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In addition, the LRB operates a legislative library, and provides research and library services to the general public. The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Legislative Organization acts as the governing body overseeing the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau and selects the director, who employs and oversees all bureau staff.
The First Treaty of Prairie du Chien was signed by William Clark and Lewis Cass for the United States and representatives of the Sioux, Sac and Fox, Menominee, Ioway, Winnebago, and Anishinaabeg (Chippewa and the Council of Three Fires of Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi) on August 19, 1825, proclaimed on February 6, 1826, and codified as 7 Stat. 272.
[1] [4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the reservation and off-reservation trust land together have a total area of 22.72 square miles (58.8 km 2). [5] The combined population of Forest County Potawatomi Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 594 in the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
Wisconsin Blue Book: Contains contemporary facts and figures for cities, politicians, elections and other assorted info Recent Wisconsin Blue Books (1995–present) from the Wisconsin Legislative Bureau; Old Blue Books (1853–2004) from the UW Libraries; Dictionary of Wisconsin History from the Wisconsin Historical Society
The 1909 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book. The Wisconsin Blue Book is a biennial publication of the Wisconsin's Legislative Reference Bureau. The Blue Book is an almanac containing information on the government, economics, demographics, geography and history of the state of Wisconsin. It was published annually from 1879 to 1883, and then ...
The reservation land was set aside for the Bad River Lapointe Band in the Treaty of La Pointe, made with the US government and signed on Madeline Island on September 30, 1854. The treaty land included almost 2,000 acres (3.1 sq mi; 8.1 km 2 ) on Madeline Island, which is considered the center of the Ojibwe Nation.
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In 1825 and 1827, the treaties of Prairie du Chien [5] and Butte des Morts [6] answered boundary questions. None of the early treaties addressed hunting and fishing rights. [7] In 1831, the tribe entered into the Treaty of Washington, [8] which ceded about 3,000,000 acres (1,200,000 ha) to the federal government. These two treaties reserved ...