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Red Cliff, also known as Gaa-Miskwaabikaang, [2] is a Tribal Nation in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa . [ 3 ]
Legendary Waters Resort and Casino. During the 20th century, commercial fishing in Lake Superior sustained many Red Cliff families. Despite the fact that the Ojibwe had reserved the rights to hunt, fish, and gather in treaties signed in Wisconsin Supreme Court case Gurnoe vs. Wisconsin (1972), the court found in favor of a Red Cliff tribal member upholding that the tribe reserved the right to ...
Russell is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,553 at the 2020 census, up from 1,279 at the 2010 census. [4] The unincorporated communities of Red Cliff and Sand Bay are located in Russell. Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
In Wisconsin, reservations were established at Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau. The St. Croix and Sokaogon bands, left out of the 1854 treaty, did not obtain tribal lands or federal recognition until the 1930s after the Indian Reorganization Act. In Minnesota, reservations were set up at Fond du Lac and Grand Portage.
It is the northernmost region of mainland Wisconsin, with the south shore of Lake Superior to the west and Chequamegon Bay to the east. The peninsula is part of the Lake Superior Lowland , though the interior southeast of Cornucopia and west of Bayfield has some higher ground including Pratt's Peak , Bayfield County's second-highest point.
Cornucopia is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Bell in northern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] [3] It is situated on Lake Superior at the northern end of the Bayfield Peninsula. It is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and County Highway C.
(The Center Square) – A total of 30 Wisconsin projects will receive a portion of $23.2 million granted from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service aimed at ...
Sand Bay is an unincorporated community in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located within the Red Cliff Indian Reservation. [2] Sand Bay is located on the South Shore of Lake Superior, 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of the city of Bayfield.