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Community in Sawyer County

Reserve

County
Sawyer County

Reserve is an unincorporated census-designated place in the Town of Couderay, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, sitting on the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation southeast of Hayward. Its 2020 population was 349 and it is overwhelmingly Native American. The community is the civic and cultural heart of the Lac Courte Oreilles nation, anchored by the tribal government, the LCO Ojibwe K-12 School, LCO Ojibwe University, the LCO Health Center, and WOJB public radio, and it is nationally known for the Honor the Earth Homecoming Celebration and Pow Wow held each July.

The record

1 record names Reserve

What the records show

32 of 37 independently verified

Authoritative data

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 349 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Density: 6.58 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Race 2000: 82.11 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Income 2000: 22250 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Government and civic

  • Form: unincorporated CDP under town and tribal government inferred via en.wikipedia.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Tribal: Tribal Governing Board (TGB) via lco-nsn.gov
  • Address: 13394 W. Trepania Road, Hayward, WI 54843 via lco-nsn.gov
  • Notices: lco-nsn.gov (TGB minutes) via lco-nsn.gov
  • Site: https://lco-nsn.gov via lco-nsn.gov
  • Chair: Gary 'Little Guy' Clause (Chairman) secondary source via apg-wi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Schools

  • Lco: LCO Ojibwe School (K-12) via lcoosk12.org
  • Enroll: 415 unverified via lcotribe.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Public district: Hayward Community School District (likely) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Economy and employers

  • Employers: Lac Courte Oreilles tribal enterprises via lco-nsn.gov
  • Casino: Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge & Conference Center secondary source via sevenwindscasino.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Industry: tribal government, gaming, education, health, tourism inferred via lco-nsn.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.

Institutions and anchors

  • Health: LCO Health Center via lco-nsn.gov
  • Library: LCO Ojibwe University Community Library via lco.edu
  • University: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Church: St. Francis Solanus Catholic Mission secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Business and commerce

  • Commerce: tribal enterprises; Hayward-area chamber inferred via lco-nsn.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.

Media

  • Wojb: WOJB 88.9 FM via wojb.org
  • Wojb license: licensed to Reserve, WI secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Record: Sawyer County Record secondary source via apg-wi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Known: lake fishing, boating, cultural tourism inferred via haywardlakes.com Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Lake: ~5,039-5,139 unverified via lake-link.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Powwow: Honor the Earth Homecoming Celebration & Pow Wow (third weekend of July) secondary source via lco-nsn.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seasonal: summer-dominant, harvest-season culture inferred via lco-nsn.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.

Infrastructure and access

  • Hub: Hayward (~10-13 mi NW) inferred via en.wikipedia.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Name: census-designated place secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Reservation: Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Coords: 45.86000, -91.37278 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Area: 53.7 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elevation: 1306 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Highways: County Highways E and K; State Highway 27 nearby unverified via haywardlakes.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Airport: Sawyer County Airport (Hayward) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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