October 23-29, 2023

Binaakwe-Giizis (Falling Leaves Moon)

Boozhoo Gaa-Miskwaabikaang,

Did you miss our engagement sessions about a Community Wellness Center here in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang? That's OK! You can still provide your input by taking this survey. Let us know what types of programming and services you'd like to see!

In response to community feedback, a wellness / fitness center has been identified as a top community priority with strong support for a local facility that offers health and wellness programming and services for Red Cliff community members.

All community members are encouraged to identify programming, activities, and services you'd like to see included in the proposed wellness center.

The survey will close this Wednesday October 25. Please contact the Planning Department with any questions at 715-779-3700.

Howah! Join us this Thursday October 26, 2023 at Raspberry Campground for our Manoomin Re-Seeding event. There will be canoeing and spreading of wild rice seed in Raspberry River. Activities are scheduled to begin at 10 AM.

Processing demonstrations, canoes, paddles, personal floatation vests, and lunch will be provided.

Please contact the Environmental Department with any questions at 715-779-3650.

Boozhoo Elders! The next Tribal Elder Food Box Program date is this Friday October 27. This giveaway is for tribal members aged 55 and older. Boxes are expected to be ready around 1 PM this week.

Please contact the Red Cliff Food Distribution Program with any questions at 715-779-3740.

Attention hunters! Mark your calendar -- Elderly Hunt Day is scheduled for Tuesday November 7. This event allows hunters to donate harvested deer to be processed and used for our elders. Processing will start Wednesday November 8. Please contact the Red Cliff Wardens with any questions at 715-779-3732.

The registration station is located at the RCPD / Wardens office: 88385 Pike Rd lower level.

The Hunting / Harvest Permits Office will have reduced hours this fall. Office hours will vary. Please call ahead before you come in: 715-779-3732.

Hunting, gathering, and camping permits are also available online with your NAGFA ID#. Visit https://.glifwc.nagfa.net/online

For appointments, NAGFA ID# questions, or further instructions, please call the Red Cliff Wardens Office at 715-779-3732.

A Hunter Safety course will be held in Bad River beginning October 30. See flyer for all details. Please contact Warden Jim Stone at 715-292-3234 for more information about the hunter safety course.

Attention Commercial Fishermen!

Reminder that Commercial Fishing License applications are due November 1, 2023. Applications can be picked up and dropped off at the Fisheries Office, located at 36420 Hwy 13 in Gaa-Miskwaabikaang. Please call 715-779-3750 with any questions.

Join us this Saturday October 28 for our Baby Welcome Gathering hosted by Giwiidosendimin Project LAUNCH and Zaagichigaazowin Home Visiting Program!

Join us from 12-3 PM at 88985 Nuzzo Road.

We are welcoming and honoring babies born between August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023. Aho!

Gaa-Miskwaabikaang Elder Marvin Defoe shared his thoughts on the significance of Ma'iingan during Wolf Awareness Week with the Sierra Club. Check out the video below to watch and listen.

The Red Cliff Family Violence Prevention Program will host a Domestic Violence Awareness Walk this Wednesday October 25 from 11 AM - 1 PM. Registration opens at 11 AM at the Family & Human Services Building (88385 Pike Rd, upper level).

Spin the wheel at registration for a prize before you walk! Take a picture on your walk and email it to aubrey.defoe@redcliff-nsn.gov or andrea.beeksma@redcliff-nsn.gov by 4 PM on October 26 for a chance to win a raffle prize.

Please call 715-779-3706 with any questions.

The Red Cliff Land Specialist will be performing the annual lease site inspections in accordance with Chapter 18 of the Red Cliff Code of Laws.

Throughout November, the Land Specialist will be taking photographs of the fire number address sign associated with the house on each lease site.

The Land Specialist will be as non-invasive as possible and will make every effort to respect privacy.

The Land Specialist will be in the Environmental Department's white truck.

If you notice someone taking photographs of your home and you have any suspicion it is NOT the Land Specialist, you are welcome to call or email to confirm:

715-292-9511

amorin.mello@redcliff-nsn.gov

Boozhoo families! Stop by our Trunk or Treat locations this Friday October 27 between 3-6 PM for some Halloween fun and treats.

Please call 715-779-3706 with any questions.

The Tribal Council has approved amendments to the Red Cliff Code of Laws Chapter 18 Land Leases and to the Model Off Reservation Conservation Code. The Tribal Council has also reinstated Chapter 42 Law Enforcement with changes.

Chapter 18 amendments pertain to Sections 18.2.3 and 18.2.6.

Changes to the Model Off Reservation Conservation Code pertain to sections 3.02, 6.07, 9.17, and 9.22.

Changes to Chapter 42 pertain to 42.5.2, 42.5.3, and 42.7.1.

Please contact the Legal Department with any questions at 715-779-3725.

Ginanda Gikendaasomin Agindaasoowigamig Red Cliff Library will host a college and career fair on Friday November 17 at Legendary Waters.

This event is open to all! Join us to explore the many college and career options available to you.

Respiratory season is right around the corner! Be prepared by getting your vaccines.

Red Cliff Community Health Center will host a mass vaccination clinic for COVID-19 boosters and/or Flu vaccines on Wednesday November 1 from 2:00-6:00 PM at Legendary Waters.

Please call 715-779-3707 with any questions.

Applications are now being accepted for the Elder Home Modification Project. This wonderful initiative will help at-risk elder homeowners remain safely in their homes. The project will make safety improvements to households.

For more information or help with filling out an application, please contact:

Barb Gordon, Red Cliff Community Health Case Manager-715-779-3707 x 2307

Drew Grant, Red Cliff Aging Disability Resource Specialist (ADRS)-715-779-3706

Sarah Tourdot, Red Cliff Elderly Director-715-779-3706

Boozhoo parents! This Circle of Security Parenting Class begins November 1, 2023. This program aims to help you understand your child's emotional needs, support your child's ability to manage emotions, and enhance the development of your child's self esteem.

For more information or to sign up, please contact Cindy Garrity or Jamie Goodlet at the ECC.

Boozhoo Elders! Until further notice, the daily elderly meals will continue to be available for pick up at the Food Distribution Building Monday through Friday between 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Home delivered meals will be delivered as usual.

Miigwech for understanding! Please contact Family & Human Services with any questions at 715-779-3706.

The Red Cliff Tribal Council is seeking community members to serve on various boards and committees. These entities work to serve the community and provide a communication channel between the Tribal Council and the community.

The American Lung Association is offering a Woodstove Changeout Program to help participants replace non-EPA certified wood stoves with new, cleaner burning devices.

Burning wood produces emissions that are widely recognized as harmful to human health. Many of these harmful emissions can occur both indoors and outdoors and many devices operate around the clock. People with lung disease face special risks, but so do children, older adults, people with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Kayla LaGrew has joined the Red Cliff Community Health Center team as the Purchased Referred Care (PRC) Assistant! She will work with community members and assist in providing the services they are eligible for.

Kayla has her Associates of Science in Liberal Arts. She graduated in 2022 from Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University. She completed an internship with Wisconsin Native Loan Fund and then continued to work there after as the Impact & Intake Specialist. She currently holds her certified nursing assistant certificate and works as needed at Northern Lights Health Care Center.

Welcome Kayla!

Click to access the entire Behavioral Health October newsletter

Fall Open Enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7 each year. This period is also sometimes called the Annual Election Period. During this time, you can make changes to your health insurance coverage, including adding, dropping, or changing your Medicare coverage. Even if you’re happy with your current health and drug coverage, Fall Open Enrollment is the time to review what you have, compare it with other options, and make sure that your current coverage still meets your needs for the coming year.

You can make as many changes as you need to your Medicare coverage during Fall Open Enrollment. The changes you can make include: 

1. Joining a new Medicare Advantage Plan
2. Joining a new Part D prescription drug plan 
3. Switching from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan 
4. Switching from a Medicare Advantage Plan to Original Medicare (with or without a Part D plan) 

Regardless of how you receive your Medicare coverage, you should consider:  

• Your access to health care providers you want to see 
• Your access to preferred pharmacies 
• Your access to benefits and services you need 
• The total costs for insurance premiums, deductibles, and cost-sharing amounts  

If you have Original Medicare, visit this page or read the 2024 Medicare & You handbook to learn about Medicare’s benefits for the upcoming year. You should review any increases to Original Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance charges.  

If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan or a stand-alone Part D plan, read your plan’s Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) and/or Evidence of Coverage (EOC). Review these notices for any changes in: 

• The plan’s costs 
• The plan’s benefits and coverage rules 
• The plan’s formulary (list of drugs your plan covers) 

Make sure that your drugs will still be covered next year and that your providers and pharmacies are still in the plan’s network. If you are unhappy with any of your plan’s changes, you can enroll in a new plan. If you want assistance reviewing your options, contact your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) for individualized counseling.

Even if you are happy with your current Medicare coverage, consider other Medicare health and drug plan options in your area. For example, even if you do not plan to change your Medicare Advantage or Part D plan, you should check to see if there’s another plan in your area that will offer you better health and/or drug coverage at a more affordable price. Research shows that people with Medicare prescription drug coverage could lower their costs by shopping among plans each year. There could be another Part D plan in your area that covers the drugs you take with fewer restrictions and/or lower prices.

FoodWIse Nutrition has released its November 2023 newsletter!

FoodWIse is federally funded statewide by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). FoodWIse advances healthy eating habits, active lifestyles and healthy community environments for Wisconsin residents with limited incomes through nutrition education at the individual, community and systems levels.

Click HERE to view the full November 2023 FoodWise newsletter.

Click to access the entire ECC October newsletter

The Red Cliff Education Department is offering additional financial support for those who have already applied for the Higher Education and Job Training Program.

Want to apply for the scholarship? Here's what we need from you:

Application, Education Plan, Unofficial Transcript, Fall/Spring Schedule.

Click HERE to learn more and access an application.

For more information on this free training to become a certified Home Health Aide, please contact ROSS Resource Coordinator Deb Morris at 715-779-3744 ext 3514.

Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority is accepting applications for housing and housing assistance!

RCCHA provides clean, safe, adequate, and affordable housing for qualified families and elders.

Housing options to apply for include low rent, 6-plex, 4-plex, Elderly, Tax Credit, Tax Credit Rehab.

Oski-Ombendaam New Hope Supportive Housing

The Oski-Ombendaam New Hope housing contains efficiency, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units. The goal of New Hope housing is to provide supportive services to those individuals and families while providing clean, safe, adequate, and affordable housing.

You are also able to apply for Home Repair Assistance and Down Payment Assistance.

Click HERE to access an application.

Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority tenants have access to a Residential Resource Coordinator. The coordinator will help tenants get connected with various resources.

This service is available to Housing tenants Monday through Friday at New Hope Building A, at 37580 Pageant Road.

Please call 715-779-3744 extension 3514 with any questions.

Click to access the entire Treaty Natural Resources Division Ganawenjigaade newsletter for niibin (summer) 2023.

Tribal Members have opportunities to collect birch bark from US Forest Service potential timber sale locations. Opportunities are available in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and Ottawa National Forest.

Anyone interested should follow this link, then click on the "birch maps" tab. Under that tab, there are maps of both national forests that show the areas open to birch bark collecting and the approximate size of trees in that stand, if that data is available.

Please note: Tribal members should not remove bark from trees that are already marked with paint. Birch bark can be collected until a timber sale contract has been awarded. Once a timber sale contract has been awarded, tribal members would need to get permission from the timber sale purchaser to collect birch bark within the timber sale units.  

If anyone has questions, they can contact contact Alex Bohman at abohman@glifwc.org or 715-685-2125.

Click HERE to order online!

Wisconsin Conservation Voices is looking for a Native Vote Director who has a deep commitment to Wisconsin’s tribal communities, enjoys managing staff and developing programs, and believes in the power of voting to create positive change. This is a full-time position and there is geographic flexibility within the state. The full position description can be found HERE.