a sustainable buffalo economy. Government The revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe were approved by the Secretary of Interior on March 3, 1964. The governing body of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is the Reservation Business Committee, which is composed of a Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and three Representatives: one from District I (Cloquet), one from District II (Sawyer) and one from District III (Brookston). All are elected to four-year terms on a staggered basis, with the Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer also serving as members of the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The current members of the Reservation Business Committee are: Chairman: Kevin Dupuis Sr. Secretary/Treasurer: Ferdinand Martineau Jr. District-I Representative: Wally Dupuis District-II Representative: Bruce Savage District-III Representative: Roger Smith Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is one of six members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT), from which it receives certain administrative services and support. The tribal government issues its own license plates. In the 2020 United States Census, the reservation recorded a population of 4,184 people and in July, 2007, MCT reported 4,044 people enrolled through Fond du Lac. Notable members William Houle - Chairman of the Fond du Lac Band from 1974–1988 Jim Northrup - Author, and "Fond du Lac Follies" columnist Thomas David Petite - Inventor Joe Pappio - Professional Football Player Chicago Cardinals, Oorang Indians (Jim Thorpe Coach) also played college football at Haskell Indian Nations University. See also Minnesota Indian Affairs Council References External links Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - Official tribal government website Bemaadizing: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Indigenous Life (An online journal) Ojibwe in Minnesota Ojibwe governments Native American tribes in Minnesota Native American tribes in Wisconsin Carlton County, Minnesota St. Louis County, Minnesota Douglas County, Wisconsin ca:Fond du Lac