St. Croix Ojibwe leader walks on
Ojibwe treaty rights ogichidaa and longtime Bikoganoogan community leader Lewis Zhinawise Taylor passed away Saturday, September 28 at age 80. Taylor was elected to the St. Croix Band tribal council after the 1983 LCO Voigt Decision and was reelected many times over the following decades—often serving as tribal chairman. Affectionately known by his nickname Peewee, Taylor represented the St Croix Tribe on both the Voigt Intertribal Task Force and GLIFWC Board of Commissioners.