Candidates file for April 2 FDL tribal council vote

Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will have plenty of choices in the primary election April 2.

Names for three Reservation Business Council positions — Chairperson, District I (Cloquet) Committeeperson and District III (Brookston) Committeeperson — were released Monday. They are listing in alphabetical order below.

Candidates for chairperson include James Roy Blacketter III, Kevin R. Dupuis Sr., John A. McMillen, Bruce M. Savage and Victoria (“Vickie”) A. Smith. Dupuis is the incumbent.

Candidates for District I include Juanita (Nucka)

Anderson, Michelle DeBolt, Kami Diver, Wally Dupuis, David Petite Jr. and Valerie Whitebird. Wally Dupuis is the incumbent in the Cloquet District.

Candidates for District III include Bryan “Bear” Bosto, Debra Johnson-Fuller, Dawn M. LaPrairie, Earl Otis and Roger M. Smith Sr.

Smith is the incumbent.

Poling places are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 2:

District I: Fond du Lac Tribal Center, ENP Dining Hall, 1720 Big Lake Road, Cloquet;

District II: Sawyer Community Center, 3243 Moorhead Road, Sawyer;

District III: Brookston Community Center, 8200 Belich Road, Cloquet.

Eligible voters who will be absent from the reservation, or who are ill or physically disabled and therefore unable to vote in person should notify the General Election Board to vote by absentee ballot.

The regular election is scheduled for June 11.