Revival
As Lake Superior Ojibwe, the Bad River Lapointe Band retains its rights to hunt, fish, gather wild rice, and medicinal plants over the ceded territory of northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. The tribe pressed these claims throughout the 20th century, and after the tribal members from Bad River and the other Lake Superior bands resumed their traditional practice of spear fishing, resulting in the Wisconsin Walleye War.
In 1996, a group of Ojibwe activists known as the Anishinaabe Ogitchida blocked a railroad shipment of sulfuric acid from crossing the reservation. Destined for a mine in Michigan, the protestors complained the acid posed a danger to the reservation and the Lake Superior watershed. The national attention brought by the protests forced the EPA to stop the use of acid in the mine.
Sixteen thousand acres (65 km²) of the reservation are high quality wetlands due the Kakagon River and Bad River sloughs. The wetlands are ideal for the cultivation of wild rice, the historical occupation of the Ojibwe. The sloughs constitute the only remaining extensive coastal wild rice marsh in the Great Lakes region. The headquarters of the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is on the Bad River Reservation. The tribe also owns and operates a fish hatchery that stocks local rivers and lakes with 15 million walleye annually.
Due to its landscape and proximity to Madeline Island, Bad River is a major key to the Ojibwe Nation. People from all over Ojibwe Country come for the annual August Celebration of the manoomin or wild rice harvest.
Bad River has also made many beneficial changes to its communities. The Bad River Band Of Lapoint Ojibwe own and operate a casino, as well as the Moccasin Trail gas station and grocery store complex. The Tribe also runs a clinic, local transit, tribal school, daycare, and Head Start, as well as a police and volunteer fire department.
Some key buildings that help the tribe run are as follows: a tribal fire hall and youth center on the Birch Hill community, and a utility garage in the Franks Field community.
Read more about this topic: Bad River Band Of The Lake Superior Tribe Of Chippewa Indians
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