Ojibwe People
This many Ojibwe tribes live in Wisconsin.
6
The reservation for the Red Cliff Tribe is known to be located on rocky grounds of this color.
red
The French gave this band the name "La Courte Oreilles" for this very strange tradition they used to do to themselves.
Clipping the bottoms of their ears.
The Lac du Flambeau band moved to their new home because this animal was resting on the lakeshore of their current reservation, and this animal was their clan animal.
Crane
The St. Croix were known to trade this item with the French.
Beaver pelts/furs
This chief spoke for the Ojibwe people for the purpose of stopping the forced removal of Native Americans by the Americans.
Chief Kechewaishke, or Chief Buffalo
This band is said to have a heritage closely related to their saving chief who secured an important treaty.
Red Cliff Band
The current number of members on the council of Lac Courte Oreilles is this number.
7
The translation of "Lac du Flambeau" is this...
"Lake of Torches", or "Lake of Flames"
The St. Croix and Sokaogon Chippewa bands have this unfortunate thing in common with each other.
They never successfully signed The Treaty of La Pointe.
This treaty was signed in 1854 to protect the land and cultures of the Ojibwe tribes from American interference.
The Treaty of La Pointe
"Mashkiiziibii" is what the Bad River band calls themselves, which translated means "_____________ River." They are very well known for this...
"Medicine River"
In their current reservation on Sawyer County, Lac Courte Oreilles has how many lakes in this reservation.
15 lakes
This common activity practiced by the people was how they got their name.
Spearfishing by torchlight.
Franklin Pierce suffered THIS unfortunate fate when he was carrying paper documents to sign with the Sokaogon Chippewa band.
He drowned in Lake Superior with the documents.
This word means to trace family relationships back through their fathers.
Patrilineal
This religion was practiced by the Bad River band.
Midewiwin
The Lac Courte Oreilles chief Rick St. Germaine had a dream of staying at this lake because of how sacred it was.
Owada Lake
This island is said to be the heart of their reservation lands and the site of a battle with the Lakota Sioux tribe.
Strawberry Island
Thanks to the assistance of THIS last chief of Sokaogon, the Sokaogon Chippewa gained federal recognition as a tribe.
Chief Willard Ackley
Name ALL of the animal clans of the Ojibwe.
crane, bear, loon, bullhead, sucker, marten, eagle, lynx, and turtle
These two Red Cliff tribal leaders practiced conserving nature to keep their culture and way of life going.
Andrew Gokee and Marvin Defoe
In the past, the Lac Courte Oreilles fought this other tribe to claim the southern land as their own.
Dakota Sioux
It was said the "Place of the Little People" is where these events could happen.
Spirits could wander around here.
Since the St. Croix band failed the La Pointe Treaty, the U.S government made this law to give the St. Croix official federal recognition as a tribe.
"Indian Reorganization Act"