Sokaogon Chippewa Community

45°29′52″N 88°59′20″W / 45.49778°N 88.98889°W / 45.49778; -88.98889

Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Zaka'aaganing
Seal of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Total population
1,377[1] (2010)
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Wisconsin)
Languages
English, Ojibwe
Related ethnic groups
other Ojibwe people
Location of Mole Lake Indian Reservation

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community, or the Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is a federally recognized tribe of the Lake Superior Chippewa, many of whom reside on the Mole Lake Indian Reservation, located southwest of the city of Crandon, in the Town of Nashville, Forest County, Wisconsin. The reservation is located partly in the community of Mole Lake, Wisconsin.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mole Lake Indian Reservation was 2.94 square miles (7.6 km2) in 2020. The band also had 2.16 square miles (5.6 km2) of off-reservation trust land.[2] Including the community's additional fee land, the Sokaogon Chippewa Community managed a total of 4,904.2 acres (7.6628 sq mi; 19.847 km2) as of 2010. The reservation includes land around Rice Lake, Bishop Lake, and Mole Lake.[1] The combined population of Sokaogon Chippewa Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 507 at the 2020 census.[3] About 500 members of the tribe live on the reservation, while an additional 1,000 members of the community live off it. The tribe is active in the harvest of wild rice in the swampy areas on and off their reservation.[4]

  1. ^ a b Tribes of Wisconsin (PDF). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Intergovernmental Relations. July 2022. p. 86. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "2020 Gazetteer Files". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "2020 Decennial Census: Sokaogon Chippewa Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land, WI". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sokaogon Chippewa Community". Region 5 Indian Environmental Office. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.