Tribal nation in Vilas County
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation
- County
- Vilas County
The Lac du Flambeau Reservation is the homeland of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Waaswaaganing), a federally recognized Ojibwe tribe whose reservation was established under the Treaty of 1854 and lies primarily in southwestern Vilas County, Wisconsin, extending into the Town of Sherman in Iron County. It spans about 86,600 acres (roughly 107 square miles of land), including 260 lakes, had a 2020 census resident population of 3,518, and reports about 3,415 enrolled members. The Band governs itself through a 12-member elected Tribal Council under a 1936 Indian Reorganization Act constitution, currently led by Tribal President John D. Johnson Sr., and the tribal government with its enterprises (led by the Lake of the Torches Resort Casino) is the largest employer in Vilas County.
What the records show
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Waaswaaganing) via ldftribe.com
- Type: federally recognized tribe; reservation established under the Treaty of 1854 via en.wikipedia.org
- County: Vilas County (primary) and Iron County, Wisconsin via dpi.wi.gov
- Acreage: 86600 via dpi.wi.gov
- Land area: 107.1 via en.wikipedia.org
- Water: 24000 via dpi.wi.gov
- 2020: 3518 via en.wikipedia.org
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