Executive Order 39: Wisconsin’s Indigenous Land Acknowledgment and Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty

Wisconsin Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty

Forest County Potawatomi is a federally recognized First Nations Indigenous Indian tribe of Wisconsin.

Chief Simon Onaguisse is the last known hereditary chief in this area. Wisconsin has acknowledged that the family of Chief Simon are the long inhabitants of the land.

City of Milwaukee Little White Lie

Map Showing Ancestral Land of the Forest County Potawatomi in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

City of Milwaukee Seal Evidencing Red Skin Indian