1/31/2025

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Council announced in a press release its decision to start giving citations for trespassing to individuals over the unauthorized use of tribal roads. The roads mentioned include “the four roads” that have been in contention, Annie Sun Lane, Center Sugarbush Lane, East Ross Allen Lake Lane, and Else Lake Lane. The statement says the action is being taken to uphold tribal sovereignty and to enforce applicable law, ensure protection of the reservation. “Despite many good-faith efforts to negotiate agreements with the town of Lac du Flambeau,” the release reads, “progress has been limited, leaving the tribe with no choice but to enforce trespassing laws on its land.” Tribal President John Johnson Sr. stated, “The Tribe is not just some private landowner complaining of unauthorized access over its lands. We are a sovereignty under the law and the tribe intends to exercise its right under the law to cite for unauthorized trespass.”