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Education for Wisconsin bands and tribes
5:56 PM
7/24/02
indent Lac Courte Oreilles
indentTribal school: The Ojibwe band has a pre-K through 12th-grade federally funded tribal school, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School. About a third of students attend the tribal school. The band has its own college, Lac Courte Oreilles Community College.
indentOther schools: About half attend Hayward public schools (which offer an Ojibwe language immersion school) and the rest attend the parochial school, St. Francis Mission School.
indentOther programs: The band offers tutoring, language programs, the FACE (family and children education) program and scholarships. Lac du Flambeau
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: The Ojibwe band has a public school on its reservation that serves students in grades kindergarten through eighth. It recently hired four newly graduated teachers who are tribal members. Most high school students attend Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua.
indent Bad River
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Most students attend Ashland public schools, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School and the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School.
indentOther programs: The Ojibwe Band has pre-school and Head Start programs, as well as an alternative high school. The tribe has home/school coordinators at local schools, and it offers language classes, tutoring and incentive awards for achievement. Sokaogon (Mole Lake)
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Most children go to school in the Crandon School District, but others go to Indian boarding schools in California, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
indentOther programs: The band pays for a home-school coordinator in Crandon and has VISTA volunteers who serve as tutors. Red Cliff
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Most children go to school in Bayfield, although some attend the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School.
indentOther programs: The tribe participates in a "Parents as Teachers" early education program sponsored by the Bayfield School District. St. Croix
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Children attend school at public schools in northwest Wisconsin, including Webster, Siren, Frederic, Grantsburg, Unity, Cumberland, Shell Lake, Spooner, Amery and Turtle Lake.
indentOther programs: The tribe has home/school coordinators in the five districts with the highest tribal enrollments. Trust fund payments to youths at age 18 are tied to having a high school diploma or GED certificate. Oneida
indentTribal school: The Oneida operate two federally funded tribal schools, a K-8 school and high school, with a total enrollment of about 466. The elementary school was built in 1994 with $14 million in gambling profits. Currently, the tribal district operates with about $1 million in gambling revenues and $5 million in federal support each year.
indentOther schools: Most tribal children attend school in Seymour, Green Bay and surrounding communities.
indentOther programs: The tribe gives out Oneida Wisconsin Higher Education Grants, which support college students with up to $20,000 a year. Menominee
indentTribal school: The tribe has its own federally funded school for grades kindergarten through eight. It also has a two-year community college in Keshena with an enrollment of 450.
indentOther schools: The public Menominee Indian School District, one of the state's youngest schools systems, serves children in grades kindergarten through 12 with schools in Neopit and Keshena.
indentOther programs: The tribe offers scholarships and higher education grants for about 40 college students and spends $932,367 of gambling revenue on education each year. Ho-Chunk
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Children attend public schools throughout southern and central Wisconsin; districts with larger numbers of Ho-Chunk students include Black River Falls, Wisconsin Dells, Baraboo, Tomah, Necedah and Wittenburg-Birnamwood.
indentOther programs: The nation has opened seven tutoring centers in communities from Madison to La Crosse. The nation pays for home-school coordinators in many school districts. Trust fund payments to youths at age 18 are tied to having a high school diploma or GED certificate; otherwise they wait until age 25. Forest County Potawatomi
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Most children from this band attend public school in either Wabeno or Crandon.
indentOther programs: The tribe pays for home-school coordinators and tutors in Crandon and Wabeno. Wabeno also offers Potawatomi language classes. The band's Milwaukee casino also funds the Indian Community School, a pan-Indian school in Milwaukee with an enrollment of 344. Currently the casino gives about $27 million a year to the school. Stockbridge-Munsee
indentTribal school: None.
indentOther schools: Most students attend public school in Bowler or Gresham.
indentOther programs: The Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican tribe has college scholarships and other tuition assistance. The tribe pays for two Indian student counselors and three tutors for students in the Bowler School District.
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