This is in follow up to the statement issued by the RTC on April 14, 2025, regarding incidents that occurred at Fortune Bay on April 11, 2025.\u00a0 Since issuing its original statement, the RTC has reviewed additional reports and information regarding the incident, including Fortune Bay\u2019s video footage on April 25 which is not available to Band members or the general public per the Bois Forte Data Privacy Ordinance.\u00a0 The RTC also met on April 28 to discuss options moving forward and those discussions continue. \u00a0As we have said before, the RTC supports Fortune Bay and law enforcement fully investigating the incidents and taking all appropriate action to address the conduct.\u00a0 Those investigations must run their course, and the RTC has not and will not interfere in those processes.<\/p>\n
The RTC also notes that Band members have rights and remedies available to them under Article X, Section 3 of the Constitution of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Recall and Removal), the MCT Ordinance Implementing Constitutional Petition and Censure Processes, and the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council Code of Ethics. The processes under these laws are typically triggered by the filing of a petition or complaint with the designated body or official. \u00a0For more information on rights and remedies under MCT law, you can visit\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/mnchippewatribe.org\/governance\/bylaws\/<\/a>\u00a0to access the MCT Bylaws and Ordinances.\u00a0 You can also access a copy of the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council Code of Ethics by visiting\u00a0https:\/\/boisforte.com\/resources\/policies-procedures\/<\/a>\u00a0or requesting a copy via email (executiveassistant@boisforte-nsn.gov<\/a>) or in person at\u00a0the Tribal Government Building in Nett Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is in follow up to the statement issued by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6478,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477\/revisions\/6478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}