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.

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GLIFWC non-local-plant control season underway

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is continuing efforts to work with populations of potentially harmful non-native species in 2024. These efforts include a focus on priority species of non-local beings such as Dalmatian toadflax, European marsh thistle, leafy and cypress spurge, purple loosestrife, wild parsnip, garlic mustard, teasel, yellow flag iris, and non- native phragmites. Work will take place from June through September, primarily within the road rights-of-way of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, and Iron Counties in far northern Wisconsin.

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