U.S. Attorney General Backs Town's Demand That Lac du Flambeau Repay Road Dispute Costs
The U.S. Attorney General filed a brief this week endorsing the position that the Lac du Flambeau Band should repay the town of Lac du Flambeau for costs incurred during the 2023 road access dispute, when the tribe closed roads crossing allotment-era easements. WPR has the story. The federal government's alignment with the town rather than the tribe in this brief is worth noting carefully: it continues a pattern in which the current administration reads allotment-era property arrangements in ways that constrain rather than support tribal sovereignty.