indigenous Archives - Wisconsin Watch

A person wearing a shirt reading "Menominee Nation" raises a fist while walking through shallow water as two people paddle a canoe behind them on a calm lake.

‘We made history’: Dugout launch first in recent memory

by Amelia Schafer / ICT July 19, 2026July 18, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A dugout canoe made its maiden voyage on Menominee River after a month-long effort to carve it.

People sit in a circle striking a large drum with padded sticks inside a room with chairs, blankets and ceremonial items displayed on the walls.

RedNationBoyz: Powwow drum circle inspires Indigenous youths in Milwaukee

by Jonathan Aguilar / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / CatchLight Local January 16, 2026January 14, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A woman pushes a shopping cart next to rows of cans of Del Monte green beans and other food.

Health & Welfare

‘People are falling through the cracks’: Congress and USDA have not acted on recommendations to alleviate food insecurity among tribes

by Brian Bull / Buffalo's Fire July 23, 2025July 22, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Economy, Health & Welfare

A Wisconsin tribe built a lending empire charging 600% annual rates to borrowers

by Megan O'Matz / ProPublica and Joel Jacobs / ProPublica August 16, 2024August 15, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A man holds a spear up in the air next to a lake.

Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing: A long and violent history of denied treaty rights

by Associated Press July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Climate change, more rainfall threatens wild rice in northern Minnesota

by Andrew Hazzard / Sahan Journal August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Protestors march with signs in hand reading, "Water is life."

Does the Mississippi River have rights?

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / WNIJ-Northern Public Radio June 9, 2023June 7, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Federal government lawsuit accuses Wisconsin town of trespassing on tribal reservation

by Associated Press June 2, 2023June 5, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Judge signals hesitance to shut down pipeline, pleads with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company

by Harm Venhuizen / Associated Press May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states like Wisconsin carry their own risks

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch March 14, 2023April 25, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A fisherman looks at the fish he is holding.

Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch February 24, 2023May 28, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

How Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch February 24, 2023April 18, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

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