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thanks for your time.
>> Thank you. I really

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appreciate it.
>> Ceremony and policy. At

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the 22nd annual state of
the tribes address at the

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State Capitol this week,
the address was marked as a

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chance to hear about
accomplishments and

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challenges of tribal
nations and encourage

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collaboration with the
state "Here& Now". And ICT

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reporter Erica Ayisi was
there.

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>> We. Minocqua Khaba. Good
morning everyone. I share

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with you my Anishinaabe
name woman who leaves

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tracks where she walks.
>> Chairwoman Nicole Boyd

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of the Red Cliff Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa

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Indians, highlighted
achievements and challenges

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of the state's 11 federally
recognized Native American

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tribes. Focusing on tribal
sovereignty and government

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to government partnerships.
>> We are not here simply

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to take. Our ancestors knew
this. They fought for this,

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and they left us the
teachings of reciprocity.

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>> Boyd asked to work
together with the state in

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preserving water rights on
tribal lands, referencing

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concerns about the Enbridge
oil pipeline through the

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bad River Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa

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Reservation.
>> Why is it wrong to

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expect that the feasibility
of projects of this

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magnitude be ecologically
sound and ensure the water

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will be protected?
>> She also asked for more

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tribal input with the
proposed bill to change the

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name of the Apostle Islands
National Lakeshore to

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National Park, which is
close to the Red Cliff

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reservation.
>> Were we wrong to request

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that there be meaningful
due diligence as part of

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the decision making promise.
>> Relating to Governor

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Tony Evers recent treaty
rights and the protection

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of wild rice? Executive
order. Boyd asked that

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Manoomin, or the wild rice,
be elevated to the state.

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Official.
>> Green wild rice has seen

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a significant decline over
the last many years, and

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promoting it will allow us
a platform to continue our

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efforts to restore and
protect this vitally

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important resource.
>> On economic development,

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Boyd touted positive gains,
noting the collaboration

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with the 2025 NFL Draft in
Green Bay with Oneida

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Nation.
>> This event brought in an

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astronomical $105 million
to the state of Wisconsin.

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>> She asked for
legislation for online

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sports betting wagered
through Wisconsin's tribes

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to be approved.
>> The state will see

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increased revenue through
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and consumers will have the
legal protection needed to

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ensure they receive fair
play.

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>> In health care. Boyd
mentioned an increase in

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wellness and treatment
centers on reservations,

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and that drug overdose
deaths are down. But to

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assist in opioid recovery
and chronic pain, calls for

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bipartisan support for
medical marijuana in the

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state.
>> For centuries,

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indigenous people have used
this plant medicine for

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various medical and
ceremonial purposes.

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>> Boyd also says the state
Task Force to Address

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missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women and

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Relatives needs improved
policies. That includes

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helping survivors heal.
>> We must invest the

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resources needed to prevent
violent crimes against

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women and children.
>> As to education, Boyd

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would like to see the
UW-Madison tribal tuition

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program expanded.
>> Including the College of

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Menominee Nation and Lac
Courte Oreilles. Ojibwe

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University would also
provide tribal members an

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opportunity to attend
college close to home that

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strongly supports their
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>> Sagen Lily Quale of the
Red Cliff Band of Lake

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Superior Chippewa Indians
says Boyd's call to make

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rice the official state
grain has deeper cultural

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connections as a living
relative for the tribal

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community.
>> To be able to rely on

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that relative as not only,
you know, medicine that

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connects us to place in
space, but also connects us

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to ancestry and tradition
is really beautiful.

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>> Paul Smith of the Oneida
Nation says Boyd's message

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to protect waterways on and
around tribal lands could

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bring more visitors to
northern Wisconsin.

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>> The national shoreline
that she wants to protect

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with the frog Bay National
Park, with protections on

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Lake Superior and the
protections around the the

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waters through bad River,
it's all those things are

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connected to tourism.
>> Bryan Wilson RFK, Jr.

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also of the Oneida Nation,
says Boyd's message on

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tribal economic
contributions to the state

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resonates with his 100%
indigenous owned small

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business.
>> And we're adding to our

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employees and with health
benefits and retirement

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programs.
>> Boyd closed the state of

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the tribe's address with a
message of resiliency for

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Wisconsin's tribal members
and partnership among state

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and tribal leaders.
>> This is the place our

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ancestors fought for and
are buried within, and we

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will continue to exercise
our treaty rights in

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perpetuity.
>> In Madison. I'm Eric