Tribal nation in Bayfield County
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation
- County
- Bayfield County
The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Gaa-Miskwaabikaang) is a federally recognized Ojibwe nation whose reservation sits on the Lake Superior shore in the towns of Russell and Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, north and northwest of the city of Bayfield. The 2020 Census counted 1,403 people on the combined reservation and off-reservation trust land; the tribe reports 5,312 enrolled members. A nine-member Tribal Council chaired by Nicole Boyd governs from offices on Pike Road near Bayfield, and the tribe is the largest employer in Bayfield County (about 300 people), anchored by the Legendary Waters Resort and Casino. Red Cliff is known for Frog Bay Tribal National Park (the first tribal national park in the United States), its July Fourth-weekend traditional powwow, Apostle Islands access, and a fish hatchery and Ojibwe language-immersion program.
What the records show
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Gaa-Miskwaabikaang) via dpi.wi.gov
- Type: federally recognized tribal nation via dpi.wi.gov
- County: Bayfield County, Wisconsin via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
- Town: Town of Russell and Town of Bayfield via en.wikipedia.org
- Coords: 46.9469, -90.8722 via en.wikipedia.org
- Land area: 22.91 via en.wikipedia.org
- Reservation acres: 14541 via dpi.wi.gov
Local government
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