Red Cliff, Wisconsin
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Red Cliff, also known as Gaa-Miskwaabikaang,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-03 |title=Red Cliff gets Wisconsin's first dual-language road sign |url=https://www.wdio.com/wisconsin-news/red-cliff-gets-wisconsins-first-dual-language-road-sign/6290346/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=WDIO |language=en}} is a Tribal Nation in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.{{cite gnis|1572135|Red Cliff, Wisconsin}} Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.[http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/bayfield/red-cliff.cfm Red Cliff, Wisconsin] The reservation population is 1353, primarily Native American.
The Red Cliff Reservation
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The Red Cliff Reservation was created through a series of treaties between the U.S. Government and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Red Cliff Band), the most recent being the treaty of 1854. The reservation is approximately {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} wide and {{convert|14|mi}} long, located at the top of the Bayfield Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
The community of Red Cliff, the location of tribal offices and businesses, is {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} north of the city of Bayfield, a popular tourist community adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.{{cite web |url=http://redcliff-nsn.gov/Government/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164220/http://redcliff-nsn.gov/Government/history.htm |archive-date=2008-05-09 |title=:: Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - Official Home Page ::}}
Frog Bay Tribal National Park (FBTNP) is located in Red Cliff. It is the first Tribal National Park in the United States. The original 89-acre parcel of former Red Cliff Reservation land was successfully reacquired in 2012 and a second, 86-acre private parcel was acquired in 2017. This 175-acre area comprises FBTNP and permanently protects a large tract of at-risk boreal forest, the lower estuary and mouth of Frog Creek, and restored former reservation lands back to tribal ownership.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |url=https://www.redcliff-nsn.gov/frogbay/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.redcliff-nsn.gov}}
Transportation
Wisconsin Highway 13 serves as a main route in the community.
Bus service is provided by Miskwaabekong Transit in partnership with Bay Area Rural Transit.
Images
File:Legendary Waters Resort and Casino Red Cliff Wisconsin.jpg|Legendary Waters Resort and Casino
References
{{Commons category|Red Cliff Indian Reservation}}
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{{Chequamegon Bay}}
{{Bayfield County, Wisconsin}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Category:Unincorporated communities in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Category:Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
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