2009 Senate Joint Resolution 40
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Whereas, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and its member tribes are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the commission and the efforts of its member tribes to secure and implement their ceded-territory treaty rights; and
Whereas, 2009 is the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission; and
Whereas, the commission and its member tribes will celebrate by documenting the history of the commission and by telling a “Good Story" — Minwaajimo; and
Whereas, the “Good Story" refers to the efforts of the commission and its member tribes to secure and implement their ceded-territory treaty rights over the past 40 years; and
Whereas, the commission has played an important role in the implementation of its member tribes' treaty rights and in the preservation and protection of the natural resources of the ceded territory; and
Whereas, the commission, its member tribes, and the citizens of northern Wisconsin have worked, and will continue to work together to build cultural understanding and cooperative relationships; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the
senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature congratulate the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and its member tribes as they celebrate “Minwaajimo — Telling a Good Story: Preserving Ojibwe Treaty Rights"; and, be it further
Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall present a copy of this joint resolution to the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
