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It's been less than a month since Erma Vizenor resigned as chair of the White Earth Tribal Council, and already nearly a dozen tribe members are running to fill her seat.


Winona LaDuke, executive director of the Native American environmental group Honor the Earth,  was the first to garner attention
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Since then many others have thrown their hats in the ring. Earlier this week the White Earth Tribal Council certified 12 candidates. 


Candidates running for chairperson are:  Emily Annette, Michael Dahl, Robert Durant, K Melinda Iverson, James Jackson, Diana King, Winona LaDuke, Karen M. Manypenny, Marvin Manypenny, Patrick Scott Sr., Terrance Tibbetts Sr. and Leonard Wadena.


A primary election will be held April 5. The top two candidates will move on to a general election June 14, unless one candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, in which case that candidate will be declared the winner.

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It's been less than a month since Erma Vizenor resigned as chair of White Earth, and already nearly a dozen tribe members are running to fill her seat.

Winona LaDuke at the hearing on water standards.

Crowded contest for White Earth tribal chair

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