Mike Wiggins, Jr., Chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe Tribe

Former Chairman Wiggins is currently Chair of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, serving his third term in this role. He is a life-long resident of northern Wisconsin. Raised on the Bad River Reservation, Mike learned how hunting, fishing and harvesting were essential to the Tribe’s cultural and spiritual traditions and why the Tribe’s ceded territory rights were important to protect for this generation and the next. He earned his bachelor’s degree at UW-Superior in 1992 and previously served as a conservation warden for the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, and as a Home School Coordinator for the School District of Ashland. He is an active teacher of Anishinaabe practice in use and protection of natural resources and is a leader in the protection of the Penokee Hills region.