Publications

SHORT EARS, LONG TALES

Sign-up to get COLA's eNewsletter, "Short Ears, Long Tales," emailed to you every month during spring, summer, and fall. Short Ears, Long Tales provides unique and intriguing stories about LCO and its inhabitants. Recent articles have mostly been researched and written by Allison Slavick.

Click here to see the latest and past issues of Short Ears, Long Tales

Allison Slavick works as a consultant to nonprofits all over the country, especially museums. For fifteen years she directed the Cable Natural History Museum. Previously she worked as a scientist at the New York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution. She mountain bikes, skis, and picks berries near her home on Crystal Lake in southern Bayfield County. Questions, comments, or suggestions for future articles may be sent to her at allison.slavick@gmail.com.

OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

COLA sends out periodic email eBlasts dealing with items of importance to COLA members and friends of LCO. Check out the following for additional informations about COLA and the LCO lakes.

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe History - PBS

Tales of Lac Courte Oreilles

This book, edited by Tom and Sue Burgess, together with COLA’s history committee, provides a detailed history of Lac Courte Oreilles. The book is available at the Sherman & Ruth Weiss Community Library in Hayward.

Tom Burgess donated his remaining book inventory to the St. Francis Mission in Reserve. Contact the Mission if you would like to purchase a copy. 

Spirit of the Ojibwa
Images of Lac Courte Oreilles Elders

A well-referenced compilation of paintings, stories, photographs, and history published in 2012 by Sara Balbin, James R. Bailey, and Thelma Nayquonabe. It is available from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community Library.

History Comes Alive

This 2004 publication, compiled and wrtitten by Caryl A. Pfaff and Ann Marie Penskover, is a compilation of community and history center photographs available from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community Library.

The Loon Call

This publication was the hard copy COLA newsletter prior to “Short Ears, Long Tails.” Past issues here.