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LdF Indian Tribe’s resort complex in Mississippi ends up on auction block
Joe Costanza, NN.N Editor (The following story was updated Saturday, Jan. 23 to incorporate new information, including comments from one of the original principal investors, Charles Cato). A Mississippi resort-casino venture has turned out to be a bad bet for the Lac du Flambeau Indian Tribe, which as a minority partner sunk an estimated... »
Tribe’s Mississippi plans hit new snags
Lac du Flambeau’s casino complex venture faces foreclosure threat yet again By Cary Spivak of the Journal Sentinel Plagued with problems almost from the start, the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa tribe’s bid to build a gambling complex in Mississippi has run into a series of new obstacles, putting the Wisconsin-based tribe’s multimillion-dollar investment at... »
Ldf tribal president steps down
Lakeland Times – Doug Etton Sports Reporter As of this past Monday, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians were without a tribal president after Carl Edwards, who was elected in 2008, resigned his seat as the head of the Lake Superior band. Edwards submitted his resignation in writing Monday which... »
Two complaints filed with Lac du Flambeau tribal election board, according to president
By Joe VanDeLaarschot of The Lakeland Times No decision has been reached yet by the Lac du Flambeau tribal election aboard concerning two complaints that were filed within five days of the tribe’s Oct. 6 general election. That’s according to LdF tribal chairman Carl Edwards who spoke to a Lakeland Times reporter about the... »