The Chippewa, or Ojibwe, Indians have six different communities or bands in Wisconsin: The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, The Sokaogon Chippewa Community, and The St. Croix Chippewa Community. Click on any of the bands to view their website.
The Chippewa call themselves Anishinabe in their own language, which means "original person".
Ojibwe or Chippewa artists are known for their beautiful beadwork, birch bark boxes, baskets and dreamcatchers.
Click on some of the links to find out more!
Click here for a fact sheet on the Chippewa Indians.
Tribal Profile of Bad River Band
Tribal Profile of Lac Courte Oreilles Band
Tribal Profile of Lac du Flambeau Band
Tribal Profile of Red Cliff Band
Tribal Profile of Sokaogon Band
Tribal Profile of St. Croix Band
Learn more about all Chippewa Bands
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
Click on some of the links below to read short articles about the Chippewa!
Lake Superior Chippewa and Blueberry Picking
Men from the Bad River Chippewa Reservation
Chippewa_men_Bad_River.jpg. Photograph. Wikipedia, Bad River. Wikipedia. By
Banyan Tree. National Park Service, 15 Feb. 2005. Web. 8 Dec. 2012. <ttp://www.nps.gov/apis/ojibwe.htm>.
19th Century women harvesting Wild Rice
Eastman, Mary H. Wild Rice Harvesting. 1853. Photograph. The American Aboriginal Portfolio, Philadelphia. Wikipedia. Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 17 Sept. 2009. Web. 5 Dec. 2012.