Our project has a letter of support and/or a memorandum-of-understanding from the following:
Tribal
Karen Diver (former Fond du Lac Band Chairwoman, former Special Assistant to President Obama on Native American Affairs, Director of Business Development for the Native American Advancement Initiatives, University of Arizona)
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Union of the Bois Forte, Grand Portage, Fond du Lac, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, and White Earth bands)
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
1854 Treaty Authority
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc (consortium of federally-recognized Indian Tribes, with subsidiary Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center)
State Agency
Dr. Edward Swain (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)
Academic
Prof. Chanlan Chun (Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota – Duluth)
