Red Cliff, Wisconsin


Red Cliff, also known as Miskwaabikaang, is an unincorporated community in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The reservation population is 924, primarily Native American.

The Red Cliff Reservation

The Red Cliff Reservation was created through a series of treaties between the U.S. Government and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the most recent being the treaty of 1854. The reservation is approximately wide and long, located at the top of the Bayfield Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
The community of Red Cliff, the location of tribal offices and businesses, is north of the city of Bayfield, a popular tourist community adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Transportation

serves as a main route in the community.

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