Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center and Museum The tribes argued the reopening of the zinc and copper mine would harm the environment. Crandon Mine Īlong with the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, the Potawatomi bought the nearby Crandon mine in Crandon to prevent its reopening. The Forest County Potawatomi run the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee and the Potawatomi Bingo Northern Lights Casino in Carter, Wisconsin. The nation's administrative and cultural center are located about three miles east of Crandon, Wisconsin. The combined population of Forest County Potawatomi Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 594 in the 2020 census. Census Bureau, the reservation and off-reservation trust land together have a total area of 22.72 square miles (58.8 km 2).
The community also administers about 7 acres (28,000 m 2) of off-reservation trust land in the city of Milwaukee. The community is based on the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, which consists of numerous non-contiguous plots of land in southern Forest County and northern Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The Forest County Potawatomi Community ( Potawatomi: Ksenyaniyek) is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people with approximately 1,400 members as of 2010.
Location of the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation in Wisconsin
