Lac du Flambeau tribe bans GOP lawmaker from its reservation
Leaders of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have banned a Republican state lawmaker from the tribe’s reservation over comments that likened tribal leaders to terrorists.
The Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council on Monday passed a resolution to disallow state Sen. Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, from entering the reservation.
The remarks came during an Aug. 23 meeting with elected officials over attempts to resolve an ongoing roads dispute between the tribe and town of Lac du Flambeau.
“The comparison of the Lac du Flambeau Tribe to terrorists such as the Proud Boys and the Taliban, organizations with no sovereignty or treaty rights, and that seek to harm the United States, is not only offensive but dangerously misinformed,” Lac du Flambeau Tribal President John Johnson Sr. said in a statement.
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