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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Strawberry Island: The Heart of Lac du Flambeau
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:12
	Publish Date:		2019-01-23 05:00:00
	Description:		This week on A Northwoods Moment in History , Gary Entz tells us about Strawberry Island in Lac du Flambeau. Strawberry Island in Flambeau Lake is known as the “heart of Lac du Flambeau” and is considered a sacred space among the Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa. It is also known as “the place of the little people,” which is a reference to the spiritual significance of the island. A sacred space is a particularly defined space that is set apart from everything else around it. The rituals that people either practice at the place or direct toward it mark it as sacred and differentiate it as worthy of respect. A sacred space can be a man-made object, such as a building, or physical geographic place. In all cases, however, a sacred space is real when a cultural group interprets it as sacred. Such is the case with Strawberry Island. Strawberry Island became part of the Ojibwe Nation in 1745 when the Ojibwe fought their final battle against the Dakota Sioux and defeated them
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