Restored tribal land ends uncertainty for a family living on Mille Lacs Lake

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August 22, 2024
Tom Crann - Host, Melissa Olson - Reporter, Don Wedll - Interviewee, Curt Kalk - Interviewee, Mary Kunesh - Interviewee, Wilson Fredrickson - Interviewee, Dixie Kamimura - Interviewee, Kelly Applegate - Interviewee
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MPR’s Melissa Olson reports on the restoration of 18 acres on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake. The action means an end to decades of uncertainty for one family.  

A bill passed by the state Legislature returning the land is not so much an example of “land back,” a phrase which has gained traction from tribal nations in recent few years, but rather a restoration of title to the land. Mille Lacs band members say they never left.

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