Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Zagaakwaandagowiniwag
"The men of the dense forest"
The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa is a federally recognized, sovereign Ojibwe tribal government located in northern Minnesota, about 45 miles south of the Canadian border.
Website
Newspaper
Headquarters
Tribal Government Headquarters – Nett Lake
- 5344 Lake Shore Drive
Nett Lake, MN 55722 - 218-757-3261
Tribal Government Office – Vermilion
- 1610 Farm Rd S
Tower, MN 55790 - 218-753-4542
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
- Chairwoman: Cathy Chavers
- Secretary/Treasurer: Tara Geshick
- District 1 Representative:Perry Drift
- District 1 Representative: Shane Drift
- District 2 Representative: Robert Moyer
Geography and demography
- Size: 136,781 acres
- Citizenship: 3,500+ enrolled members
- Counties: Koochiching, St. Louis
- Government headquarters: Nett Lake
Communities
- Deer Creek (near Effie), municipal: No band members reside in this district. Natural resource area for tribe.
- Nett Lake, municipal: Tribal Government Center, Nett Lake Wild Rice, Northern Eagle Federal Credit Union, majority of band members reside here.
- Vermilion (near Tower), municipal: Tribal Government Center, Fortune Bay Resort Casino, The Wilderness golf course, Y-Store, Northern Eagle Federal Credit Union.
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