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	National Indian Law Library, Indian Law Bulletins, Unreported Case, Teague v. Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As a government, the Band is governed by two documents: the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Constitution adopted under Section 16 of the IRA, and a corporate charter issued by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior pursuant to Section 17 of the IRA.
		Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 2000 WI 79, 236 Wis.2d 384, 612 N.W.2d 709, (Teague II).
		Pursuant to the Band's motion for default judgment, notice was given of the motion for default judgment which was heard on July 25, 1997, at the Bad River Tribal Court, the Honorable Alton Smart, presiding.
	www.narf.org /nill/bulletins/state/unreported/teague.html (11334 words)

	EPA Region 5 Tribes - Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
		The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (hereinafter referred to as Band) live on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
		In 1825, the Treaty of Prairie du Chien recognized the ownership of northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan by the Chippewa.
		The Bad River Reservation, established by the Treaty of 1854, includes over 124,000 acres in Wisconsin's Ashland and Iron Counties and is a highly valued ecological region.
	www.epa.gov /Region5/tribes/tribepages/badriver.htm (548 words)

	Bad River Lodge & Casino - About the Bad River Tribe
		The Bad River Band Of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians is located on a 125,000+ acre reservation in Northern Wisconsin on the south shore of Lake Superior (Known by the tribe as Gichi Gami) in Ashland and Iron Counties.
		The Bad River Band is one of six Ojibwe bands in Wisconsin that are federally recognized tribes, four set aside reservation treaty lands in the Treaty of 1854.
		This area is rich in topsoil due to the flooding of the rivers; this is where the people used to plant their gardens and return in the fall to harvest.
	www.badriver.com /about.html (1149 words)

	Protect Kakagon Sloughs, Bad River Res., WI
		In 1997, Bad River Tribal members calling themselves the Ogichidaa, or protectors of the people, held a vigil on Oak Point in the Kakagon Sloughs to protest the damage boaters were doing to its wild rice beds -- the largest in the state.
		The Bad River and Caroline Lake purchases are part of the chapter' s efforts to protect property and encourage wise land use within the Chequamegon Bay watershed.
		Bad River tribal members urgently request a support presence for for the Anishinaabe Ogichidaa encampment on the Kakagon Sloughs at the Bad River Chippewa Reservation in northern Wisconsin.
	www.alphacdc.com /treaty/badrvr-w.html (1655 words)

	badrivcons
		This Constitution shall apply to the territory embraced in the original boundary lines of the Bad River Reservation defined in the Treaty of September 30, 1854, and to land acquired or reserved within or without said boundary lines by or on behalf of the Bad River Band except as otherwise provided by law.
		All members of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, 21 years of age and over, who have maintained continuous residence within the reservation for a period of 6 months immediately prior to the date of election shall be qualified voters.
		No member of the Band who may hereafter have the restrictions upon his land removed, and whose land may thereafter be alienated, except to the Band, shall be entitled to receive an assignment of land as a landless Indian.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/badrivcons.html (3281 words)

	Ojibwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse of Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Lac Vieux Desert of Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Ontonagon Bands of Chippewa Indians, Sault Ste.
		Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Sokoagon Chippewa Community - Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, St.
		Bands became larger and began to cooperate on a greater scale, especially during the Beaver Wars (1630-1700) with the Iroquois.
	www.tolatsga.org /ojib.html (16124 words)

	Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A visit to the Bad River Chippewa Reservation in Northwestern Wisconsin is an exciting and enlightening experience for young and old.
		Bad River Chippewa have been living in this area for thousands of years, although the present Bad River Reservation was established by a treaty in 1854 with the United States Government.
		It is from these sloughs that past generations of Chippewa have been able to sustain life through the harvesting of wild rice.
	www.glitc.org /pages/brblsc.html (432 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In a landmark transaction, the Bad River Chippewa said Wednesday that they have purchased 23,688 acres for nearly $5 million, and said they plan to protect the forest and wetlands along two important watersheds flowing into Lake Superior.
		The environmental organization sold some of the land to the tribe, and it helped the Bad River with details of the acquisitions, which are aimed at returning land in Ashland County that was originally deeded to the tribe by an 1854 treaty.
		The Bad River Band now owns about 70% of the 154,000 acres of its former ancestral lands, according to Eugene Bigboy, the tribal council chairman.
	www.waterconserve.info /articles/reader.asp?linkid=26026 (852 words)

	badrivchrtr
		The Tribal Council of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians established in accordance with the said Constitution and By-laws of the Band, shall exercise all the corporate powers hereinafter enumerated.
		No property rights of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians as heretofore constituted, shall be in any way impaired by anything contained in this Charter, and the tribal ownership of unallotted lands, whether or not assigned to the use of any particular individuals, is hereby expressly recognized.
		The officers of the Band shall maintain accurate and complete public accounts of the financial affairs of the Band, which shall clearly show all credits, debts, pledges, and assignments, and shall furnish an annual balance sheet and report of the financial affairs of the Tribe to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/badrivchrtr.html (938 words)

	WATER RESOURCES OF THE BAD RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, NORTHERN WISCONSIN
		The largest tributary to the Bad River is the White River, which empties into the Bad River on the west edge of the village of Odanah (pl. 1).
		NASQAN water quality data are available for the Bad River near Odanah gaging station for the periods October 1974 to January 1978, and from October 1987 to October 1993.
		The NASQAN sampling site was moved downstream to the Bad River at Odanah (station number 04027595, pl. 1) from February 1978 through September 1987, to represent a larger part of the drainage basin.
	wi.water.usgs.gov /pubs/WRIR-95-4207/index.html (6292 words)

	Oklevueha Band Indian Colony of the Bad River Indian Reservation
		The Oklevueha Band Colony maintains 40 acres of land located on the Bad River Indian Reservation.
		It is a community of mixed blood Native Americans of Oklevueha Band of Seminole descent who choose to remain sovereign and free from subjugation by the whims of the Federal US government.
		The Oklevueha Band of Seminole is "Case Law Recognized" as an Indian Tribe, and has been continually affirmed by Florida's Governor as remaining a sovereign nation.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/oklevueha (353 words)

	Tribal/Indian bands license plates-Wisconsin Department of Transportation
		Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
		License plates are issued by Wisconsin Indian tribes and bands to members and non-members who reside on the reservation.
		Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
	www.dot.state.wi.us /drivers/plateguide/tribal.htm (259 words)

	St. Paul District History - Battle at Bad Axe
		The Battle of Bad Axe was the last Indian-American battle fought east of the Mississippi River.
		Once the floodplain was reached, the band prepared to cross the Mississippi River by stripping elm trees for bark canoes and cutting timber for rafts.
		Shortly after the British Band reached the banks of the Mississippi River, the steamboat WARRIOR approached from upstream and the troops on board observed their presence.
	www.mvp.usace.army.mil /history/bad_axe (1977 words)

	Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Chippewa kept the right to obtain food and other necessities on ceded lands in order to be sure future generations would always have a source of food and survival.
		That autumn, as was their custom, the Sokaogon band followed the deer herds east to the swamps of Peshtigo, and, as usual, a trader, named Bill Johnson, grubstaked the tribe against the winter's trapping returns.
		Unfortunately, the story relates, the Chippewa were unable to pay the $1,200 debt because of the winter's severity Johnson slipped into the chief's tepee and requisitioned the map as security for the loan.
	www.sokaogonchippewa.com /history.htm (3848 words)

	Lake Superior Chippewa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lake Superior Chippewa (Anishinaabe: Gichigamiwininiwag) were a historical band of Ojibwe Indians living around Lake Superior in what is now the northern parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
		In a series of treaties with the US Government, the Lake Superior Chippewa were formally grouped as a unit distinct from the farther-west Mississippi, Pillager, Bois Forte, Muskrat Portage, Red Lake and Pembina bands.
		Today the bands are politically independent though they remain culturally closely connected to each other and have engaged in common legal actions concerning treaty rights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Superior_Chippewa (527 words)

	Ojibwe resource page - ojibwe language
		The exact meaning of the name "Ojibwe" is not known; however, two most common explanations are 1) it is derived from "cooks until puckered" referring to their fire-curing of moccasin seams to make them water-proof and 2) it is derived from "records a vision" referring to their form of pictorial writing used in religious rites.
		Several bands of Ojibwe cooperate in the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission which manages their treaty hunting and fishing rights.
		When Amy Cloud went in to the Deer River Health Care Center on Tuesday to undergo a Caesarian section, she had no idea that her baby could be born as the 300 millionth American citizen.
	www.bizhisto.com /Lo-to-Po/Ojibwe.php (1682 words)

	Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals - Programs
		CHICAGO (Feb. 9, 2005) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has recognized the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa as the first tribe in Wisconsin to be granted authority to administer parts of the Clean Air Act in a manner similar to states.
		EPA Region 5 Acting Administrator Bharat Mathur signed the decision document and presented a certificate to celebrate the action to Bad River Band leaders Feb. 9 at the tribal center in Odanah, Wis.
		As a result of today's action, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and EPA must give the Bad River Band advance notice of any Clean Air Act Title 5 operating permit applications they receive for air pollutant sources within 50 miles of the reservation boundaries.
	www4.nau.edu /itep/programs/enews_epa_grants_badriverband.asp (422 words)

	Ojibwe History - Indian Country Wisconsin
		Many Ojibwe lived near the rapids of the St. Mary's River, and the French began to refer to the Ojibwe there as "Saulteaux," derived from the French word sault, or rapids.
		In 1745, the Ojibwe of Lake Superior began to move inland into Wisconsin, with their first permanent village at Lac Courte Oreilles at the headwaters of the Chippewa River.
		Under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ojibwe communities along the St. Croix River in northwestern Wisconsin and those at Mole Lake in northeastern Wisconsin--which had not received reservations in the 1854 treaty--received reservation lands.
	www.mpm.edu /wirp/ICW-151.html (1654 words)

	Tribe using grant to improve fish hatchery (WI)
		ASHLAND, Wis. -- The Bad River Chippewa band is using a $246,000 federal grant to help restore its fish hatchery, including installing alternative energy sources.
		Savings from the solar panels and a wind turbine recently installed at the Bad River Fish Hatchery at Odanah will free up funds to improve production of walleye and sturgeon, said hatchery manager Rick Huber.
		The Bad River Chippewa, which operate the fish hatchery, annually stock more than 15 million walleye into reservation rivers and other area lakes and streams.
	www.greatlakesdirectory.org /wi/1116grant.htm (350 words)

	Ojibwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They are known for their Birch bark canoes, birch bark scrolls, the use of cowrie shells, and wild rice, and for the fact that they were the only Native Americans to defeat the Sioux.
		Through the efforts of Chief Buffalo and popular opinion against Ojibwa removal, the bands east of the Mississippi were allowed to return to permanent reservations on ceded territory.
		Traditionally, each band had a self-regulating council consisting of leaders of the communities' clans or odoodeman, with the band often identified by the principle doodem.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chippewa (2973 words)

	Corporate charter of the Bad River band of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River reservation Wisconsin : a machine readable ...
		That the amount of indebtedness to which the Band may subject itself, other than indebtedness to the Indian Credit Fund, shall not exceed $5,000, except with the express approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
		Any existing lawful debts of the Band shall continue in force, except as such debts may be satisfied or cancelled pursuant to law.
		residing on the Bad River Reservation, provided at least 30 per cent of the eligible voters shall vote, such ratification to be formally certified by the Superintendent of the Great Lakes Agency and the Chairman and Secretary of the Tribal Council.
	memory.loc.gov /ll/llnc/264/llnc264.sgm (1386 words)

	EPA reviews Bad River Band clean-water authorization application; public meeting set for Sept. 21 \| Newsroom \| US EPA
		CHICAGO (Sep. 12, 2006) - The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin has applied to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for authorization to administer the water quality standards program under the Clean Water Act.
		Approval would allow the Band to adopt, review and revise water quality standards and to certify that discharges to surface water within the reservation comply with those standards.
		These include three tribes in EPA Region 5: the Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake) in Wisconsin, and the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa in Minnesota.
	yosemite.epa.gov /opa/admpress.nsf/0/27857B058A39A73C852571E7006736B2 (343 words)

	Beloit Daily News
		Since late last year casino hopefuls have been optimistic that the casino application proposed by the St. Croix and Bad River Band Chippewa was nearing the end of the review process at the Bureau of Indian Affairs regional office.
		The Chippewa are seeking to place acreage in Beloit east of Interstate 90 into trust with the Department of the Interior.
		Arft and Hunt both are confident the Chippewa's application has been thoroughly studied and strongly demonstrates that the project would be a benefit to the community.
	www.beloitdailynews.com /articles/2006/02/24/news/news02.txt (759 words)

	Welcome to News From Indian Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Bad River Lake Superior Chippewa Band has been granted more authority over controlling industrial air pollution within 50 miles of its reservation.
		The so-called “treatment as a state” designation requires industries in that area to notify the tribe of their applications for air emission permits from the state Department of Natural Resources.
		He signed the treatment-as-state agreement at a ceremony during February at the Bad River Casino and Convention Center.
	www.indiancountrynews.com /fullstory.cfm?ID=194 (365 words)

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