Forest County Potawatomi Community
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The Forest County Potawatomi Community is a band of the Potawatomi, many of who live on the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, most of which lies on numerous non-contiguous plots of land in southern Forest County and northern Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA. There is also a small 6.95-acre plot of land in the city of Milwaukee. The total land area of the reservation is 50.5795 km² (19.529 sq mi). The 2000 census reported a resident population of 531 persons on its territory.
The Forest County Potawatomi run the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee and the Potawatomi Bingo Northern Lights Casino in Carter, Wisconsin.
Along with the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, the Sokaogon bought the nearby Crandon mine in Crandon to prevent its reopening. The tribes argued the reopening of the zinc and copper mine would harm the environment.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wiltenburg, Mary. "When the Chippewas Are Down" Grist Magazine March 23, 2006
[edit] References
- Forest County Potawatomi Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Wisconsin United States Census Bureau
[edit] External links
- Forest County Potawatomi
- Profile from the State of Wisconsin
- Potawatomi Bingo Casino, run by the Forest County Potawatomi
- Potawatomi Bingo Northern Lights Casino, run by the Forest County Potawatomi
- Crandon Mine Reports from the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
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