Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa

Madison Ackley, at 18 years old, is on pace to become the youngest graduate the university has seen in the last 40 years

Four out of five Native American women experienced some form of violence in their lifetime.Friday was Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Awareness Day.Tribal and community members gathered in Mole Lake Friday to remind people those women are more than just a statistic.

The leader of a northeastern Wisconsin tribe has implored lawmakers to do more to address tribal concerns about pollution, health care and violence against Native American women.

Chairman Robert Van Zile of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community Mole Lake Band will give the 2023 State of the Tribe address.

While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, another local government passed a resolution in support of it.The Pelican River Forest is a 70,000-acre conservation project that would secure easements on land in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade County for public recreation, timber harvesting, and the protection of natural resources.

Native American voter turnout was exceptionally high in Wisconsin in 2020. The nonpartisan group Wisconsin Native Vote is working to make sure those numbers stay high this election cycle.

The new teaching lodge was finished by tribal teenagers and adults.

Tribal members across Northern Wisconsin wore red Thursday to raise awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women. May 5 marks a National Day of Awareness for that issue.

A month of record high COVID-19 cases posed staffing challenges to the Sokaogon Chippewa Community in Mole Lake. But as cases start to drop, the community is hoping it’s nearing herd immunity.

When the opioid epidemic started a few years ago, Forest County was hit hard.From 2011 to 2016, the number of opioid-related hospital encounters for young…