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Travis Morrison and Carlos A. Hernandez were the top vote-getters of the six band members running in the special election to finish the term of former Chair Cathy Chavers.
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Plus: Trek North students in Bemidji reflect on a recent service trip to the Mexican border; and the White Earth Tribal & Community College hopes to create a new training center for in-demand jobs like plumbers, electricians and other skilled labor.
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The Red Lake Nation is one of the few tribes in the country that continues a tradition of hereditary chiefs. As a chief, Loud will serve in an advisory capacity to the council for life.
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Leaked drafts of one compact show tribal enterprises could open stores off reservation under tribal regulation and would give tribes broad access to other cannabis businesses.
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Author and longtime Leech Lake Tribal College instructor Bob Jourdain died March 2, 2025. Laurel Jackson, the matriarch of Leech Lake Tribal Chairman Faron Jackson's family, died March 3.
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Minnesota's U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar wrote letters about the Bemidji Indian Health Service office and Fergus Falls federal courthouse.
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The new Department of Government Efficiency named hundreds of federal buildings across the country for lease termination, including some in Minnesota.
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They would be the first state-tribal cannabis compacts in the U.S. to allow tribal enterprises to operate outside of reservations, and they can’t be amended without mutual agreement.
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Representatives from Red Lake Nation, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band and Fond du Lac Band testified on preserving or increasing funding for essential programs.
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While positive results continue for Pulsar Helium near Babbitt, the state Legislature works to adopt temporary regulations for gas production in Minnesota.