March 03, 2023
A Minnesota federal judge has thrown out a suit by a former Minnesota Chippewa Tribe official against the U.S. Department of the Interior that contested a June election, ruling that the federal court does not have jurisdiction over tribal court decisions.
September 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe have urged a federal judge to toss a suit by a former tribal official contesting a June election, with the DOI saying his exclusion from the election wasn't due to the federal government, and the tribe saying it's immune to the suit.
July 18, 2022
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe urged a federal court not to hear an attempt by the former secretary-treasurer of its most populous reservation to undo a recent tribal election, saying the case "falls squarely within" its own courts' jurisdiction.
June 27, 2022
The secretary-treasurer of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe urged a federal judge on Monday to undo a recent tribal election, saying the U.S. Department of the Interior and tribal officials wrongly blocked him from running to retain his office.