Top Indigenous news in Wisconsin in 2021 includes Shailene Woodley`s environmental activism, Menominee actresses on `Hawkeye`

Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for your support of this first-of-a-kind Indigenous news beat reporting for the USA TODAY NETWORK of publications in Wisconsin.

It truly has been a great experience this year covering Indian Country in the land now known as Wisconsin.

I’ve learned a lot, and I hope you have, too, from this insightful reporting.

Let’s take a look back at some of the biggest stories of year.

The most read story I wrote this year was about Hollywood actress Shailene Woodley, who is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ fiancée.

Woodley is a well-known environmental activist who has stood up for Indigenous communities....