The Fruits of Their Labor: The Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division in the Northwoods

This course will take place on Nov. 12 and 13, 10:00 a.m.-noon, at the Boy’s Dormitory, Government Boarding School in Lac du Flambeau, Wis., with Cindi Stiles.

While most people in the Northwoods have heard of the projects that the Civilian Conservation Corps completed in the 1930s, very few people have heard of the Indian Division of the CCC. This division had an administration arm on the Lac du Flambeau reservation which oversaw projects in five Native American communities in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This class will describe the uniqueness of this program which relied on the participation of Native communities to determine what projects on their reservations were important, as well as provide the manpower to complete them.

The course will be given in two sessions, each two hours long, covering the following topics:

• How did the CCC-ID program come to be?
• How did Native communities influence the way that the CCC-ID worked on the reservations?
• What categories of projects were proposed for the CCC-ID?
• How were camps set up?
• How were families incorporated into the program?
• What projects did the CCC-ID complete at Lac du Flambeau?
• How did the CCC-ID change the landscape of the reservation at Lac du Flambeau?
• What benefit did the Native community gain from the CCC-ID?
• What CCC-ID projects are still in operation today on the Lac du Flambeau reservation?
• How did the CCC-ID differ from the regular CCC?
• How did the government present the CCC-ID to the general public?

Requirements: There are no requirements for this class. Optional reading material will be placed in an online file with FeU for student access

This class is limited to 25 students.

Instructor: Cindi Stiles

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