Month: February 2025

Great article by Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

**One small tweak our Brothertown members could add to this excellent article is that we were forced to accept US citizenship instead of asking for it. Our ancestors only wanted to stay on our lands with title to the lands they worked, just as we had with a past treaty. This is an important distinction, but the article is correct—we became U.S. Citizens 186 years ago. Read the whole

After President Donald Trump recently threw his support behind a North Carolina’s tribe’s attempt to gain federal recognition, some people in Wisconsin are wondering if there might be hope for an Indigenous tribe in Wisconsin to regain its status 186 years after losing it.

Wisconsin is home to 11 federally recognized tribes, and officials from Brothertown have been trying for decades to restore its status and become number 12.

Those efforts have the support of many local elected officials, such as several mayors in the Lake Winnebago area, which the tribe calls home. The Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors and Gov. Tony Evers also back the effort; the governor already refers to Brothertown as Wisconsin’s 12th tribe.

Read Frank Vaisvilas’s entire article here…

The boxes include opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone and are now offered at the Community Center. You can read the entire story here at the Fond du Lac Reporter.

The placement in the BINCC is due to a partnership among several local agencies fighting against fentanyl and helping prevent overdose deaths; Narcan is now more accessible in Fond du Lac.

Nonprofit organization Clinton Foundation collaborated with ADVOCAP, the Fond du Lac County Health Department, Holy Family Warming Shelter, and local parents affected by overdose to install Overdose Aid Kits (O.A.K.s) throughout the community.

The metal O.A.K. boxes include opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone — commonly known under the brand name Narcan — as well as other resources.

Anyone can get naloxone inside free of charge with no questions asked, whether to use it in an emergency or to keep on hand.

Where can I find them in Fond du Lac?

The first of several new boxes was installed in the ADVOCAP lobby, 19 W. First St., on Jan. 7, and a second box at ADVOCAP is available on the back porch.

Previously, kits were installed at:

• the Gratitude Club, 295 Ruggles St., and Lighthouse Christian Church, 401 S. National Ave

As of January, the rest of the boxes are at the following locations:

• Beacon House, 166 S. Park Ave.
• Brothertown Indian Nation, 311 Winnebago Drive.
• Critter Junction, 154 Satterlee St.
• Holy Family Warming Shelter, 73 E. First St.
• Hope Lutheran Church, 260 Vincent St.
• Rainbow Bridge, 212 N. Main St.
• Sippel Funeral Home, 1311 Thorp St. in St. Cloud.

Please fill out and return the Survey so we can learn and adapt to what our Veterans need from the Brothertown Nation

Dear Brothertown Indian Nation Veterans,

I am reaching out to you in hopes of learning what interests you have in becoming a participating member of our group. We would like to know what if anything listed below might entice you to join us. There is a lot of fellowship and fun when we meet. We are very informal and welcoming.

If you have an interest, give me a call at 920-892-2556 for call the office at 920-929-9964 and talk to Dawn. Tell us what number(s) on the list would interest you. You could also check the boxes and send the check list back to Dawn at the BIN Office at P.O. Box 2206, Fond du Lac, WI. 54936. Or email filled out form to: BrothertownOffice@BrothertownIndians.org

I Hope to hear from you, Mike!

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