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	Wisconsin (state) - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Wisconsin (state), in the north central United States, bordered by Lake Superior on the north, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the northeast, Lake Michigan on the east, Illinois on the south, and Iowa and Minnesota on the west.
		Wisconsin leads the nation in the value of its oats, cranberries, snap beans, beets, and cabbage; is second in the nation in production of dark red kidney beans; and is third in sweet corn, green peas, fall potatoes, and spearmint.
		Wisconsin’s well-known cheddar cheese is produced in the east central and central sections of the state, processed cheese in the Green Bay area, Swiss cheese in the southwest, and butter in the west.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555034___0/Wisconsin_(state).html (11031 words)

	Wisconsin Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wisconsin is the largest producer of cheese in the nation, producing more than 350 different varieties of cheese.
		Wisconsin is the nation’s leading cranberry producer, accounting for nearly 48 percent of the nation’s total crop.
		Wisconsin has 171 species of fish and is continually ranked among the top 10 states for overall fishing activity.
	agency.travelwisconsin.com /PR/Tourism_Facts/Facts.shtm (2493 words)

	Wisconsin
		Wisconsin is also a leading producer of oats, potatoes, carrots, tart cherries, maple syrup, and sweet corn for processing.
		Wisconsin is served by the public University of Wisconsin System consisting of 15 institutions, including the flagship University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.
		Citizens of Wisconsin are referred to as Wisconsinites, although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "Cheeseheads," because of the prevalence and quality of cheesemaking in the state.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Wisconsin (2960 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		WISCONSIN, one of the East North Central states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the E by Lake Michigan, on the S by Illinois, and on the W by Iowa and Minnesota.
		Wisconsin’s Indians became increasingly dependent on the trade and were inevitably drawn into the imperial wars of the late 1700s, fighting in the French and Indian War (1754–63) and on the side of the British during the American Revolution.
		Wisconsin became part of the U.S. in 1783 at the end of the American Revolution, but U.S. control was not effectively established until the building of forts at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien in 1816.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/wisconsin.html (4628 words)

	Tales from the exotics battlefront -- Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine
		Stocking walleye, which had not been necessary since the late 1950s, was resumed in 1997 to offset the effects of the smelt.
		In addition to walleye, populations of native fishes such as cisco (lake herring), whitefish, lake trout and yellow perch have declined because of smelt.
		But in Wisconsin, the carp’s reign as queen of the rivers has been questioned, and the thanks that Lapham predicted has yet to be heard.
	www.wnrmag.com /supps/2001/jun01/tales.htm (2312 words)

	Ojibwe History - Indian Country Wisconsin
		The Ojibwe sided with the French during the wars that France and Britain fought between 1689 and 1763.
		After the war ended in 1814, the Ojibwe of northern Wisconsin continued to distrust the Americans and often traded with British traders across the border in Canada.
		The land in northern Wisconsin was not good for farming, and many Ojibwe sold their land to lumber companies to supplement their wages.
	www.mpm.edu /wirp/ICW-151.html (1654 words)

	Wisconsin Walleye War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Civil unrest erupted in Wisconsin after U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb handed down a ruling on August 21, 1987 that affirmed the treaty right of six Ojibwe or Chippewa tribal governments to regulate their members' hunting and fishing outside of the reservation boundaries, based on the treaties of 1837 and 1842.
		During the spring walleye spawning seasons of 1989, 1990 and 1991 the task force deployed hundreds of police officers from around the state to help local sheriffs maintain order at lakes where Chippewa members began exercising their newly-recognized rights.
		Activists from southern Wisconsin cities and from the Twin Cities of Minnesota trained witnesses to document the anti-Indian harassment and violnce at the boat landings, and issued Witness for Nonviolence Reports in 1990 and 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wisconsin_Walleye_War (1109 words)

	Walleye fishing set to resume on Red Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Those numbers were similar to the annual harvest on Mille Lacs, considered one of the premier walleye lakes in the state.
		The commercial harvesting of walleye fell from 950,000 pounds in 1989 to 15,000 pounds in 1996.
		Any walleye fishing this summer is a victory, said Woltjer, who's expecting a big crowd for the fishing opener.
	www.startribune.com /531/story/400135.html (1001 words)

	Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state of the United States, (54,314 square miles) and 18th greatest population (5,453,896 as of 2002).
		Wisconsin originally was applied to the Wisconsin River, and later to the area as a whole when Wisconsin became a territory.
		Wisconsin's political history encompasses, on the one hand, Fighting Bob La Follette and the Progressive movement; and on the other, Joe McCarthy, the controverial anti-communist censured by the Senate during the 1950s.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/wisconsin (1472 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Citizens of Wisconsin are referred to as Wisconsinites, although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "Cheeseheads," due to the prevalence and quality of cheesemaking in the state.
		The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience is a digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century.
		Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin, commonly known as Wisconsin Public Documents (WPD), consists of the annual and biennial reports of all important Wisconsin state agencies from 1852-1914 and is an important collection of documents issued by the state of Wisconsin during this time period.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/wisconsin (3416 words)

	Wisconsin Historical Society \| Wisconsin Historical Images
		Treaty rights issues exploded in northern Wisconsin during the late 1980s when more and more members of Ojibwe tribes began to exercise rights to hunt and fish outside their reservations granted by mid-nineteenth century treaties with the United States government.
		Many non-Indians who lived in northern Wisconsin rejected the Voigt Decision, believing that it permitted the Ojibwe to take most or all of the State’s mandated “safe harvest” allotment of walleye from several lakes.
		Many others objected to the Ojibwe tradition of spearfishing during the walleye spawning season, claiming this practice would further reduce the number of walleye available for sport fishing in northern lakes.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /museum/artifacts/archives/002146.asp (791 words)

	Wisconsin's Deer Dilemma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Knapp's Web site, www.deercrash.com, offers a wealth of information on deer-car collisions in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois, and a "toolbox" of countermeasures that range from deer whistles to repellents and high-tech driver-warning systems that flash lights when large animals step onto roadways.
		Wisconsin's DOT is a national leader in this effort, Knapp said, but even here results have been slow in coming.
		The DNR fired the first salvo in Wisconsin's urban deer war with the establishment of metro deer management units in 1992.
	www.wisconsinsportsmanmag.com /hunting/WI_1105_02/index1.html (703 words)

	Attractions, historic sites, parks and recreation, nature centers, festivals and museums in Columbia County, Wisconsin ...
		Winter revelers enjoy snowmobiling along the county's 181 miles of trail, backcountry skiing along the Wisconsin River for a glimpse of bald eagles feeding in the open water, or downhill skiing, tubing or snowboarding the slopes of one of the state's finest ski resorts located here in Columbia County.
		Located along the Wisconsin River southwest of Portage, 5,022 acres in Columbia and Sauk Counties combined, includes cattail and shrub marshes, lowland hardwood, grassland fields, cropland, river islands and native prairie habitats suitable for deer, pheasant, squirrel, rabbit, turkey, grouse, ducks, geese, fur-bearing animals, sandhill cranes, herons and songbirds.
		Built at the conclusion of the Black Hawk War by the United States Government in 1832 as a residence for John Kinzie, Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), the Agency House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
	www.explorewisconsin.com /countypages/Columbia.html (1868 words)

	Vilas County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vilas County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
		Governor Tommy Thompson was ordered by a federal court to mobilize hundreds of policemen to keep the peace in Vilas County in 1989 during the Wisconsin Walleye War.
		Vilas County residents massed in angry throngs to interfere with long-time residents who had gained recognition for their natural resource management jurisdiction off of a federal ethnic reservation, throwing rocks and trying to capsize boats from which families gathered their annual quota of fish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vilas_County,_Wisconsin (366 words)

	War on Subsistence
		The Wolf River is at the center of the northeastern Wisconsin tourist economy and the meeting ground between Indians and sportfishermen who have a history of bitter disagreement over Chippewa spearfishing.
		Because the Wisconsin River is not as clean as the Wolf, the company would not have to spend as much treating the discharge.
		Al Gedicks is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse and a longtime environmental/Native solidarity activist in the upper Midwest.
	www.wsn.org /WARONSUB.html (7977 words)

	Ojibwe Culture - Indian Country Wisconsin
		However, the Ojibwe of northern Wisconsin and the southern shore of Lake Superior did not join the uprising; Jean Baptiste Cadotte-a trader of French-Canadian and Ojibwe descent-urged them not to fight the British.
		While the Chief Dance or Brave dance had been a means to secure spiritual aid for embarking war parties, it took on a role of providing spiritual enforcement for individuals and communities, especially against the threat of illness.
		In the years after World War II, poverty and lack of job potential on the reservations drove many young Ojibwe to the cities in search of work.
	www.mpm.edu /wirp/ICW-51.html (3475 words)

	The Walleye War - University of Nebraska Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For generations, the Ojibwe bands of northern Wisconsin have spearfished spawning walleyed pike in the springtime.
		From the front lines on lakes to tense, behind-the-scenes maneuvering on and off reservations, The Walleye War tells the riveting story of the spearfishing conflict, drawing on the experiences and perspectives of the members of the Lac du Flambeau reservation and an anthropologist who accompanied them on spearfishing expeditions.
		Fought with rocks and metaphors, The Walleye War is the story of a Native people's struggle for dignity, identity, and self-preservation in the modern world.
	www.nebraskapress.unl.edu /bookinfo/4166.html (396 words)

	Top20Wisconsin.com - Your Top20 Guide to Wisconsin!
		The Packers' home stadium, Lambeau Field, is considered by many football enthusiasts to be "hallowed ground." The University of Wisconsin Badgers football program enjoys a similar loyalty; both teams are known to sell out their entire schedules far in advance.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004, Wisconsin's population was 5,509,026.
		There are 229,800 foreign-born residents in the state (4.2% of the state population), and an estimated 41,000 illegal aliens living in the state, accounting for 18% of the foreign-born.
	top20wisconsin.com (2482 words)

	Events and Activities Calendar for Wisconsin
		The success of Walleye Weekend can be attributed to the support of the community, local businesses and non-profit organizations.
		It is held at Grace Church, 4800 South Calhoun Road, New Berlin, Wisconsin.
		Fort Bon Secours is a French and Indian War Era Historic Re-enactment site portraying life in the Western Regions of New France (1754-55) Fort Bon Secours.
	www.wisconsinoutdoor.com /events.htm (1817 words)

	TIME.com: Walleye War -- Apr. 30, 1990 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At issue are 19th century treaties, recently upheld by the federal courts, that allow the Chippewa to spear spawning walleyed pike in the shallows of 178 northern Wisconsin lakes.
		Sport fishermen, who are required to use less efficient fishing rods and are limited to three to five fish a day, claim that the Chippewa are harming tourism by depleting the walleye population.
		There is little evidence that the walleye population is near extinction.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,969997,00.html (636 words)

	Wisconsin Indian Tribes
		Wisconsin Indians: Introducing Wisconsin's Native American history and culture to kids.
		Wisconsin Indians: History of Wisconsin's native people from prehistoric times through the present day.
		The Walleye War: An interesting book on the conflict between the Lac de Flambeau Ojibwe and the state of Wisconsin.
	www.native-languages.org /wisconsin.htm (217 words)

	Vernon County, Wisconsin, Community Web Page with links to business directory, shopping, restaurants, christmas gift ...
		The largest Amish settlement in Wisconsin is found in this area.
		Amish wares are advertised by road side signs and include maple syrup, hickory bent furniture, produce, bakery goods, candy, cheese, rugs and quilts.
		On the Kickapoo River, which is the crookedest river in Wisconsin, enjoy captivating scenery.
	www.explorewisconsin.com /communitypages/vernon.html (787 words)

	Rick Olson Chat 3/19/03
		Dave Landahl - Do you feel you need to be a master at almost every technique to perform at the top level of pro walleye fishing?
		TYEEE - I prefer a 2 hook setup here in Wisconsin that way after the sheepshead get the back half I still have some left!
		If you make it to Wisconsin look me up, we can trade war stories!
	www.walleyecentral.com /03olson_chat.shtml (2381 words)

	Lawrence Alumni Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Walleye War: The Struggle for Ojibwe Spearfishing and Treaty Rights.
		Nesper, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, details the recent conflict over spearfishing rights granted to Ojibwe bands in northern Wisconsin by treaties in 1837, 1842, and 1854.
		Lawrence University, PO Box 599, Appleton, WI 54912 (920) 832-7000 Contact Lawrence
	www.lawrence.edu /news/pubs/BOOKS/nesper.shtml (64 words)

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