Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
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The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is an inter-tribal, co-management agency committed to the implementation of off-reservation treaty rights on behalf of its eleven-member Ojibwa
tribes. Formed in 1984 and exercising authority specifically delegated by its member tribes, GLIFWC's mission is to help ensure significant, off-reservation harvests while protecting the resources for generations to come.
Although GLIFWC's main focus is preserving the natural resources for generations to come, they are also committed to preserving the traditions and language of the Anishinaabe
people.
Ojibwa
The Ojibwe or Chippewa are among the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit...
tribes. Formed in 1984 and exercising authority specifically delegated by its member tribes, GLIFWC's mission is to help ensure significant, off-reservation harvests while protecting the resources for generations to come.
Governance
GLIFWC's policy is set by the Board of Commissioners composed of the tribal chairperson from each member tribe or a designee. Two standing committees, the Voigt Intertribal Task Force and the Great Lakes Fisheries Committee, make recommendations on resource management policies to the board. GLIFWC has six divisions including Administration, Biological Services, Enforcement, Intergovernmental Affairs, Planning & Development, and Public Information.Although GLIFWC's main focus is preserving the natural resources for generations to come, they are also committed to preserving the traditions and language of the Anishinaabe
Anishinaabe
Anishinaabe or Anishinabe—or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek, which is the plural form of the word—is the autonym often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonquin peoples. They all speak closely related Anishinaabemowin/Anishinaabe languages, of the Algonquian language family.The meaning...
people.
Coverage areas
- 1836 Treaty-ceded TerritoryTreaty of Washington (1836)The Treaty of Washington is a treaty between the United States and representatives of the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Native Americans. With this treaty, the tribes ceded an area of approximately 13,837,207 acres in the northwest portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern...
(7 Stat. 491)—Co-managed with the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority - 1837 Treaty-ceded Territory (7 Stat. 536)
- 1842 Treaty-ceded Territory (7 Stat. 591)
- 1854 Treaty-ceded Territory (10 Stat. 1109)—Co-managed with the 1854 Treaty Authority1854 Treaty AuthorityThe 1854 Treaty Authority is an inter-tribal, co-management agency committed to the implementation of off-reservation treaty rights on behalf of its two-member Ojibwa tribes.-Governance:...
Member tribes
- Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Bay Mills Indian CommunityBay Mills Indian CommunityThe Bay Mills Indian Community , known in Ojibwe as Gnoozhekaaning or Place of the Pike, is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many Sault Ste. Marie bands of Chippewa Indians....
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior ChippewaFond du Lac Band of Lake Superior ChippewaFond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is an Anishinaabe band located near Cloquet, Minnesota. Their land-base is the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation , located mainly in Carlton and St...
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa IndiansLac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa IndiansThe Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe are one of seven federally recognized Wisconsin bands of Ojibwa. The band is based at the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation, at in northwestern Wisconsin, which surrounds Lac Courte Oreilles...
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior ChippewaLac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior ChippewaThe Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are an Ojibwa Native American tribe, with an Indian reservation lying mostly in the Town of Lac du Flambeau in south-western Vilas County, and in the Town of Sherman in south-eastern Iron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin...
- Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior ChippewaLac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior ChippewaLac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is a band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, many of whom reside on the Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation, an Indian reservation located near Watersmeet, Michigan.-Early history:As the Ojibwe Nation divided into two and expand westward from Sault Ste...
- Mille Lacs Band of OjibweMille Lacs Band of OjibweThe Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe , also known as the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians or the Mille Lacs Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, is an Ojibwa tribe located in Minnesota. The tribe boasts 3,942 tribal members as of July, 2007...
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior ChippewaRed Cliff Band of Lake Superior ChippewaRed Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is a band of Ojibwe Indians. The Red Cliff Band is located on the Red Cliff Indian Reservation, on Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Red Cliff, Wisconsin, is the administrative center...
- Sokaogon Chippewa CommunitySokaogon Chippewa CommunityThe Sokaogon Chippewa Community, or the Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is a band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, many of whom reside on the Mole Lake Indian Reservation, an Indian reservation located at in Mole Lake, Wisconsin, in Forest County near Crandon.The Mole Lake Indian...
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of WisconsinSt. Croix Chippewa Indians of WisconsinThe St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin are a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, located in northwestern Wisconsin, along the St. Croix River valley and watershed.-History:...