The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC serves eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government.

GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of treaty rights during well-regulated, off-reservation seasons throughout the treaty-ceded territories.

Many of GLIFWC’s member tribes have been notified that the benefits of their SNAP programs are set to be delayed or expire beginning November 1. The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a potential casualty of the ongoing government shutdown that is impacting all citizens across the country and especially in tribal communities.

GLIFWC encourages all tribal harvesters to consider donating to tribal programs and entities as a way to offset any impact to elders and vulnerable families. 

Currently some tribes are coordinating group hunts focused on elders and tribal youth. The time is right to harvest deer, setting nets is another viable option on many productive Ceded Territory waters, and sharing harvested manoomin as well.

Please utilize this information as it’s important to assess storage and processing capacity for each tribe. 

• We're encouraging those who are able to help their communities prepare for gaps in food security by harvesting traditional foods.
• We're actively working to update our list of contacts to get harvesters connected with processors who can help get your harvest prepared for distribution and storage.
• We're actively updating our list of available coolers, freezers and places where food can be donated and safely stored.  

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Boozhoo gakina awiya, the phone option for harvest registration is no longer available. Please go to glifwc.nagfa.net/online or visit your local registration station in-person. Miigwech.