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FDL chair is censured

The Minnesota Chippewa Tribal Executive Committee voted 7-5 Monday to censure Kevin Dupuis Sr., chairperson of the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee. Other than the disapproval implied by the censure, the vote came with no consequences from the committee. There seemed to be consensus among many of those voting both ways that the issue would be better addressed by Fond du Lac band members.

The tribal committee, or TEC, comprises the chairperson and secretary/treasurer of each of the six Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Reservations and is the governing body for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe as...