Miisaninawiind February 14-20, 2022
Namebini-Giizis (Suckerfish Moon)
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Boozhoo and welcome to the Miisaninawiind weekly newsletter!
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Red Cliff reclaims 330 acres,
continues land repatriation efforts
Properties will expand food sovereignty, increase tribal member access to practice treaty rights
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The Red Cliff Band has acquired three separate properties totaling over 300 acres as part of its continued efforts to expand food sovereignty and increase Tribal Member access to prime harvesting and hunting opportunities. These properties were reclaimed using a portion of the Tribe’s allocation of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds and in response to priorities highlighted by Tribal Member feedback. These acquisitions increase the Tribe’s total land occupation and preservation to approximately 15,000+ acres. See map below showing these acquisitions.
“Reacquiring Tribal land and providing more access to practice Treaty Rights is incredibly important to our membership,” said Red Cliff Chairman Christopher Boyd. “Our members of all ages – including elders and youth – have made it clear they want more opportunities to practice Treaty Rights and harvest as our people have done since time immemorial. We continue to work towards providing that for the membership while also maintaining the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of this culturally significant area.”
One property consists of 170 acres on the corner of Blueberry Road and Rowley Road. This area is undeveloped and will provide great harvesting and hunting opportunities for Tribal Members, including harvesting of small and large game, wild edibles, and medicinal plants. This property is currently not within the established boundaries of the reservation but is adjacent to the boundary. The Tribe will seek further protection of the land and will pursue moving it into federal trust.
The second property is within the reservation boundaries and features 80 acres on Eagle Bay Road. The area is a well-established Iskigamizigan (sugarbush) area, including many ininaatigoog (sugar maple trees) and a structure that has been used as a sugar shack. The Tribe’s plan is to develop a community-use effort to expand access to maple sugaring.
The third acquisition is a purchase of an extra 11% interest from a private owner in an 80-acre parcel on Big Sand Bay Road. The Tribe now owns approximately 84% of this 80-acre property. The remaining 16% is divided between several other owners – however the Tribe now owns the majority of the site. This location is also within reservation boundaries.
“The pandemic has placed an enormous burden on the food systems we normally rely on,” said Red Cliff Planning Administrator Nicole Boyd. “By increasing access to food sovereignty, we are supporting tribal members’ rights to healthy and culturally appropriate food systems produced locally, affordably, and ecologically sound. Tribal Members are better able to practice their subsistence harvesting rights and we can help keep them safer and closer to home.”
The acquisition of these properties also allows the Tribe and its Treaty Natural Resources division to better protect and monitor inawemaaganag – including land and wildlife.
Importance of Land Repatriation
Established by treaty, the Red Cliff Reservation now encompasses approximately over 15,000 acres. However, in the years leading up to 2006, tribal aki (land) holdings within the boundary had dwindled to under 8,000 acres. With a growing population and limited aki base, repatriation of lands is a high priority for Gaa-Miskwaabikaang. Expanded residential, municipal, agricultural, and commercial space on the reservation is crucial for meeting the needs of the Tribal Membership.
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Biboon Gabeshiwin Details - Aho! |
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Biboon Gabeshiwin (Winter Camp) is set for Namebini Giizis (February) 24-27 at the Red Cliff Campgrounds! In-person and virtual events will be offered. Click each image below to enlarge the flyer and access links for virtual event registrations.
Please contact the Tribal Historic Preservation Office with any questions at 715-779-3761 or 715-779-3766.
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Cultural Center Roundhouse Update
February 2022
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In September 2021, the Council approved $2.5 million dollars to construct a new multi-purpose Cultural Center that will be built on the backside of the Cultural Grounds off Hwy 13 and Nuzzo Road. Since then, a Project Team has been working through the initial tasks necessary for a major project of this size. This includes hiring an architect and engineering firm to complete site and building plans, submitting requests for permits and getting required site assessments completed.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place November 12, 2021 and was a beautiful reflection of the community coming together for a common purpose.
A request for proposals was published in late November into early December. The Tribe received nine great proposals and selected the firm DSGW Architecture out of the Duluth, MN area. The work with DSGW is scheduled to begin soon. Once plans are completed, a general contractor will be solicited to execute those plans.
Community input is vital in this project! Several community input sessions will be held throughout the design phase with DSGW. We will be looking to the community to certainly match the needs and expectations for this project. We have been holding sub-area group meetings and bringing in locals and other area professionals to provide input and discussion. This includes items like the kitchen, for example. An invitation went out to those who work in commercial kitchens, assist with funeral services, or are involved with typical large event food coordinators. Their hands-on experience has been of enormous value. Other sub-areas being looked at are the landscaping and utilities, capacity, ceremonial needs, food services, restrooms and shower areas, office spaces, security and technology, and outdoor gathering space needs such as a fire pit and cooking area. Constructing this building is a very special project and we are doing our best to plan and be considerate of what the great future of Red Cliff may include.
Funding for the Cultural Center has been secured through the American Rescue Plan Act, and a budget of $2.5 Million has been approved. The hope is that construction will begin this year and is anticipated to be completed by Spring 2023.
Miigwech for your continued input, guidance, and support of this exciting new project!
Community input is welcomed and can be sent to RCARP@redcliff-nsn.gov or call the Tribal Administration building and ask to speak with someone in Planning.
Red Cliff Planning Department
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Get Involved in Protecting Inawemaaganag |
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Click HERE to view the entire Line 5 draft Environmental Impact Statement Fact Sheet. Learn more and get involved in the protection of our inawemaaganag.
Written comments to the DNR are accepted through March 4, 2022 and can be emailed to DNROEEACOMMENTS@WI.GOV.
Reach out to Red Cliff Environmental Justice Specialist with any questions or for more information at 715-779-3615 ext 4315.
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Zhawenimikaang Child Care Workers Needed
Assistance and free classes provided for certifications
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The new Zhawenimikaang (Place of Unconditional Love) Child Care Center in Red Cliff, WI is looking for individuals to help care for some of our youngest community members. The center will provide care for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. Days and hours of operation will be dependent on how many staff we have. We are offering on the job training to anyone who is interested in becoming part of our team. The following are requirements for anyone wanting to be a teacher.
Fundamentals of Infant and Toddler Care—15 hour
Introduction to the Child Care Profession—40 hour
Skills and Strategies for the Child Care Teacher—40 hour
All of these courses can be completed by mail. The center will cover the cost of the class and the hours it will take to complete the courses (based on the hours above).
Teachers must also have 320 hours as an assistant teacher in a licensed classroom. The center will also cover the cost of obtaining needed classroom hours by utilizing the Red Cliff Early Childhood Center classrooms as a training opportunity.
All positions offer full benefits including; health and dental benefits, retirement, paid holidays and a substantial leave package.
For more information, please go to redcliff-nsn.gov or call Jenn Leask at 715-779-5030 ext. 2561.
We look forward to adding some phenomenal members to our team!
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Affordable Connectivity Program |
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The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
Who is eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program?
A household is eligible if a member of the household meets at least one of the criteria below:
· Has an income that is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; or
· Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline;
· Participates in Tribal specific programs, such as Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribal TANF, or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations;
· Is approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price lunch program or the school breakfast program. Including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school year;
· Received a Pell Grant during the current award year; or
· Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s existing low-income program.
Two Steps to Enroll
1. Go to ACPBenefit.org to apply or print out a mail-in application.
2. Contact your preferred participating provider to select a plan and have the discount applied to your bill.
Some providers may have an alternative application that they will ask you to complete.
Eligible households must both apply for the program and contact a participating provider to select a service plan.
Need Help With the ACP?
If you need to talk with someone about your eligibility or application status, call the ACP Support Center at (877) 384-2575.
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Legendary Pow Wow Set For April |
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Grand Entry times are set for 1 PM and 6 PM on Saturday April 9, followed by a 1 PM grand entry on Sunday. Dance specials will be announced soon!
Leslie Gibbs will serve as Master of Ceremonies. The Arena Director will be George Dick, and Keller Paap will serve as Spiritual Advisor.
Josh Zunker and Gretchen Morris will be featured as Head Dancers and Edward Bressette will be honored as Head Veteran.
Invited drums include Cedar Creek, Always Thundering, Little Thunder, War Thunder, Standing Bear, Ojibwe Park, Black Water, and Bad River.
For vendor information and any other questions, please contact Demetri Morris at 715-779-9463.
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COVID-19 Relief Payments & SSI Eligibility |
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For Tribal Members who are enrolled in SSI programs or receive SSI payments: Any COVID-19 relief direct assistance payments you receive from the Red Cliff Tribal Government do NOT count against your SSI eligibility or your SSI payment.
See images or click HERE for details.
Please contact 715-779-3707 ext 2238 with any questions.
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Are you a tribal member-owned business interested in having your business included in our Business Directory? Click HERE.
Tribal Members and non-tribal members planning to do business within the boundaries of the Red Cliff Reservation are reminded to please submit a Business Permit Application. Completed permit applications should be sent to the Red Cliff Legal Department, 88455 Pike Rd, Bayfield, WI 54814.
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Happy Birthday To Our Members This Week! |
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Alexander Deragon
Charlene Hillert
Christopher Thomas
Matea Montano
Orlando Matos
Bethany St. Onge
Richard Raymond
Logan Vizcarrondo
Joseph Lucero
Carolyn Siler
Molly Rothbauer
Tashina Clendenin Jacqueline Beson
Jayden Fairbanks
Sarah Schuchardt
Susan Houle
Douglas Defoe
Daniel Fassbender
Thomas Gordon
Carrie Butterfield
Renee Basina
Richard Peacock
Jessie Willoughby
Mariana Molla
Sean Jayasuriya
Jacob Cadotte
Heidi Gordon
Jenna Kerswill
Karlee Griswold
Gerald Haskins
Dante Fortunato
Kenneth Croschere
Victoria Ulanowski Nataleigh Livingston Gerald Vander Venter
Dana Dolsen
Jennifer Garrison
Anthony Cervantes
Chad Kangas
Hannah Bettinger
Teresa Miller
Chyanne Walker
Paul Cadotte
Jack Delisi
Timothy Olson
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Lucas Belanger
Jessica Santana
Aureliano Lucero-Pacheco Constance Buffalo
Lydia Chiles
Teresa Gurnoe
Jessica Keech
Abbigail Berquam
Lisa Lucid
Casey Stevenson
Sophia La Grew
Ezekiel Patterson
Todd Maki
Michael Maunu
Jodee Gumbert
Veronica Wilcox
Thomas Matta
Isabella Peacock
Nancy Fredenberg
Amber Krause
Kyle Gunderson
Vincent Bresette
Serena Groskreutz
Jessi Skog
Truett Yates
Shanna Flannery
Peyton LaPointe
Chelsea Richards
John Ruese
Nancy Petersen
Sandra Liberty
Terrill Gordon
Ethan Wensel
Timothy La Belle
Ryan Vander Venter Kamry Gary
Angela Ruiz
Laurene Taylor
Beth Bresette
Isobel Bressette Cheyenne Clendenin
Zoe Hettiger
Nina Garrity
Judith Ptacek
Graycen Williams
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Michelle Wnuk
Jade Soulier
Daniel Ruberg
Kale Kilar
Theresa Rabideaux Zendaya Topping
Ashley Dagenais
David Chidsey
Aaron Butterfield
Chase Horrell
Matthew Slomba
Dalus Jelinek
Steven Timmerman
Louis Manzo
Forest Gordon
Brian St. Onge
Curtis Greene
Mya Baierl
Braden Cadotte
Tashina Wachsmuth Abram Butterfield
Joseph Montano
KaraLee Defoe
Karen Bohlen
David Charette
David Van Slyke
John Peterson
Arthur Pratt
Angelina Schuchardt Daniel Paulson
Janice Rodriguez
Daniel Voorhees
Caedon Behringer
Sarah Innes
Jacob Gordon
Joseph Vestuto
Melissa Boyd
Samuel King
Alexis Scheer
Elexia Saari
Jacob Hipsher
Isabelle Bush
Richard Weddel
Marcus Kimbrough
Vanessa Jahen
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Order Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests |
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Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 at-home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free and will ship within 7-12 days.
What at-home tests do
The at-home COVID-19 tests look for antigens, or proteins, of the coronavirus and return results usually within minutes.
If you are a Red Cliff Elder and need assistance, please call the Health Center (715)779-3707—Amaris ext. 2307 or Nancy ext. 2281.
If you are experiencing symptoms, please schedule a covid-19 test right away at (715)779-3707.
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Carbon Monoxide Reminder:
Check Your Batteries!
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As the colder weather approaches – remember to check the batteries in your carbon monoxide (CO) detector. If you don’t have a battery-powered or battery back-up CO alarm, now is a great time to buy one. More than 400 people die each year in the United States from unintentional, non-fire related CO poisoning.
CO is found in fumes produced by furnaces, vehicles, generators, stoves, lanterns, gas ranges, or burning charcoal or wood. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or partially enclosed spaces. People and animals in these spaces can be poisoned and can die from breathing CO. When power outages occur during emergencies such as severe winter storms, the use of alternative sources of power for heating or cooking can cause CO to build up in a home, garage, or camper and to poison the people and animals inside.
Stay safe!
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Harm Reduction - Keep our Community "SAFE" |
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Saving lives from HIV and Hepatitis C requires aggressive strategies to reach people at high risk. The purpose of the Red Cliff SAFE Program is to help reduce harm from risky behaviors.
The SAFE Program is operated out of the Red Cliff Community Health Center. This program is available to all members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa as well as surrounding communities. Individuals can access clean syringes, sharps containers, sterile water, antibiotic cream, alcohol wipes, and condoms. By improving access to these materials, we help people who inject heroin, meth, and other drugs to reduce their risk of contracting HIV and Hepatitis C.
In addition, the Red Cliff Community Health Center now offers Narcan. Narcan is for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. When you come in for our needle exchange, you can request a dose(s) of Narcan at no charge to you.
If you or a loved one are at risk for HIV or Hepatitis C, we will never judge you or your behaviors. You can access the services by simply stopping at the health center reception and asking for the SAFE Program. The services are provided within the health center setting and are completely confidential.
The goal is to expand sites within the next year. The current services are available Monday – Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm except holidays. You can get more information by calling (715) 779-3707.
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NARCAN Training Available |
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Have you been trained and are looking to get a refresher or are you looking to get trained in the use of NARCAN?
It only takes 30 minutes to learn how to save someone from an overdose.
Do you own a business in Red Cliff and want to get trained? A training for you and your employees can be arranged.
If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Justin Hansen at the Noojimo’iwewin Center at 715-779-3707 ext. 2397 or jhansen@redcliffhealth.org
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We're Hiring - Come Join Our Team! |
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Red Cliff Health Division continues to grow and hire. The health staff are committed to serving the community and are a great team to work with!
Please click HERE for more information.
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Click HERE to visit the Red Cliff Community Health Center website.
Click HERE for COVID-19 Updates and Resources.
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Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month |
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Warning Signs of Abuse
Dating abuse is a pattern of coercive, intimidating, or manipulative behaviors used to exert power and control over a partner. While we define dating violence as a pattern, that doesn’t mean the first instance of abuse isn’t also dating violence; we simply recognize that dating violence tends to involve a series of abusive behaviors over a course of time.
What to Look For & More
Relationships exist on a spectrum and it can sometimes be hard to tell when a behavior goes from healthy to unhealthy (or even abusive). Typical warning signs of abuse from your partner include:
Checking your phone, email, or social media accounts without your permission.
Putting you down frequently, especially in front of others.
Isolating you from friends or family (physically, financially, or emotionally).
Extreme jealousy or insecurity.
Explosive outbursts, temper, or mood swings.
Any form of physical harm.
Possessiveness or controlling behavior.
Pressuring you or forcing you to have sex.
Relationship abuse is all about power and control. While you may be unwilling or unable to leave your relationship right now, it’s important to remember that abusive partners are unlikely to change their behavior.
Your first priority should always be your personal safety and your safety in the future. Please call the Red Cliff Family Violence Prevention Program at 715-779-3706 to speak to an Advocate if you have concerns about your dating relationship or that of a close friend.
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FoodWIse Newsletter - February 2022 |
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FoodWIse Nutrition has released its February 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 February 2022 FoodWIse newsletter.
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Bayfield School District Updates |
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Find Athletic Schedules and School Events on their Calendar.
You can view the school's news and updates on their website:
You can also find updates on the
Bayfield School District Facebook page.
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Access Scholarship Opportunities |
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Red Cliff Community Members have access to a variety of scholarships.
Click HERE to visit the Education Department's Scholarships page.
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Boys and Girls Club of Gitchigami |
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Homebuyers Wanted,
Pre-Developed Sites Available
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Multiple lease sites (8) in current development will be ready for a home to be placed in 2022. Clearing, utilities, driveway and slab done – giving you a leg up on development!
To choose your site, bring in your pre-approval from a mortgage lender and select your manufactured home! These sites provide a homebuyer with immediate equity as the site development cost is subsidized with grant funding. Act soon to have a new home in 2022!*
For more information and for map review of sites, please contact Liz Boyd, Homebuyer/Homeowner Program Manager at 715-779-3744 ext. 3518 or email eboyd@redcliffhousing.org.
If you haven’t prequalified, we also can assist with getting you matched with a mortgage lender!
Don’t miss out! Own your own home today!
*Please note: lead times for ordering homes can vary; and COVID still does have impact on supply chains, labor and transportation. Home ordering must take place soon in order to have a home delivered & placed in the 2022 year.
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Housing Job Opportunities: |
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Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority is currently hiring for multiple Maintenance Assistants.
View position details and application instructions HERE.
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RCCHA Board Meetings Schedule |
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The Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority Board meets once a month. Click HERE for the entire schedule of 2022 RCCHA Board meetings. Meeting agendas are posted HERE.
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Residential Resource Coordinator
Available For Housing Tenants
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Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority tenants now 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.
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Emergency Rental Assistance Available For
Tribal Members in Ashland and Bayfield County
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The Emergency Rental Assistance Program is still offering help and is accepting applications. This program is open to Red Cliff Tribal Members who rent housing in either Ashland County or Bayfield County.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program can pay up to 12 months of rent and utilities for qualifying households. It is NOT required that applicants live in tribal housing or have past due bills.
Contact 715-779-3700 ext 4208 or ext 4209 with any questions.
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Business Assistant
Assistant Operations Manager
Laborers (2 positions)
View position descriptions and apply HERE.
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Mino Bimaadiziiwin Gitigaanin farm eggs for sale! |
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Red Cliff Fish Company also sells eggs from Mino Bimaadiziiwin Gitigaanin - Red Cliff's tribal farm! |
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Legendary Waters Resort & Casino |
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News Across Indian Country |
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Judge Restores Protections for Gray Wolves Across Much of U.S. |
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From AP News
By Matthew Brown and John Flesher
BILLINGS, Mont (AP) — A judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday, after their removal in the waning days of the Trump administration exposed the predators to hunting that critics said would undermine their rebound from widespread extermination early last century.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West without protection under the Endangered Species Act. The service also didn’t adequately consider threats to wolves outside those core areas, White said.
Wildlife advocates had sued the agency last year. The ruling does not directly impact wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming and portions of several adjacent states. Those animals remain under state jurisdiction after federal protections in that region were lifted by Congress last decade.
Attorneys for the Biden administration defended the Trump rule that removed protections, arguing wolves were resilient enough to bounce back even if their numbers dropped sharply due to intensive hunting.
At stake is the future of a species whose recovery from near-extinction has been heralded as a historic conservation success. That recovery has brought bitter blowback from hunters and farmers angered over wolf attacks on big game herds and livestock. They contend protections are no longer warranted.
Interior Department spokesperson Melissa Schwartz said the agency was reviewing Thursday’s decision and offered no further comment.
Wildlife advocacy groups said the judge’s order would most immediately put a stop to hunting in the Great Lakes region, where Wisconsin officials had come under criticism after a wolf hunt last year blew past the state’s quotas, killing 218 wolves in four days.
“Wolves in the Great Lakes region have a stay of execution,” said John Horning with the environmental group WildEarth Guardians.
Wolf attacks on livestock are uncommon but can cause significant economic damage to farmers when their cows or sheep are killed.
And wolves in some places have reduced the size of elk and deer herds, their natural prey. That has stirred anger among hunters who target the big game animals.
The American Farm Bureau Federation, National Rifle Association and other industry groups had urged the judge not to restore federal protection, keeping the wolves under the control of state officials who allow wolf hunting.
Zippy Duvall, president of the Farm Bureau, said he was “extremely disappointed” with the ruling and that it ignored wolves’ recovery beyond government population goals.
“It’s really frustrating and outrageous that some judge thousands of miles away is suddenly telling us that our own scientific management of the species can’t be trusted,” said Ed McBroom, a Republican state senator from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “They’re simply forcing citizens to take matters into their own hands.”
None of the Great Lakes states with established wolf populations — Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin -- had scheduled additional wolf hunts prior to the judge’s ruling. All three were updating their wolf management programs and officials said that work would continue.
A state judge in Wisconsin in October had blocked a hunt two weeks before it was to begin, responding to a lawsuit that claimed it was illegally scheduled.
In Michigan, where the wolf population numbers about 700, Republican legislators introduced pro-hunting resolutions but no formal proposal was before the wildlife commission that sets hunting seasons.
Before hunting is considered, Michigan officials want their legal status more permanently settled “given the long history of legal challenges to delisting decisions and the resulting shifting status of wolves,” said Ed Golder with the state Department of Natural Resources.
The status of northern Rockies wolves was not challenged in the lawsuit decided Thursday. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in September began a separate review of whether protections should be restored for the region’s wolves, after Republican state lawmakers in Montana and Idaho passed laws last year intended to drive down wolf numbers by making it easier to kill them.
Following the killings, Interior Sec. Deb Haaland published an op-ed this week saying federal officials could give northern Rockies wolves emergency protection if the species is put at significant risk.
“Recent laws passed in some Western states undermine state wildlife managers by promoting precipitous reductions in wolf populations, such as removing bag limits, baiting, snaring, night hunting and pursuit by dogs — the same kind of practices that nearly wiped out wolves during the last century,” Haaland wrote.
Wolves once ranged most of the U.S. but were wiped out in most places by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.
A remnant population in the western Great Lakes region has since expanded to some 4,400 wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. And more than 2,000 wolves occupy six states in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.
Yet wolves remain absent across most of their historical range. Wildlife advocates argue that continued protections are needed so they can continue to expand in California, Colorado, Oregon and other states.
Democratic and Republican administrations alike, going back to former President George W. Bush, have sought to remove or scale back federal wolf protections first enacted in 1974.
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Make Your Voice Heard! Participate in the HowAreWe Survey |
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Boozhoo Miskwaabikaang,
We would like to introduce the “HowAreWe” project to you, a first ever well-being survey being rolled out in Bayfield County. The objective of this project is to truly understand how people are doing, what works well in their lives, and what doesn’t. More information about the project can be found on www.howarewe.org.
Participating makes sure that your voice is heard. The Survey takes about 15-20 minutes and is completely anonymous. Please share the link with friends and family. Every single voice counts. The more people we hear from, the better we’ll understand needs in the community.
Thank you very much for participating!
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Northland College Water Summit |
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The Northland College Burke Center convened a Water Summit on Sept. 27, 2021 titled “Aversion to Diversion: Groundwater, Bottled Water, and the Great Lakes Compact.”
Burke Center Director Peter Annin moderated the panel discussion with Todd Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin DNR, and Ken Bradbury, director of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. More than 150 people attended.
The summit was prompted by a controversial proposal in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, to bottle and sell water from an artesian well. The summit focused on big-picture issues raised by the proposal, and provided more context and perspective about the region’s unique artesian groundwater resources.
The White Paper
This white paper is an outgrowth from that summit and puts the hydrogeology of the region’s artesian resources into a statewide context while making several specific policy recommendations
Click HERE to access and learn more!
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NATOW Launches New Website |
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Native American Tourism of Wisconsin (NATOW) has launched it's new website promoting the 11 federally recognized tribes in Wisconsin.
The site features information about each tribe, as well as travel tips and things to do across Wisconsin's Indian Country -- including art & culture, recreation, scenic byways, and agriculture.
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How has COVID-19 impacted your life?
Respond to WPR's WHYsconsin
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More than 10,000 Wisconsinites have died from COVID-19 and there have been more than 1 million positive cases in the state since the pandemic began.
For many, COVID-19 has changed how we work and learn, what we do in our spare time, and how we interact with other people. For some, it has meant the loss of a loved one or a livelihood and the onset of chronic health conditions.
WHYsconsin wants to know: how has the pandemic impacted you and your loved ones in 2021? How do you think it'll affect your life going forward?
Click HERE to share what you would like others to know about your experience.
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GLIFWC presents its quarterly newspaper Mazina’igan. The Biboon 2021-22 edition is packed with features, Ojibwemowin exercises, Ceded Territory news, research updates, and includes our reader-favorite phenology calendar.
Learn about the hunting reprieve for ma’iingan in Wisconsin; conservation wardens in Ojibwe communities; climate collaborations; and academic connections with UW-Superior and Loyola University’s Gregory Gagnon.
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Red Cliff Tribal Administration Office
88455 Pike Road
Bayfield, Wi. 54814
715-779-3700
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