LCO Today

05/08/2025

I was fired from a high-profile tribal position—but curiously, not a single critic has addressed why. Those eager to smear my name are qui...

05/07/2025

By Jennifer CadotteLCO PR SpecialistThe Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Tribal Nations Opioid Abatement Efforts (TNOAE) program has partnered with the White Bison Wellbriety Movement to bring the Warrior Down training program to the LCO community.The phrase "Warrior Down" signifies a warrior who has been....

05/05/2025

Email from Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians LCO's Little Newspaper Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganing Babaamaajimoo-mazina'igaans Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian

04/30/2025

By Jennifer CadotteeLCO PR SpecialistThe Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Tribal Police Department is proud to announce the hiring of four new officers who will join the department following successful completion of police academy training. The new recruits—Austin Egge, Kyle Ray-Tannehill, Jacob Tritz, a...

04/29/2025

04/25/2025

By Jennifer Cadotte LCO PR SpecialistOfficer Kayleigh Edley was honored today for her bravery and quick-thinking medical response that saved a life during a critical emergency.A crowd of family, friends, colleagues, and members of the Tribal Governing Board gathered in the classroom of the Lac Court...

04/23/2025

Today, the LCO Election Committee published the official ballot order for the 2025 Primary Election to be held on May 10th. The Caucus was held on April 5th whereby 32 candidates were nominated, and after background checks and a 3-day acceptance period, the total number of candidates running this ye...

04/23/2025

The Primary Election is set for May 10 and the General Election will be held June 21. There are 30 accepted candidates who accepted their nominations, but the Election Committee hasn’t released the final list yet. They will be vying for 4 open spots on the Tribal Governing Board. This is a notice ...

04/23/2025

By Jennifer Cadotte LCO PR SpecialistWisconsin Dells, Wis. - On April 16, 2025, Tribal Leaders from across the state met with officials from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF). The 2025 Tribal Consultation was well attended with a packed agenda.Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) was well...

04/23/2025

LCO Tribe Press ReleaseSpokane, WA – The Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians has been honored with 13 American Advertising Awards at the 2025 Inland Northwest ADDY Awards held in Spokane, WA.The award-winning projects include campaigns for LCO Clans, Va**ng Awareness, ...

04/16/2025

News Flash...

Tribal Chairman Louis Taylor is calling for a quick 24-hour noticed tribal governing board meeting tomorrow at 3:30 pm with only one item on the agenda… the Code of Conduct. Yes, the same code that made the news yesterday as I published the complaint filed by Adam DeNasha alleging the chairman violated the LCO Tribal Government Code of Conduct when he did the land deal across from the casino.

As I had written in the article yesterday, the TGB suspended that Tribal Government Code of Conduct when Adam DeNasha submitted his complaint, which also suspended the TGB action to respond to the complaint.

Tomorrow at 3:30 pm, the TGB plans to take up the newly amended Code of Conduct with an amendment that would basically make tribal governing board members immune from any disciplinary action for their conduct while they are elected officials.

The Code of Conduct was previously suspended on August 21, 2023, for six months, and then suspended again on Feb. 20, 2024, and then totally repealed on April 15, 2024.

Now it’s been a year, and they are set to reintroduce the newly amended Code with the following addition:

MCC.1.1.060 Limited Waiver of Individual Immunity of Elected Officials

The absolute immunity of individual Elected Officials alleged to have violated this Ordinance is only waived to the limited extent that the Tribe acting by a consensus of the Tribal Governing Board can pursue action for sanctions or penalties in connection with, or as a result of, allegations of unethical or improper conduct as established in this Ordinance, whether sustained by the Tribal Governing Board or not. This provision in no way waives the sovereign immunity of the Tribe or of its Elected Officials, whether in their official or individual capacity to any third party, other than to the tribal government acting through a consensus of the Tribal Governing Board pursuant to the powers granted by the Constitution, this limited waiver shall not be subject to judicial review, and shall be dismissed as a matter of law if filed for judicial review.

Questions…

Does this mean that no tribal member will be able to bring a lawsuit against any tribal governing board member?

In the Tribal Constitution, it states that tribal governing board members can’t use tribal resources for personal gain, but does this amendment mean if they do, they can’t be disciplined for their actions because they are Elected Officials?

Does this mean that, for example, an Elected Official could embezzle from one of our entities, they couldn’t be disciplined for their actions?

Does this mean that in their individual capacity, yet capacity as Elected Officials, they could sexually harass tribal members or employees, and nothing could be done about it?

This should raise a lot of eyebrows. Why the sudden need to pass this Ordinance?

This newly amended Code is not supported by all the Tribal Governing Board.

Here is a link to the story from yesterday about the Code of Conduct Complaint against the Tribal Chairman.

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