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Tribal Lands Map

Explore which tribal lands and which nations are located closest to your school using this map. Click the button to view present-day tribal nations within county lines. Learn more about Native nations today through the current tribal lands and nations map.

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Tribal Lands circa 1800
Present-day Native Nations  

* Brothertown is not state or federally recognized.

Featured Resources

Title card for The Ways episode "Deep Snow Camp: Ice Fishing and Subsistence Harvest," photographed from beneath the ice looking up through a freshly drilled hole. An ice chisel penetrates the surface from above, surrounded by shattered ice and churning bubbles, with green lake water visible below. Text is rendered in white bold type with small orange and blue diamond decorative elements.
The Ways, Deep Snow Camp: Ice Fishing and Subsistence Harvest
Chris McGeshick of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) talks about Deep Snow ...
Ojibwe
Grades 6-12
Person stirring pot outdoors; text reads “Raising the Grain” and “Field Notes on Climate” about wild rice habitats.
Field Notes on Climate: Wild Rice
Wild rice, known as manoomin in the Anishinaabe language, plays an important ecological role and holds deep cultural ...
Ojibwe
Grades 6-12
Smiling person with glasses beside text “HISTORY FORGED IN COPPER?” and “The Look Back,” with copper tools and forging scene.
The Look Back: Indigenous Copper Technology in the Western Great Lakes
Native peoples in the area that is now Wisconsin have some of the oldest copperworking traditions in the ...
Stockbridge-MunseeOneidaBrothertownHo-ChunkOjibweMenomineePotawatomi
Grades 4-6
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American Indian Nations of Wisconsin

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Brothertown Nation*

(not federally recognized)
Forest County Potawatomi
Ho-Chunk Nation
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Oneida Nation
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians

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University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

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