Updated on 9/10/2020

COVID-19 Case Data

Gogebic  147 Confirmed Cases

Iron  38 Confirmed Cases

Ontonagon  36 Confirmed Cases

Vilas  139 Confirmed Cases

LVD TRIBAL GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT

The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is committed to taking necessary steps to keep the Tribal community and the Watersmeet community-at-large protected and armed with the most recent information on the COVID-19 outbreak within the Lac Vieux Desert Reservation. Please visit this page often for updated information.

TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVES

• Mandatory Mask Wearing and Social Distancing, Effective 8/14/2020
  • Pursuant to Tribal Council Resolution T2020-085, effective immediately ALL Residents of the Lac Vieux Desert Reservation are required to properly wear a face covering which fully covers their nose and mouth while in any public place on the Reservation or when in close contact (within six (6) feet) with other individuals. In addition, ALL Residents of the Lac Vieux Desert Reservation must limit all social gatherings or events among persons not part of the same household to ten (10) or less individuals and be held in such a way that individuals are able to maintain at least six (6) feet between members of different households. There is no restriction on gatherings of ten (10) or more persons who reside in the same household. These public health directives shall be enforced under the Lac Vieux Desert Criminal Code, Section 2-51-5 and may subject violators to civil and criminal penalties.

COVID-19 RELIEF PROGRAMS

For more information regarding assistance programs related to COVID-19 such as the LVD Community Cares Fund, LVD Education Assistance Fund, COVID-19 Tribal Member Relief Program, please call the COVID-19 Hotline 1-888-573-0105