Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are an Ojibwa Native American tribe, with an Indian reservation lying mostly in the Town of Lac du Flambeau in southwestern Vilas County, and in the Town of Sherman in southeastern Iron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation has a land area of 279.887 km² (108.065 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 2,995 persons. Its major settlement is the unincorporated census-designated place of Lac du Flambeau (on Wisconsin State Trunk Highway 47), which had a population of 1,646 persons.

Located at Waaswaagani-zaaga'igan and translated into French as Lac du Flambeau (Torch Lake), the Reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band, called Waaswaaganing in Ojibwe, was established under the Treaty of 1854.

For centuries, Waaswaagani-zaaga'igan served as the trade hub connecting the waterways between Lake Superior (via Montreal River) and Wisconsin River and Flambeau River.

Being signatories to the 1837, 1842 and 1854 Treaties, Lac du Flambeau Band enjoys traditional hunting, fishing and gathering practices guaranteed in these treaties.

Lac du Flambeau is the location of sacred Strawberry Island "the place of the little people," which is recognized by the National Register of Historical Places. This island is the place where the last battle between the Sioux and the Ojibwe was fought in 1745. In 1966, the island was identified through an archeological survey as a place with artifacts and remains dating back to 200 B.C.

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Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin United States Census Bureau

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v • d • e Lake Superior Chippewa

Full political Successors Bad River \| Bois Forte \| Fond du Lac \| Grand Portage \| Keweenaw Bay \| Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau \| Lac Vieux Desert \| Red Cliff \| Sokaogon \| St. Croix
Minor political Successors Leech Lake \| Mille Lacs \| White Earth