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Wisconsin Communities' Websites
- Lake Superior Chippewa Bands (Ojibwe) A Brief Introduction to Ojibwe Bands of Lake Superior ChippewaWisconsin Historical Society
Source: Loew, Patty. Indian Nations of Wisconsin (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2001). - State-Tribal Consultation InitiativeFind information on Tribal leader contacts, state Tribal relations contacts, & Wisconsin Tribe websites.
- Forest County Potawatomi
Crandon, WI - Ho-Chunk Nation
Black River Falls, WI - Lac du Flambeau Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Lac du Flambeau, WI - Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Keshena, WI - Oneida Nation
Oneida, WI - Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Red Cliff, WI - Saint Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Webster, WI - Brothertown Indian NationFond du Lac, WI
- Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (GLITC)The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (GLITC) shall be a diligent advocate for the advancement and promotion of tribal nations and communities by honoring the seventh-generation perspective.
- American Indian Studies ProgramWI Department of Public Instruction
- Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
Formed in 1984, GLIFWC is an agency of eleven Ojibwe nations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who retain off-reservation treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather in treaty-ceded lands. It exercises powers delegated by its member tribes. GLIFWC assists its member bands in implementing off-reservation treaty seasons and in the protection of treaty rights and natural resources. GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services.
Books on Wisconsin Tribes
Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: A Study of Tradition and Change by
The first comprehensive history of Native American tribes in Wisconsin, this thorough and thoroughly readable account follows Wisconsin's Indian communities--Ojibwa, Potawatomie, Menominee, Winnebago, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Ottawa--from the 1600s through 1960. Written for students and general readers, it covers in detail the ways that native communities have striven to shape and maintain their traditions in the face of enormous external pressures. The author, Robert E. Bieder, begins by describing the Wisconsin region in the 1600s--both the natural environment, with its profound significance for Native American peoples, and the territories of the many tribal cultures throughout the region--and then surveys experiences with French, British, and, finally, American contact. Using native legends and historical and ethnological sources, Bieder describes how the Wisconsin communities adapted first to the influx of Indian groups fleeing the expanding Iroquois Confederacy in eastern America and then to the arrival of fur traders, lumber men, and farmers. Economic shifts and general social forces, he shows, brought about massive adjustments in diet, settlement patterns, politics, and religion, leading to a redefinition of native tradition. Historical photographs and maps illustrate the text, and an extensive bibliography has many suggestions for further reading.
Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 1995
Index to Wisconsin Native American Periodicals, 1897-1981 by Call Number: Click title to check availabilityPublication Date: 1983
Studies in Wisconsin's Native American history: An Anthology of Undergraduate Research by Call Number: Click title for availabilityPublication Date: 1990
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal by
From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, Indian Nations of Wisconsin explores Wisconsin's rich Native tradition. This unique volume--based on the historical perspectives of the state's Native peoples--includes compact tribal histories of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oneida, Menominee, Mohican, Ho-Chunk, and Brothertown Indians. Author Patty Loew focuses on oral tradition--stories, songs, the recorded words of Indian treaty negotiators, and interviews--along with other untapped Native sources, such as tribal newspapers, to present a distinctly different view of history. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs, Indian Nations of Wisconsin is indispensable to anyone interested in the region's history and its Native peoples. The first edition of Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2002 Outstanding Book Award.
Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 2013
Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of Tradition by Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 2016Grant Arndt examines Wisconsin Ho-Chunk powwow traditions and the meanings of cultural performances and rituals in the wake of North American settler colonialism.
A Nation Within a Nation: Voices of the Oneidas in Wisconsin by
The Oneidas of Wisconsin tell their own story in this richly diverse, authoritative contemporary history. A Nation within a Nation gathers first-person accounts, biographical essays, and scholars' investigations in a sweeping and provocative consideration of the period of 1900-1969. In the wake of removal from their native New York, the Oneida people settled near what is now Green Bay, on 65,000 acres of commonly held land. But in 1887, the Dawes Act paved the way for a devastating break-up of the reservation, and within a lifetime the Oneidas saw their land holdings plummet to less than 200 acres. Throughout struggles with poverty, oppression, and government interference and assimilationism, Wisconsin Oneidas remained connected as a community and true to their Iroquois roots. They also refused to relinquish their dream of reclaiming their land, and in recent years have not only stopped the land-loss, but have begun to reverse it.
Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 2010
