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WI SJR108

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

11/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jodi Habush Sinykin

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin to promote appreciation, recognition, solidarity, reconciliation, and partnership with Indigenous peoples

  • Acknowledges Wisconsin as ancestral homeland of Indigenous nations including Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi since time immemorial

  • Lists Wisconsin's 11 federally recognized tribes, including Bad River Band, Forest County Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Menominee, Oneida Nation, Red Cliff Band, Sokaogon Band, St. Croix Chippewa, and Stockbridge-Munsee Community

  • Notes Indigenous Peoples Day was first proposed in 1977 at a United Nations-sponsored international conference and is now recognized across the United States

  • Affirms the state's responsibility to strengthen government-to-government relationships with tribal nations and eliminate discrimination against Indigenous peoples

Legislative Description

Recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

2/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Organization11/6/2025

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