We, the Anishinabeg, the people of Odaawaa-Zaaga’iganiing, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band, will sustain our heritage, preserving our past, strengthening our present, and embracing our future. We will defend our inherent sovereign rights and safeguard Mother Earth. We will provide for the educational, health, social welfare, and economic stability of the present and future generations.
The Board of Regents oversees the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College. It is a regulatory board with seven members, an emeritus member with no vote, a tribal governing board liaison and the college president. Members serve 3-year terms and meet every other Wednesday.
Members Include:
The LCO University Community Library Board oversees the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College Library. It is an ad-hoc committee with seven members and a liaison from the Sawyer County Board. Committee members meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The Enrollment Committee works in conjunction with the Enrollment Department and is responsible for review of applications for Tribal citizenship, acceptance of relinquishment requests, acceptance of requests to recind relinquishment, and recommending the acceptance or rejection of Citizenship applications or renunciation petitions to the Tribal Governing Board. It is a standing committee of seven members who are appointed by the Tribal Governing Board. Members serve 4-year terms concurrent with the terms of the appointing Tribal Governing Board members. Regular meetings of the committee are scheduled on the second Thursday of each month.
The Health Advisory Board is a regulatory board that oversees the tribal clinic. The board has seven members and the health director. Members serve 3-year terms and meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month..
The LCO Housing Authority Board is a regulatory board that oversees the LCO Housing Authority. The board has seven members and the housing director. Members serve 2-year terms and meets monthly.
The LCO Drug Task Force is an ad-hoc committee tasked with creating a tribal action plan to combat the opioid crisis that has affected LCO. The board has seven members. Members have no set term ad meet monthly.
The LCO Ojibwe School Board is made up of the LCO Tribal Governing Board members. The TGB members’ term is 4-years, the term of their elected positions. There is no set time for their meetings.
The LCO Headstart Policy Committee is a committee that sets policy for the LCO Headstart and Early Headstart programs. The board has four members and the headstart director. Members meet on the last Friday of the month.
The Gaming Board of Commissioners, also known as the Gaming Commission, is a regulatory board that oversees all of the tribe’s gaming operations to insure they operate accordingly under gaming compact regulations. The board has five members and the gaming director. There is no set term and meet twice monthly, every other Wednesday.
The LCO Federal Credit Union Board of Directors is a standing committee that oversees the LCO Tribe’s credit union, the LCO Federal Credit Union. The board has seven members including the credit union dirctor. There are no set terms and meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
The Powwow Committee is a special purpose committee established to organize and operate the annual Honor the Earth Powwow, one of the largest powwows in North America. The committee has 15 coordinators who are paid for their work during powwow, but not for attending meetings. Their term on the committee is a lifetime appointment. They meet monthly and several times per month before Powwow.
The LCO Financial Services Board of Directors is a regulatory board that oversees LCO Financial Services. The board has five members and the executive director and the dorector of operations. Members serve 3-year terms and it meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays every month from noon to 1:30 PM.
The Sawyer County/LCO Economic Development Committee is a joint committee made up of business and political leaders from both the LCO Reservation and other Sawyer County communities who work to increase economic development opportunities. The board has 17 members and a president. There is no set term and they meet the 1st Thursday of every month.
The Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) Board of Directors is a standing committee that oversees the CCS program operated under LCO Behavioral Services. The board has six members and the director. There are no set terms and it meets quarterly.
The Namekagon Transit Board of Directors is a joint board between representatives from Sawyer County and Lac Courte Oreilles that oversees the Namekagon Transit, a public transportation agency that serves both, the LCO Reservation, Hayward, and surrounding areas. The board has six members. There are no set terms and meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM.
The Big Fish Golf Course Board of Directors oversees the operations of the newly-acquired golf course by the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe. The board consists of five members and the manager of the golf course. There are no set terms and it meets every other Wednesday at 1:00 PM at the gold course.