Ojibwe place based perspectives on air, land, water, and fire – Mike Wiggins Jr.
Thursday, Feb. 22 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Steitz 102
Mike Wiggins Jr. was recently appointed the Site Director at the Madeline Island Museum. Previously, he served 12 years as Tribal Chairman/Executive Director of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. He recently ended his last term in November of 2023.
Wiggins is a major advocate for the conservation of natural resources and the protection of water. In his time as Chairman, there were many environmental protection issues that the Tribe proactively stood up for including issues with mining, oil pipelines, CAFO’s and water privatization.
Before becoming the Chairman of the Bad River Band, Wiggins served as a conservation warden for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and oversaw a Bad River AODA Prevention Program working with Tribal Youth.
Wiggins got his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from UW-Superior in 1992, and in 2019 he was honored as an Outstanding Alumni of UW-Superior. In his free time Wiggins enjoys playing guitar and utilizing the hunting, fishing, and gathering Treaty Rights his Ojibwe ancestors reserved around the Lake Superior region.