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Spooner is a city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,573 at the 2020 census . The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the Town of Spooner , with a small portion extending into the Town of Beaver Brook on the south, the Town of Bashaw on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west.
Native Americans make up 90% of the community's population. Chief Lake is a predominantly Indian community, with 80% of the population. New Post has 72% Ojibwe residents. Reserve has a population that is 88% Native American. Northwoods Beach is located on the Reservation's west end, between Grindstone Lake and Lac Courte Oreilles.
The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (or the St. Croix Band for short) are a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people located in Northwest Wisconsin, along the St. Croix River valley and watershed. The band had 1,054 members as of 2010. [1]
Spooner is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. The City of Spooner is located mostly within the southwest corner of the town.
As of the census [15] of 2000, there were 55,195 people, 21,356 households, and 15,013 families residing in the county. The population density was 55 people per square mile (21 people/km 2). There were 22,821 housing units at an average density of 23 units per square mile (8.9 units/km 2).
The Red Ocher people were an indigenous people of North America. A series of archaeological sites located in the Upper Great Lakes, the Greater Illinois River Valley, and the Ohio River Valley in the American Midwest have been discovered to be a Red Ocher burial complex, dating from 1000 BC to 400 BC, the Terminal Archaic – Early Woodland period.
Frank Vaisvilas is a former Report for America corps member who covers Native American issues in Wisconsin based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact him at fvaisvilas@gannett.com or 815-260 ...
The boarding school was the vision of white policy makers and administrators. As the first school of its kind to exist in Wisconsin, it was esteemed for its literary education and religious influences. Most students were members of the Ho-Chunk Nation, but the school also served Ojibwe, Oneida and Menominee students from reservations in ...