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Behold our Heritage, Share our Future Health Fair 2022 The Health Fair on Wednesday, 09/21/2022 was a huge success! Tristen Oustigoff began the event with an opening prayer. Katrina, Tristen, Nolan, and Ealen provided an opening song. There were dozens of resource booths, both internal and external. The American Cancer Society hosted BINGO from 12pm-1pm, offering prizes and snacks. Following BINGO, all were invited to sign up for the Diabetes Awareness walk. Complimentary t shirts and snacks were provided to walk […]

Behold our Heritage, Share our Future Gaslyn Lake Walleye Rearing Ponds The Gaslyn Lake Walleye Rearing Ponds were created in 2012 with a grant from Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (WTCAC) and generous contributions from the St. Croix Tribal Council. At that time, two 0.5 surface acre ponds were created. They were put into first use in 2013. In 2014, two additional 0.5 surface acre ponds were created from funding supplied by the State of Wisconsin’s Walleye Initiative program. If fully utilized, these […]

Behold our Heritage, Share our Future 2022 Walleye Stocking The St. Croix Tribal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collected walleye spawn on April 24th, 2022, from Big Butternut Lake in Polk County, Wisconsin. While the EPA Department usually sets their own nets annually, the Wisconsin DNR was already on Big Butternut Lake completing a population estimate survey. They had their nets set for this survey and EPA was able to work with them to get the collection of spawn needed. Ice out […]

  Behold our Heritage, Share our Future Manoomin The Anishinaabeg migrated to the Great Lakes region from the Northeast long ago. Their oral traditions tell of a prophecy that said to journey West until they came to a place “where the food grows on water” — manoomin. Manoomin (wild rice) has played a major role in the lives of Ojibwe people. Manoomin, which means “good berry”, provides both physical and spiritual sustenance to the Ojibwe people. The wild rice harvest […]

    Behold our Heritage, Share our Future   Cleansweep 2022 – 09/28/2022   The St. Croix Solid Waste Program is working with Northwest Regional Planning Committee (NWRPC) to host their 16th annual hazardous waste collection event. They are asking Tribal Members and Tribal Businesses to participate so they can correctly dispose of household chemicals, paints, aerosols, and other solvents that are harmful to the environment and human health when not properly disposed of.      The event will be […]

  Behold our Heritage, Share our Future LAND PURCHASE Tribal Council finalized the purchase of 3.48 acres of land in the Round Lake community. The property shares a border with fee land already owned by the Tribe, therefore extending the contiguous land base of the reservation. The existing structure on the property will be demolished, allowing for the land to be developed into three separate lots for future housing. Thank you, Tribal Council! The Employee Portal is OPEN! Please follow these instructions to sign […]

St. Croix Tribal Clinic’s Health Physicals On August 10th and August 11th, the St. Croix Tribal Clinic held an event for free physicals. The physicals were for children entering Head Start in the 2022/2023 school year, as well as any other child, youth, sports, or annual physical needed. Kids under 18 years of age were welcome. The exams were performed by doctors and students in training in various specialties (audiology, optometry, speech language pathology, etc.) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  […]