Organization
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
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The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, serving 11 Ojibwe tribes, works to protect treaty harvest rights in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
- Kind
- Intertribal tribal agency of 11 Ojibwe member tribes (listed as 501(c)(3) in ProPublica)
- Native-led
- tribal-government
- Works with
- 11 Ojibwe member tribes in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
- Region
- Great Lakes; WI, MN, MI
- Registry
- EIN 39-1468447 (ProPublica, Odanah WI)
What happened
The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) describes itself as made up of its staff and 11 member tribes. Together, its site says, they "advocate for Ojibwe treaty rights and natural resources stewardship." The member bands are in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. ProPublica lists GLIFWC in Odanah, Wisconsin, under EIN 39-1468447, with tax exemption issued in June 1985.
GLIFWC says its membership reflects the bands that signed the 1836, 1837, 1842 and 1854 treaties with the United States. The area those treaties cover is called the Ceded Territory. The site says the signing tribes reserved their ability to live a traditional life on their homelands, and that the treaties recognize the bands' right to self-govern and to regulate off-reservation harvests.
The site says the 1983 decision in Lac Courte Oreilles v. Voigt led to the formal establishment of GLIFWC's structure, mission and tribal membership. Its programs include harvest registration, seasonal harvest regulations and maps.
On land, GLIFWC's Land Conservancy page explains how conservation easements can create pathways for tribal access to privately owned land. It is guidance for landowners, not a program in which GLIFWC buys or holds land.
Good to know. An intertribal agency that protects treaty harvest rights; it does not buy or hold land. Treaty descriptions are the Commission's own summaries.
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What the sources say, and how this was checked
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Together, we advocate for Ojibwe treaty rights and natural resources stewardship, acting on behalf of present and future generations.
GLIFWC - The CommissionGLIFWC's membership reflects the Bands that were signatory to the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties.
GLIFWC - The CommissionThe LCO v Voigt Decision (1983) led to the formal establishment of GLIFWC's structure, mission, and tribal membership.
GLIFWC - The CommissionConservation easements can help bridge this gap by protecting natural features while creating pathways for Tribal access.
GLIFWC - Land ConservancyTax exemption issued: June 1985
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Great Lakes Indian Fish And Wildlife Commission
Research notes. An intertribal agency; the record's donate link is a PayPal hosted button, and the payee at checkout was not verified. The Commission's leadership was not read. No land returned or purchased by GLIFWC was found; the Land Conservancy page is educational. Treaty descriptions are GLIFWC's, not treaty text.
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Connections
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Sources
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The record’s fields
- Focus
- Ojibwe treaty rights in ceded territories, natural resource stewardship, manoomin, and a Land Conservancy program supporting Tribal access via conservation easements
- Vetting notes
- 2026-10-17: ProPublica hit Great Lakes Indian Fish And Wildlife Commission, Odanah WI, EIN 391468447. Own site says commission is its staff and 11 member tribes and has a Donate link to a PayPal hosted button (not a GLIFWC domain); payee at checkout not verified. Land Conservancy page on own site is about conservation easements for Tribal access, not land purchase. Source: https://www.glifwc.org/about ("Together, we advocate for Ojibwe treaty rights and natural resources stewardship")
- Kind
- Organization
- Confidence
- Medium
- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation