Miisaninawiind October 24-30, 2022

Binaakwe-Giizis (Falling Leaves Moon)

The Red Cliff Tribal Historic Preservation Office will host its 2022 Touch The Past event on Friday November 4 and Saturday November 5 at the Cultural Grounds in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang.

Come learn about findings of the Red Cliff THPO’s work during Summer 2022. Artifacts from the “Old Pageant Grounds” and Frog Bay Tribal National Park will be on display.

Friday will feature an open lab, supper, and a lecture by THPO staff and archaeologists.

Saturday will be a drop-in kids event, the Youth Archaeology Program from 10 AM – 4 PM. Activities include a “cookie excavation” and a ceramic challenge. All are welcome.

See flyers below for a detailed schedule. The Cultural Grounds / THPO Building are located at 36750 Hwy 13 in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang (Red Cliff).

Please contact THPO with any questions at 715-779-3761.

The Red Cliff Environmental Department and Treaty Natural Resources Division hosted a Manoomin Re-Seeding Event last Friday at Raspberry Campground. Howah!

Participants had the chance to practice both traditional and modern wild rice processing methods. There was canoeing and spreading of wild rice seed in Raspberry River.

Each step of processing manoomin was taught to youth.

Chi-Miigwech to all involved in this event!

Please call the Environmental Department with any questions at 715-779-3650.

Photos from Nathan Gordon

The Noojimo'iwewin Center will host a Sobriety Speaker Feast at 4:00 PM next Wednesday October 26.

There will be a traditional wild rice feast, followed by a community member discussion about their journey in recovery.

Please contact Noojimo'iwewin Center staff with any questions at 715-779-3508.

Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority (RCCHA) will host a Home Fair on October 28 from 3:00-7:00 PM at Legendary Waters.

There will be vendor tables with information and products related to home repairs, remodeling, and beautifying. There will also be food, bingo, and raffle prizes.

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

Trunk or Treat! Stop by the following locations this Friday October 28 between 3-6 PM for this year's Trunk or Treat event. See the map for locations!

Administration Building

Family & Human Services

Red Cliff Health Center (Door B)

Library

Launch Program

Noojimo'iwewin Center.

Call 715-779-3706 with any questions.

The next Tribal Elder Food Box Program date is this Friday October 28. This giveaway is for tribal members aged 55 and older.

This week’s boxes will contain:

Smoked Lake Trout

Ground Beef

Aquaponic Lettuce

Winter Squash/Pumpkins

Potatoes

Brussel Sprouts

Carrots

Bergamot Tea

Corn Mush Flour

Maple Syrup

Call Food Distribution with any questions at 715-779-3740.

Join the Red Cliff Family Violence Prevention Program Womens Group!

There is no formal instruction or agenda for this group. Simply come and socialize with other women! Bring your own crafts and/or projects, we also have craft supplies readily available.

Food will be provided.

Group sessions are scheduled for the following Wednesdays:

November 2

November 16

November 30

December 14

December 28

Meet at the Family & Human Services Building from 5:00-6:30 PM.

Please contact Aubrey Defoe with any questions at 715-779-3706 ext 5022.

The final presentation of the Red Cliff Tribal Historic Preservation Office's History Speaker Series is set for November 3 from 6-8 PM at the THPO Building, located at 36750 Hwy 13 in Red Cliff.

Local researchers Leo Filipczak and Amorin Mello will present:

Doodooshaaboo & Moving Beyond A "Shipwrecks and Lighthouses" Version of our Local History.

This event is open to all. Please call THPO with any questions at 715-779-3761.

The Red Cliff Elderly Program will host a Halloween Party for Elders on Monday October 31 at the Elderly Dining Center.

The Center will open at 11 AM, followed by a meal served at noon and sack bingo at 12:30 PM.

Elders are encouraged to wear costumes! Prizes will be available.

Please contact the Elderly Center with any questions at 715-779-3746.

The Red Cliff Community Health Center will host a Recovery Coach Training November 14 through November 18, from 8 AM - 4 PM each day.

A Recovery Coach promotes recovery and removes barriers and obstacles to recovery, serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or already in recovery from an addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs.

For more information on how to register for this training, please call Mary Hinrichsen at 715-779-3707 ext 2247 or email mhinrichsen@redcliffhealth.org.

Attention Red Cliff Tribal Members - there will be a Secretarial Election through the BIA. There will be three proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws; the amendments would remove federal oversight over the Tribe's ability to amend its own Constitution. See all details at https://www.redcliff-nsn.gov/news_detail_T10_R90.php

Please contact Nicholas VanAlstine at the BIA with any questions at 906-632-6809 ext 3128.

Ayaabe (buck, male deer) in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang. Footage from July through October 2022.

The Red Cliff Information Technology (IT) Department is requesting sealed bids for the services of a Project Manager to oversee the installation of fiber optic cable.

A full project summary, responsibilities, and expectations can be found HERE.

Questions can be directed to Evan Cutler, Red Cliff Director of IT and Bid Management Coordinator:

Evan.cutler@redcliff-nsn.gov

715-7798-3700 ext 4253

715-292-7366

Bids should be submitted by Monday October 31 at 4:00 PM. Submit sealed bids by postal mail or physical delivery to:

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Attn: Ashley Peterson, Property and Procurement Officer, Project Manager RFP

88455 Pike Road, Bayfield, WI 54814

The Red Cliff Early Childhood Center is seeking sealed bid proposals for the construction of a bus garage and installation of fencing for outdoor play area at the Early Childhood Center located at 89830 Tiny Tot Dr, Gaa-Miskwaabikaang (Red Cliff) Reservation in Bayfield County, WI.

The general contractor will build a 1,600 sq. ft. light industrial building with 8 ft. awnings on each side for bus and vehicle parking. The general contractor will also clear and install approximately 1,728 linear feet of fencing for an outdoor play area.

A full project summary, scope of work, and expectations can be found HERE.

Questions can be directed to Jennifer Leask, Early Childhood Administrator; or Niles Fetter, Project Manager:

Jennifer.Leask@redcliff-nsn.gov // 715-779-5030 ext 2561

Niles.Fetter@redclif-nsn.gov // 715-779-3700 ext 4260

Proposals should be submitted by 4 PM on Thursday October 27.

Boozhoo! My name is Allison Basina.



I work for the Red Cliff Food Distribution Center as an Assistant/Certifier/Aide. It has been 35 years since I’ve been home, and it is refreshing.

I am most looking forward to getting to know the community and finding a space of my own. I love food, cooking, art, music, health and wellness, coffee, and my cat Quintin.

Please, if you see me around, say hello or wave at me! 

Click image to access the entire Behavioral Health October Newsletter

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.

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

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.

Marin (Mark) Denning, an enrolled tribal member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, cultural speaker and educator, will be speaking on Race and Representation in Sports Thursday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m. in Northland College's Alvord Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

Mark has been involved in public education programming for over 40 years. From his time as a student at Marquette University to being an adjunct lecturer at a university in Milwaukee, he has spent the time speaking for and about Native issues.

Mark attended Marquette University when the college was known as the "Warriors." In his second year he was named to be the person who represented the University at basketball games. At the time they were told that Native people deserved and needed to be represented the way they wanted, as they defined. Decades later, after many years of public debate and peer reviewed research more information has come forward about race and representation.

This program on race-based mascots and logos takes an informed approach on the subject from educational research findings and informed by generally accepted marketing strategies. These two perspectives take the highly charged question of race out of the equation, and asks, "what is this really about?"

Mark will use his own personal experiences while at Marquette University and will be open to questions after a short presentation framing the issue, not in racial terms, but in human terms and in the language of business strategies. He lets people come to their own conclusions of what is right and wrong.

For more information on Mark, you can check out his website: https://markdenning.com/

This training is for fishermen, processors, regulatory personnel, and others to identify and evaluate food safety risks, learn seafood rules and regulations, and how to develop a HACCP plan for the safe handling and processing, including smoking and freezing, of seafood and seafood products, including treaty harvested fish, that will be sold commercially. After completing the three-day course, participants will receive a HACCP Certification from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO).

Where: Legendary Waters Resort & Casino 37600 Onigamiing Drive, Red Cliff, WI 54814

When: November 1-3, 2022

Registration & Hotel: Contact Laurie White at 715-292-8726 or lwhite@glifwc.org

                                    by October 25

Where: Bay Mills Resort & Casino, 11386 West Lakeshore Drive, Brimley, MI 49715

When: December 13-15, 2022

Registration & Hotel: Contact Laurie White at 715-292-8726 or lwhite@glifwc.org

                                      by December 6

GLIFWC will pay the $155 HACCP Registration fee (which includes the course book), provide hotel rooms, and food and mileage reimbursements* for the following qualified participants:

• Any Lake Superior commercial fisherman licensed by Red Cliff, Bad River, Keweenaw Bay or Bay Mills.
• Adult family members of any Red Cliff, Bad River, Keweenaw Bay or Bay Mills licensed fisherman currently working at a family's fish shop.
• Any enrolled member from any GLIFWC member tribe (i.e. enrolled members of Fond du Lac, Mille Lacs, Red Cliff, Bad River, St. Croix, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon, Lac Vieux Desert, Keweenaw Bay, and Bay Mills). This includes subsistence fishermen and those active in harvesting and processing fish.
• The costs for Tribal fisheries and conservation staff of GLIFWC member tribes may also be covered.

Participants must attend all three days to obtain the HACCP certificate and have their travel costs reimbursed by GLIFWC. *After participants complete the three-day class, they will sign a GLIFWC travel form for mileage and per diem (meals) reimbursement based on Federal GSA rates. 

​​​​​​​The Woodland Indian Arts Program (WIA) is designed to promote and develop a foundation of cultural and economic support for traditional and contemporary Native American arts in Wisconsin. As part of this work, the Arts Board annually distributes funds from Gaming Compact monies to support artistic activities among Wisconsin's tribes, bands and urban Indian communities.​

Types of Activities Funded​​​

Funding priority goes to activities that work to build a long-term structure of support for Native arts in​ Wisconsin. These include but are not limited to:

​Professional arts administration positions in support of Native arts,

Projects focused on the documentation, preservation, or revitalization of arts activities, language, foodways/food traditions, or cultural knowledge in Wisconsin's Native communities,​

Technical assistance and professional development to Native artists and arts organizations,

Presentation and promotion of Wisconsin’s Native artists through festivals, markets, exhibitions, various media and other forms of presentation, and

Planning grants in preparation for any of the above.

Planning projects might focus on engaging the arts to adapt to the continually changing environment, developing alternative ways of meaningfully engaging with the applicant’s community, or seeking professional development or training that supports planning or a​​daption.

New, expanded or existing projects are eligible. Traditional and contemporary art forms are welcome.

For additional information on the grant program and reports on needs articulated by Wisconsin Native artists, see this​ page.​​

Grant Amounts

Award amounts are $1,500 - $6,000 for an 11-month period. See the guidelines​​​ for details on matching requirements and eligible use of funds.​

Who Can Apply:

Applicants must be Native-led organizations and/or organizations that provide direct services to members of Wisconsin’s Native American communities and:

are a unit of tribal government or hold tax-exempt status from federal income tax under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code;

are incorporated in and conduct business in Wisconsin and have been doing so for at least 3 years;

conduct arts-related work that involves and benefits ​Wisconsin’s Native American communities;

are the most appropriate sponsor for the proposed activities; and

are able to match each dollar of Arts Board support with cash, in-kind, or a combination of the two.

Unincorporated nonprofit groups and incorporated nonprofit organizations that have been doing mission-related work for at least three years but lack 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can apply using a separate nonprofit organization as a fiscal receiver. See the guidelines for more discussion of working with fiscal receivers.​

To Apply:

Submit an electronic WIA grant application by 3 pm on the due date. The program guidelines provide detailed guidance on completing and submitting the application, budget, and work samples.

Note: Only one application per institution is permitted.​

Timeline (for FY23):​

Thursday, ​November 3, 2022: Application Deadline​

November 22, 2022: Panel meets to review applications

December 2, 2022: WAB votes on panel’s funding recommendations

December 2022: Contracts are mailed to successful applicants. Awardees must sign and return contracts and other required paperwork. Checks will be issued upon WAB receipt of all necessary materials.

January 1, 2023: Projects can begin

November 30, 2023: Project end date

December 31, 2023: Final report due