Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Nahgahchiwanong
"Where the water stops"
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (FDL) is a federally recognized, sovereign Ojibwe tribal government located west-adjacent to Cloquet and 15 miles west of Duluth.
Website
Newspaper
Headquarters
Tribal Government Center
- 1720 Big Lake Rd
Cloquet, MN 55720 - 218-879-4593
Government structure
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Constitution
- Five elected council members
- Chairperson
- Secretary/Treasurer
- Three District Representatives
- Staggered elections held even years, second Tuesday in June, four year terms
Council
- Chairman:Bruce Savage
- Secretary/Treasurer: Robert A. Abramowski
- District 1 Representative: Wally Dupuis
- District 2 Representative: Brad Blacketter
- District 3 Representative:Earl Otis
Geography and demography
- Size: 101,304 acres
- Citizenship: 4,200+ enrolled members
- Counties: Carlton, St. Louis
- Government headquarters: Cloquet
Communities
- Brookston, municipal: Brookston Community Center
- Cloquet, municipal: Tribal Government Center, FDL Reservation Cultural Center & Museum, FDL Tribal Community College, FDL Gas & Grocery, Cloquet Carlton County Airport, Min-No-Aya-Win Health Clinic, FDL Head Start, K-12 Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, FDL Propane Company FDL Sand & Gravel, FDL Transit, Northwoods Radio Group, Aaniin Fiber Services
- Sawyer, non-municipal: Black Bear Casino and Hotel, Black Bear Golf Course, Sawyer Community Center, Mash-Ka-Wisen (residential chemical dependency facility)
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