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One tradition the SCC has is playing games of chance! Therefore, it is no surprise that there is a casino on the reservation.

They harvest wild rice and spearfish as well as work to preserve the environment and its resources.

The tribe has, and will continue to, use their money very wisely through various ways.

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https://dpi.wi.gov/amind/tribalnationswi/sokaogon

http://sokaogonchippewa.com/about-us/history/#:~:text=The%20Sokaogon%20Chippewa%20Community%20is,for%20the%20Mole%20Lake%20Reservation.

file:///C:/Users/ar548859/Downloads/2020_Tribes_of_WI_v_07-2020.pdf

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6 member council

Decision making - majority rules!

Council meets monthly (or as needed if something comes up)

Elections are annual except for officer positions. Those elections are every 2 years.

They do not have law enforcement of their own, but they do have an agreement with the Forest County Sheriff's department to assist them.

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Tribal Members: 1,377

Only 468 of those members live on the reservation

The reservation is located in the city of Crandon - among Mole Lake and Rice Lake (4,904.2 acres)

SCC is the 14th largest employer in Forest County.

Because of the pandemic, their elections are taking place via drive through voting!

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-Families migrated from eastern Canada all the way to Madeline Island about one thousand years ago!
-They did this because of their belief that this journey of migration would end when they came upon a land where "food grows on water". (Wild rice)
-In 1938 when a constitution was adopted, the primary ways one would work was by building boats, growing crops, making bow and arrows, and other similar jobs.

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Crandon, Wisconsin