Parts of our Sanctuary will be open for gun deer hunting from Nov. 23-Dec. 1. Trails are closed during this period. Hunters and trappers must register with The Ridges before hunting.

Indigenous Heritage

Land Acknowledgement

The Ridges Sanctuary is located in Baileys Harbor and Jacksonport, Wisconsin. As part of the greater Door Peninsula and Green Bay basin, we recognize these lands as the land of the Menominee and Potawatomi, Odawa (Ottawa), Sauk, Ojibwe, Petun, and Huron peoples. As stewards of The Ridges Sanctuary, we will continue to learn the history and present realities from First Nations with connections to this land and educate each other about those to whom these lands have belonged.

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Resources for Learning

Ridges’ Indigenous Peoples of the Door County Peninsula Presentation Recording

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Wisconsin’s First Nations Educational Website

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Learn what Native land you are on

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Learn about Act 31 in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Department of Health Services. “American Indians in Wisconsin History”

April 21, 2014

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References

Loew, Patty. Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal. 2nd ed. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2013.

Loew, Patty. Native People of Wisconsin. Revised and Expanded edition. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015.

“Menominee Treaties and Treaty Rights | Milwaukee Public Museum.” Accessed November 8, 2021. https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-108.

“The Fur Trade | Milwaukee Public Museum.” Accessed November 8, 2021. https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-146.

Tishler, William H. Door County’s Emerald Treasure: A History of Peninsula State Park. Wisconsin Land and Life. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

Wisconsin’s First Nations: American Indian Studies in Wisconsin. “Tribal Histories.” Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction-American Indian Studies, PBS Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-School of Education, April 19, 2022. https://wisconsinfirstnations.org/tribal-histories/.