Treaties 101 & the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
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About our Presenter/ Honored Guest
Jenny Van Sickle is the Outreach Specialist at the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission. Van Sickle is Tlingit, Athabascan and was born and raised in Sitka, Alaska.
Van Sickle graduated with honors from the University of Maine-Augusta where she earned her Associate of Science in Mental Health & Human Service and went on to complete her Bachelor of Science in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Jenny has lived in Michigan, worked in Minnesota, and currently lives in Wisconsin. Van Sickle has been with the Commission almost 3 years.
-Bio from Jenny Van Sickle
About Glifwc
The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC represents eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing and gathering rights in the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government.
GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of treaty rights during well-regulated, off-reservation seasons throughout the treaty ceded territories.
-GLIFWC Site
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Resources to Learn More about Treaties
Readings and Text-Based Resources
Read The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms, a book by JP Leary which follows the history that led to the development of Act 31, including treaties, protests and violence. (Also available through your public library)
Explore this resource, A Guide to Understanding Ojibwe Treaty Rights, which is a guide from GLIFWC that specifically explains Ojibwe Treaty Rights.
Learn more about the Mille Lacs Ojibwe's fight against the state of Minnesota to have their treaty rights upheld in Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.
Another amazing resource from GLIFWC Ojibwe Treaty Rights Understanding & Impact.
Read Growing Up Ojibwe (an earlier Maadagindan pick) which follows Tommy Sky an Ojibwe teenager. There is also a sequel specifically focused on spearfishing that can be found here.
Explore this book written by Patty Loew, Indian nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, which explores explores Wisconsin’s rich Native tradition. While treaty rights are not the main focus, they do make up a portion of the conversation.
This resource from Milwaukee Public Museum, details the different treaties of the Native Nations of Wisconsin.
Interactive Resources
Explore this resource offered by GLIFWC, Nenda-gikendamang Ningo-biboonagak, that offers a variety of Ojibwe language learning resources for ages birth to 8th grade.
Explore this printable poster from Wisconsin First Nations that is a timeline of Anishinaabe Treaty Rights in the Northern Great Lakes.
Video Resources
Watch this video from PBS Wisconsin Education, that follows Jason Bisonette a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe as he goes Spearfishing and delves into Treaty Rights.
Watch this video, also from PBS Wisconsin Education, discuss Walter Bresette a member of the Red Cliff Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe), as he discusses the Spearfishing controversies.
A longer video, Lighting the 7th Fire, from PBS Wisconsin that explores the 7th fire prophecy and the struggle of the Ojibwe to regain their traditions.
Watch this video, available on the right from GLIFWC, Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Connections to Land & Water.
The Ogichidaa Storytellers is a 6-part video series from Wisconsin First Nations and GLIFWC explores different aspects of the fight for Ojibwe Treaty Rights.