Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)

Functional category: law enforcement / tribal courts activities include: (1) affirming & implementing treaty rights, (2) enforcement, and (3) fisheries. (1) affirming & implementing treaty rights: protect ceded territory rights reserved by the tribes for themselves in treaties signed in 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854. (2) enforcement: protect the Fish and game within the ceded territories through both education and patrol. Glifwc wardens routinely patrol and monitor treaty harvest activities in the ceded territories of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, checking for infractions of tribal codes governing treaty harvest seasons. Violations are cited into tribal courts. (3) fisheries: ensure treaty reserved fishing rights are preserved by assisting member tribes in fishery assessments and regulation of gichigame (lake superior) treaty commercial fisheries and other inland fisheries.

Functional category: public information activities include: (1) dissemination of information to the public (1) dissemination of information to the public: information and resources made available to the public on Glifwc's website include harvest regulations, camping, registration, treaty rights, maps, educational materials, and various reports. Glifwc also makes information available through pamphlets and guides.

Functional category: biology activities include: (1) climate change, (2) environmental section, and (3) forest pests. (1) climate change: Glifwc's climate change program is working to define the extent and severity of these changes in the ceded territories in order to assist its member tribes in co-managing treaty resources. (2) environmental section: support tribal exercise of treaty rights through a wide number of interdisciplinary projects in order to investigate threats to resources from many different sources. (3) forest pests: protect against invasive insects and diseases threatening ceded territories forests, and the lifeways and traditions they support.

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