to Chapter 32 - Tribal Elections, add section 32.15 Proposed Constitutional Amendments.

Click HERE to read the entire proposed addition to Chapter 32.

Public comment on this proposal is encouraged. Please drop your comments at the Tribal Administration Building, or forward them directly to the Tribal Council. This proposal will be voted upon on Tuesday March 21, 2023 at the Regular Meeting of the Red Cliff Tribal Council. If the Council enacts these changes, the changes shall become effective upon enactment.

Wisconsin Native Vote, Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the Red Cliff Tribe will host a dinner and night of fun on March 7 from 4-7 PM at Legendary Waters.

This is a free dinner open to the public. Discussion will be centered around the Wisconsin Supreme Court's impact on Native people, and the challenges Native voters face. There will be a free raffle, door prize, and bingo.

Please register for this event by clicking HERE.

The Red Cliff Business Development Corporation is accepting applications for a Store Clerk position at Buffalo Bay Store.

The Store Clerk will:

-Greet guests and answer questions regarding goods sold

-Maintain a well-organized and orderly storefront that aligns with the company's image

-Introduce customers to current discounts and offers within the store to promote both sales and brand awareness

-Properly process coupons while following the company's stated policy and procedures

-Ensure the stockroom is organized and orderly

-Assist customers with purchases by processing their payment at registers

Please contact Janine Deragon, Assistant Manager at Buffalo Bay Store with any questions or to apply:

715-779-5309

buffalobaystore@outlook.com

The Red Cliff Behavioral Health Department is seeking applicants for several positions at the Mishomis House Recovery Program.

Open positions include a Night Manager, Weekend Relief Worker, and Peer Specialist.

View position details and apply online HERE.

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FoodWIse Nutrition has released its February 2023 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 February 2023 FoodWIse newsletter.

Click image to access the entire ECC February newsletter

Boozhoo families with the Red Cliff Early Childhood Center! Week 20 of the Second Step Curriculum will work with your children on how to have fun with friends, including playing fair, sharing, and trading. Teachers will be implementing this curriculum and families will also receive these exercises to continue practicing at home.

Contact the ECC with any questions at 715-779-5030.

Dear Early Head Start Families,

I hope that the New Year finds you and your family happy and healthy.

I would like to let you know that we will be reducing our service hours for Early Head Start. We will be closed for students eight extra Fridays through the end of the school year.

Below are dates of closure that were regularly scheduled for services. We will also be sending out amended calendar pages to assist with keeping track of the changes.

February 24, March 10, March 24, May 5, May 19, June 2, July 14 

This is only through this school year and will impact 8 scheduled Fridays. We know that this may cause challenges for some families and for that we apologize!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jamie, Center Director, at 715-779-5030 ext. 2527 or Jenn, Center Administrator, at 715-779-5030 ext. 2561.

The Wisconsin Indian Education Association will host a Youth Art Contest as part of its WIEA Conference set for April 20-21, 2023 in Madison.

Student artists are asked to submit a piece of artwork that reflects the theme of this year's WIEA Conference: “In Beauty and Unity, We Walk the Healing Path.”

Artwork will be judged by selected community members, and based on the following criteria:

Originality, creativity, and culturally connected.

Relationship of the work to the theme: “In Beauty and Unity, We Walk the Healing Path”.

One submission per student.

The winning selection will receive $150 and the runner-up will receive $50.

The contest is open to all American Indian and Alaskan Native students in the State of Wisconsin grades 6-12.

Artwork must be submitted no later than Friday March 10, 2023.

Click HERE for all details and a submission form.

The Red Cliff Education Department is offering additional financial support for those who have already applied for the Higher Education and Job Training Program.

Click HERE to learn more and access an application.

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.

Ashley Huinker

Project Coordinator, Treaty Natural Resources

Hello! I am originally from the southwestern Twin Cities area in Minnesota, and I bounced around to a lot of different places before landing here in Wisconsin, including Montana, Australia, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Nebraska. While my background and degrees are in wildlife conservation, my most recent position was as the assistant supervisor of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park in Minnesota. In my free time, I enjoy horseback riding, hiking, camping, skiing, traveling, and almost anything that gets me outside. I’m looking forward to being a part of this community and learning all there is to know about Red Cliff’s incredible natural resources.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has extended the public comment period for their draft wolf plan through the end of February 2023. Read the plan and submit a comment HERE.

The public review and comment period is a key opportunity for the public to share their thoughts on the proposed wolf management plan. The DNR will review and consider all feedback submitted during the review period while preparing the final draft of the proposed wolf management plan.

The draft management plan lays out a holistic approach to ensuring the state’s wolf population remains healthy and secure while balancing the diverse interests of the public.

The proposed plan was developed in consideration of many factors, including public input, consultations with Wisconsin's tribal nations, scientific literature reviews, a study on current public attitudes towards wolves and potential outcomes of various management decisions.

The draft plan aims to effectively balance the tradeoffs between three main objectives:

• Ensuring a healthy and sustainable wolf population to fulfill its ecological role.

• Addressing and reducing wolf-related conflicts.

• Providing multiple benefits associated with the wolf population, including hunting, trapping and sightseeing.

In addition, the draft plan details proposals to increase public understanding of wolves, identify important scientific research to be conducted and outline steps to ensure collaboration on science-based wolf management in Wisconsin.

More details about the plan’s objectives and metrics for evaluation are described in the implementation section of the management plan. The descriptions and metrics provided give a clearer understanding of the intent behind each objective, how the DNR plans to measure it and what conditions constitute satisfactory progress toward the objective.

What’s Staying The Same?

The draft plan provides that DNR staff will continue to monitor wolves each year and address wolf-related conflict (consistent with current law). The DNR will continue supporting and conducting scientific research and science-based decision-making. Collaboration with other agencies, tribal nations, stakeholder groups and the public on items of mutual importance remains a department priority.

What’s Changing?

The plan proposes several changes to align the DNR’s wolf management strategy with the current state of the wolf population, the available science and the perspectives of a diverse public, such as:

• Moving away from a single numeric population goal and instead using an adaptive management process focused on balancing the three main objectives (above).

• Reducing harvest registration times and issuing zone-specific wolf harvest permits to improve the department's ability to effectively meet harvest quotas.

• Adding mechanisms to address localized concerns, including wolf harvest concerns near tribal reservation boundaries and focused wolf harvest in areas with a history of wolf-livestock conflict.

• Revising wolf management zone boundaries to better reflect current wolf distribution and habitat.

The public is encouraged to review the updated plan in detail to learn more.

Click HERE to order online!

Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is seeking applicants for Executive Administrator and Deputy Administrator.

View position descriptions online at https://glifwc.org/

For the full job description and how you can apply, please visit wisc.jobs and search Job ID# 9007.

The Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival is scheduled for June 24-25, 2023. Artists can apply to be featured!

Learn more and apply online HERE.

Greetings! We have exciting news! Native American Tourism of Wisconsin will be hosting the Native Wisconsin Arts Festival in June 2023 at the Menominee Nation Casino Resort/Powwow Grounds. Our goal is to raise $75,000 in support of NATOW’s tourism initiatives throughout the state.

But we can’t meet this goal without your help.

Below are the details for this year’s sponsorship levels:

1. $5,000 - Bear Level: Your company name and logo on our event signage; Your company/org name on our Golf Tournament Signage; Listed as event sponsor in all PR, marketing and outreach for the conference; Your logo on event T-shirt; Complimentary 1-year Associate Membership; 2 Conference Registrations; VIP Reception.
2. $2,000 - Eagle Level: Your company name and logo on our event signage; Your logo on event T-shirt; Complimentary 1-year Associate Membership; 1 Conference Registration; VIP Reception; Listed as an even sponsor on social media and website.
3. $1,000 - Wolf Level: Your company name and logo on our event signage; Complimentary 1-year Associate Membership; Your logo on event t-shirt; VIP reception.
4. $500 - Manoomin Level: Logo on event T-shirt; Complimentary 1-year Associate Membership; VIP Reception.
5. $150 - Booth Spaces for vendors.

If your organization would like to participate in this year’s event as a sponsor, please contact us to donate or for more information. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Respectfully,

Suzette Brewer

Executive Director

Ph: 715-861-1212

Email: director@natow.org