Stockbridge-Munsee

60 miles for 600 residents

Published by admin on Wed, 09/30/2020 - 10:02am

Wittenberg Telephone Company/Cirrinity is partnering with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community to bring high speed internet to the tribal reservation and surrounding rural communities.

Stockbridge-Munsee issues new COVID-19 health order

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 2:14pm

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community issued a new health order Tuesday due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases that mandates face masks, social distancing, curfew and limits on gatherings.

The order is in effect until Nov. 30.

“The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council recognizes this tribal community is also seeing a surge in positive COVID-19 infections like surrounding areas are experiencing,” Tribal President Shannon Holsey said in a statement.

Local tribes emphasize masks to curb spread of COVID-19

Published by admin on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 8:38am

The Stockbridge-Munsee and Menominee Indian tribes this past week issued statements in support of wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

While the Stockbridge-Munsee Community has required the use of face masks by all employees and those visiting tribal businesses and government services, the Menominee Tribe last week went a step further by issuing a resolution requiring the use of face coverings across the reservation.

Stockbridge-Munsee establish curfew on reservation

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 4:53pm

BOWLER — The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians has followed the lead of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and established a curfew on its reservation lands.

As an additional way to limit transmission of the COVID-19, the tribal council enacts a reservation-wide curfew. This curfew is from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily from April 10 until the end of the tribal public health state of emergency. People who are away from their homes during curfew hours are considered to be trespassing and will be subject to a $500 fine.

Former Stockbridge-Munsee president remembered

Published by admin on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 3:23am

BOWLER — Flags have been flying at half-staff in the Stockbridge-Munsee Community this week in remembrance of former tribal president Robert “Bob” Chicks, who passed away on Jan. 23.

He was 65.

Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, said in a news release that flags will be flown at half-staff until the time of burial service in honor of Chicks’ past service as a tribal president and a council member.

Police agreement changes chafe tribe

Published by admin on Fri, 11/22/2019 - 10:29am

SHAWANO — The Shawano County Board approved a revised agreement with the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe addressing law enforcement cooperation, but not before one of the members accused the county of not getting the tribe’s input on the changes at a meeting Wednesday.

Son’s birth inspires children’s book

Published by admin on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 11:25am

BOWLER — Brock Schreiber’s latest children’s book captivated the audience Wednesday at the Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library and Museum — right up until the author’s 3-year-old son, Eli, asked if he brought any water.

Schreiber, who was born and raised on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation, just smiled and continued reading the story, noting later that it was his son’s birthday.

For the crowd, “Once Upon a Moonless Night” was a charming tale. For the author, the story holds a much deeper meaning for him, as it is a story about how his son came into the world.