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Population breakdown of the tribe is as follows:

17 and under = 348

Ages 18 - 64 = 967

65 and older = 62

The total number of enrolled members residing on the reservation is 468

500 tribal members live on the reservation with an additional 1,000 members live off the reservation.

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Trust Land, Free Land, and Free Land (NMC Purchase)

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Trust Land, Free Land, and Free Land (NMC Purchase)

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Trust Land: legal entity that involves a property owner, a trustee, and a beneficiary
Free Land: the earth is to be conceived as a globe on which there is no import or export of goods.
Free Land (NMC Purchase): Have to make a filing fee on free land, and then more fees on how long they are on the land.

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This is an image of their community symbol 

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Family clans migrated from eastern Canada to Madeline Island a thousand years ago, led by a vision that their journey would end in a land where the "food grows on water" Manoomin or wild rice. Sokaogon means "Post in Lake" people because of a spiritual significance of a post, possibly the remains of a petrified tree that stood nearby Post Lake. They are also known as the lost tribe because of the legal title to the 12 square mile reservation from the treaty of 1854 was lost on a shipwreck on Lake Superior.

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The Strawberry Moon Powwow is important to the Sokaogon Community because there is a deep connection between everyone. In the article "Indigenous talk looks at cultural importance of the Strawberry Moon" the author Evan Saunders explains that "The Strawberry Moon reminds us 'nobody exists in a vacuum. We’re all connected together especially when we’re able to chat and share something'”. (Saunders, 2021). Meaning that there is connection to everyone and who they are, and that they can meet together and talk about it.

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How many acres are there of land on the reservation? 

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How many acres are there of land on the reservation? 

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The Mole Lake Reservation totals to about 4,904 acres.
The reservation alone has 1,930 acres (partially because of the 1934 Reorganization Act)
Trust Land has 1,320 acres
Free Land has 172 acres
Free Land (NMC Purchase) has about 1,482 acres

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The Importance of Rice in their Culture 

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The Importance of Rice in their Culture 

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This video talks about the importance of rice with the Sakogon Community. In the beginning of the video, Fred Ackely Jr. says some words that help him harvest the land for rice. He also has been rice harvesting for over 65 years. He talks about the tradition of rice harvesting, how his mom has been teaching him ever since he was a little boy, and how that brings prayer and survival to the community.

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Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water | The Ways

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History – Sokaogon Chippewa Community. (n.d.). https://sokaogonchippewa.com/about-us/history/

Wisconsin State Tribal Initiative. (n.d.). http://witribes.wi.gov/

Sokaogon Chippewa Community. (2018, September 20). Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. https://dpi.wi.gov/amind/tribalnationswi/sokaogon

Indigenous talk looks at cultural importance of the Strawberry Moon. (2021). thestar.com. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/06/17/indigenous-talk-looks-at-cultural-importance-of-the-strawberry-moon.html

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Battle of Mole Lake (1806): conflict with the Sioux tribe, which resulted where the marker is on Highway 55, to mark the battleground where more than 500 warriors were slain in fierce hand-to-hand battle.
Treaty of 1854: Lost in a shipwreck
1934 Reorganization Act: 1,745 acres of land was purchased on the Mole Lake Reservation

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How were they able to receive sovereignty? 

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How were they able to receive sovereignty? 

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According to tribal history, tribal members were promised the land by a treaty signed by President Franklin Pierce. The agent, who was to confirm the treaty and secure the land for them, drowned on his return trip from Washington. The Tribe, under the leadership of Chief Willard Ackley, finally and after a long struggle, received federal recognition and reservation status in 1937 (Sokaogon Chippewa Community Website, 2018).

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The Sokaogon Chippewa Community is governed by a six member council.

The council meets monthly or as required

Decision making is by majority rule

Elections are held annually for council members not holding officer positions

Officer elections are held every two years

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community is a sovereign nation chartered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federally recognized as a Native American Tribe/Nation, and operates under a ratified constitution.
(Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2023)

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Tribal Services

Law Enforcement

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community has an agreement with the Forest County Sheriff to provide law enforcement services

Court System

Four Judges

One Prosecutor

One Attorney

One Clerk of Courts

One Guardian ad Litem

(Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2021)