2014 Mikwendaagoziwag Memorial Ceremony

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
9:00 a.m.—Morning ceremony at the Savanna Portage State Park boat landing on the east side of Sandy Lake.
After morning ceremony—Canoe across lake to the Sandy Lake Recreation Area; bring your own canoe; we will try to arrange for a few canoes to be available at the lake.
Approximately 11:30 a.m.— Arrival at Mikwendaagoziwag Memorial for a Ceremony and Feast.

For more information and/or directions: http://glifwc.org/Events/2014Mikwendaagoziwag

 

The Ways documentary

A short documentary video on spearfishing was recently released by The Ways, a living history series about Native communities. Produced by Finn Ryan, the video features Jason and Samuel Bisonette from Lac Courte Oreilles and captures the significance of the spring harvest of walleye to the Anishinabeg. To view: http://theways.org/#spearfishing

 

Co-management visionary Billy Frank Jr. left mark in Ojibwe Country
When Henry Buffalo, Jr., a young Red Cliff tribal attorney, embarked on a search for native people successfully managing off-reservation natural resources in the early 1980s, Click for full story

 

Freshwater Fish Preservation

 

Healing Circle Run: July 12-18

 

Sandy Lake Ceremony: July 30

Help us commemorate the sacrifices of Ojibwe ancestors at Sandy Lake in 1850 when over 400 perished as part of an effort to force removal to the Minnesota territory.
The annual Sandy Lake Ceremonies are slated for July 30 at the Sandy Lake Recreation Site near McGregor, Minnesota. The ceremony and feast are scheduled for noon and are preceded by a paddle across Sandy Lake, which is set for a 9:00 a.m. start.
All are welcome.
For information: Contact GLIFWC at 715-682-6619.

 

Updated mercury maps available

Under funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GRLI), GLIFWC updated the mercury maps for its member tribes with the most current mercury data available. Data collected since the last update in March 2012 has added information for 11 lakes, and a total of 446 lakes harvested by GLIFWC member tribes now have color-coded, monthly consumption advice. The updated Mercury Maps are available for viewing and download at http://glifwc.org/Mercury/mercury.html. Physical copies of the Maps were provided to tribal registration stations and other locations on reservation for the spring harvest.

 

Tribes wait for decision on night hunting

Madison, Wis. – A five-day trial on tribal night hunting of deer in Wisconsin’s ceded territory concluded on July 26, and the parties now wait for a decision from Federal Judge Barbara Crabb.
Six Wisconsin Ojibwe tribes are seeking relief from a 1991 judgment by the US District Court, Western District, prohibiting night hunting of deer under treaty in the ceded territories. The decision called LCO VII resulted from the “Deer Trial” which decided the scope of the off-reservation, treaty deer harvest.
Today, the tribes argue that circumstances have significantly changed, so the Court should be able to revisit the night hunting issue and alter the original judgment. (For the full story, see Fall 2013 Mazina'igan

 

Now available:  Map and description of analysis GLIFWC recently completed to determine what streams could be filled given the provisions of AB1/SB1. In particular, the analysis looked at the effect of Amendment 9 to AB1/SB1 on the ability of an iron mining company to fill streams with mine waste. What GLIFWC found was that many upper watershed stream segments could be filled given the provisions of Amendment 9. Those streams are indicated in red on the attached map.

Notes and Methods Used in Development of Vulnerable Stream Analysis

Surface waters potentially filled by iron mining given provisions of AB1/SB1

 

Subscription form & past issues

25th Anniversary of the 1989 Anishinaabe Solidarity Relay

Spring/Summer 2014

Winter 2013

Fall 2013

Spring/Summer 2013

Winter 2012

 

 

 

Primary Application

Special Enforcement Application

GLIFWC Positions Qualifications Table

 

Policy Analyst - May 23, 2014

 

Onji-akiing Application July 21-25, 2014

 

LDF ATV/Snowmobile Safety combined class: June 16th, 17th, 19th 16:00-19:00

 

LDF Hunter Safety: August 18, 25 & 26  4:00-7:30

 

WDNR Safety Classes

 

Native Report coverage of Summer Youth Camp