Tribal Government

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Minnesota's U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar wrote letters about the Bemidji Indian Health Service office and Fergus Falls federal courthouse.

The new Department of Government Efficiency named hundreds of federal buildings across the country for lease termination, including some in Minnesota.

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.

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.

While positive results continue for Pulsar Helium near Babbitt, the state Legislature works to adopt temporary regulations for gas production in Minnesota.