Candidates who receive more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election are declared the winner, according to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe’s election ordinance, Under this provision, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has elected a new chief executive.
Michael Fairbanks called the White Earth cannabis dispensary a “million-dollar business” and that the tribe is building its sovereignty on several fronts.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office has released information about the death of Allison Lussier, a 47-year-old Minneapolis woman, who died in February.
The six member nations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe are voting in primary elections Tuesday. Two candidates from each race for leadership positions will advance to the general election in June.
For over a century, the Band has maintained the United States government disregarded a treaty agreement when it took a portion of Upper Red Lake and land around it. Recent events involving the tribe’s relationship with the state DNR sped up the tribe’s decision to reclaim the lands around Upper Red Lake.
With bills concerning Red Lake Nation and White Earth Nation introduced at the Minnesota Capitol, land back supporters say there is growing support for tribal claims.
Friday marks the return of over 2 square miles of state-owned land in southwest Minnesota to the Upper Sioux Community. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources closed the Upper Sioux Agency State Park mid-February.