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Waaswaaganing | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | |
| Total population | |
| 3415[1] (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Wisconsin) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Ojibwe | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Ojibwe people |
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (called Waaswaaganing in Ojibwe) is a federally recognized Ojibwa Native American tribe. It had 3,415 enrolled members as of 2010.[1] The Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation lies mostly in the Town of Lac du Flambeau in south-western Vilas County, and in the Town of Sherman in south-eastern Iron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It has a land area of 107.1 square miles (277.4 km2)[2] and a 2020 census resident population of 3,518.[3] Its major settlement is the unincorporated Lac du Flambeau, which had a population of 1,845.[4]
Located at Waaswaagani-zaaga'igan (French: Lac du Flambeau; English: Torch Lake), the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band was established under the Treaty of 1854. The band had occupied this area since 1745, when it defeated the Sioux in the last battle between the peoples, driving them to the west. The Ojibwe had gradually migrated over centuries from the Atlantic coast.
With renewed self-government under a written constitution in the 20th century, the Lac du Flambeau Band have established enterprises to build on their natural resources.
- ^ a b Tribes of Wisconsin (PDF). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Intergovernmental Relations. July 2022. p. 56. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "2020 Gazetteer Files". census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
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2020-census-1825was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2020 Decennial Census: Lac du Flambeau CDP, WI". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 10, 2022.