Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Report Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council Encompassing 11 federally recognized Indian tribes located in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan October 2016 Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council 2932 Hwy 47 North Lac du Flambeau WI 54538 www.glitc.org 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1 2 MEMBERSHIP OF GLITC .............................................................................................................. 1 2.1 Member Tribes ............................................................................................................................................. 1 2.2 Membership History ..................................................................................................................................... 3 3 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GLITC.................................................................. 4 3.1 Mission Statement........................................................................................................................................ 4 3.2 Board of Directors ........................................................................................................................................ 4 3.3 Executive Committee .................................................................................................................................... 5 3.4 GLITC Staff .................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 CEDS COMMITTEE......................................................................................................................... 6 5 DISTRICT OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 7 5.1 Historical Perspective ................................................................................................................................... 7 Native American Tribes ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Usufructuary rights ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Legal Business Status ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Impacts on Development Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 10 5.2 Physical Geography .................................................................................................................................... 11 Topography ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Climate .................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Geology ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Water ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Timber ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 5.3 Political Geography..................................................................................................................................... 12 Reservation territories ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Municipalities .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Consolidated Services ............................................................................................................................................. 13 5.4 Population and Labor Force ........................................................................................................................ 13 Statistics .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Trends ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Ethnicity .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Income .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Labor Force ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 5.5 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Transportation ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Energy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Communications ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 Broadband Development ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Municipal Services .................................................................................................................................................. 23 Schools and Educational Resources ........................................................................................................................ 24 Government ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 Law Enforcement .................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.6 Environmental Issues .................................................................................................................................. 27 Mining ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Air quality ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Surface waters ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 5.7 Major economic factors .............................................................................................................................. 30 Tourism ................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Timber ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Mining ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Manufacturing ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 Farming ................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Subsistence activities .............................................................................................................................................. 33 6 VISION, GOALS, STRATEGIES .................................................................................................. 33 6.1 Visioning Process ........................................................................................................................................ 33 6.2 GLITC Strategic Planning ............................................................................................................................. 34 6.3 Goals .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 6.4 Challenges and Strategies ..........................................................................................................................