November 21-27, 2022

Gashkadino-Giizis (Freezing Over Moon)

The Bayfield School Board and the Red Cliff Tribal Council will hold their impact aid hearing and joint meeting on Monday November 21 at Legendary Waters Resort & Casino. All community members are welcome to attend.

There will be a hearing and dinner at 5:00 PM, followed by the joint meeting at 6:00 PM.

Click HERE for the Impact Aid Public Hearing agenda.

Click HERE for the School Board's Joint Meeting agenda. Click HERE for the Tribal Council's Joint Meeting agenda.

Please contact the Bayfield School or the Tribal Administration Building with any questions.

The Red Cliff Tribal Council will meet on Tuesday November 22 at Legendary Waters Resort & Casino. All community members are welcome to attend.

The Regular Session is scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM.

Click HERE for the meeting agenda.

Please contact the Tribal Council Secretary with any questions at 715-779-3700 or via email at secretary@redcliff-nsn.gov.

Howah! Red Cliff's Ginanda Gikendaasomin Library hosted its first Ojibwemowin Story Time last week. Haley Jo read "How the Boy and the Rabbit Helped each Other."

Ojibwemowin Story Time at the Library is scheduled for every first and third Thursday of the month at 5 PM. The next story time is scheduled for December 1.

Each week will feature a new book and will give away 10 books! Youth and families will be able to follow along and take the book home at the end of the program.

Moms Circle

Zaagichigaazowin Home Visiting Program and Ginanda Gikendaasomin Library have teamed up to host a Moms Circle group next Monday November 28 from 10 AM to noon as part of the Library's Health and Wellness Collective series.

All moms and families are welcome!

Please contact the Library with any questions at 715-779-3766. View more Library programming on the Ginanda Gikendaasomin Red Cliff Library Facebook page.

A Bingo Fundraiser and Toy Drive has been set for Sunday December 4 at Legendary Waters! Proceeds will benefit the Red Cliff Kids Christmas Event scheduled for December 13 and 14.

Any toys you choose to donate should be new and unwrapped.

Come have fun with bingo and good food to help our community youth!

Parents / Guardians who wish to have their children participate in the Kids Christmas Event on December 13 should call the Administration Building by December 9 to sign up.

Legendary Waters Resort & Casino will offer Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday November 24 from 11 AM to 6 PM.

Turkey, masked potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole, salad bar, and pumpkin pie will be served.

Pricing

Adults: $16

Kids: $12

Boozhoo Gaa-Miskwaabikaang! Review and provide your feedback on the Red Cliff Draft Comprehensive Plan by visiting www.redcliff-nsn.gov/compplan.

If you have any questions, please call the Administration Building at 715-779-3700.

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University's Red Cliff Outreach Site is offering a Moccasin Making course open to all community members!

Dates are scheduled for

November 29

December 1

December 6

December 13

December 20

Click HERE to register!

Please direct any questions to ext@lco.edu.

The Red Cliff Land Specialist will be performing the annual lease site inspections in accordance with Chapter 18 of the Red Cliff Code of Laws.

Throughout November and December, the Land Specialist will be taking photographs of the fire number address sign associated with the house on each lease site.

The Land Specialist will be as non-invasive as possible and will make every effort to respect privacy.

The Land Specialist will be in one of the Environmental Department's vehicles - either a blue Jeep or a white truck.

If you notice someone taking photographs of your home and you have any suspicion it is NOT the Land Specialist, you are welcome to call or email to confirm:

715-292-9511

amorin.mello@redcliff-nsn.gov

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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.

FoodWIse Nutrition has released its November 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 November 2022 FoodWIse newsletter.

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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.

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

Announcing La Pointe Center for the Arts Artist in Residence Program!

Read about this unique opportunity to come to Moningwaane’akaaning Minis (Madeline Island) for three weeks and explore your art. Or pass along to any artist you think would want to apply. Application deadline January 1, 2023

Learn more HERE.

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: 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.