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ENVIR ST 600: Exploring the Depth of Place (Spring 2025) : Browse Resources, First Nations
First Nations (Wisconsin) Sites and Media Resources
There are 12 First Nations in Wisconsin, of which 11 are federally recognized. The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians is not federally recognized as a Nation. To find information on the histories, cultures, governments, and more of First Nations in Wisconsin, visit their websites listed below. You can also find news and events.
- Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Brothertown Nation
- Forest County Potawatomi
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
- Oneida Nation
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Sokaogon Chippewa Community
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
- Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians
Other Resources
- Wisconsin First Nations website with videos, maps, and other resources to learn about Wisconsin First Nations. Created by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction-American Indian Studies, PBS Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin-School of Education.
- Tribal Nations of Wisconsin use the column on the left of the page to find statistics, government information, brief histories, business information, and more. Created by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction-American Indian Studies.
- Native Land map. Disclaimer: "This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question."
- The Ways videos of stories from First Nations communities around the central Great Lakes. Production of PBS Wisconsin Education.
- Our Shared Future website with news, events, and resources.
- Tribal Histories from PBS Wisconsin "features tribal storytellers sharing the culture and oral traditions that have shaped their communities across generations."
News
- Newspapers of First Nations in Wisconsin
- ICT News
- High Country News
- Indianz.com
- Native News Online
- Pechanga.net
- The Circle News
- Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education
- American Indian Newspapers database
Radio
- National Native News
- WOJB - 100,000 Watts of Anishinaabe Power
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
- GLIFWC Home SiteFormed in 1984, GLIFWC represents eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan and provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services concerning the exercise of treaty rights.
Books
Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Melissa K. Nelson (Editor); Daniel Shilling (Editor)
Call Number: print and e-book versions available through the Library CatalogISBN: 9781108428569Publication Date: 2018-10-11Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Call Number: e-book, use Online Access linkISBN: 9781571318718Publication Date: 2013-09-16Seventh Generation Earth Ethics by Patty Loew
Call Number: e-book, use Online Access linkISBN: 9780870206740Publication Date: 2014-09-08Indian Nations of Wisconsin by Patty Loew
Call Number: e-book, use Online Access linkISBN: 9780870205941Publication Date: 2013-06-01An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: e-book, use Online Access linkISBN: 9780807000403Publication Date: 2014-09-16People of the Big Voice by Tom Jones; Michael Schmudlach; Matthew Daniel Mason; George A. Greendeer; Amy Lonetree
Call Number: e-book, use Online Access linkISBN: 9780870206597Publication Date: 2014-09-01