Leah Sprague-Fodor. Photo courtesy Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians in Michigan, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, has a new leader for the first time in more than two decades. The tribal council selected Leah Sprague-Fodor to serve as chair last Wednesday. She's served on the council since 2012 and was one of the first two staff members for the tribe. “I am honored and proud to serve as the Chairperson of the tribe,” Sprague-Fodor said in a press release. “My focus will remain on the wellbeing of our elders, our children, and the entire tribal community as one extended family. I look forward to continuing the legacy of leadership handed down to me by our ancestors who worked hard to keep our community together here in our homelands Sprague-Fodor succeeds her father, D.K. Sprague, in the post. He retired in January after 24 years of leading the tribe through a successful federal recognition effort, a high-profile land-into-trust case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court , the opening of the Gun Lake Casino and the debut of the tribe's new governmental campus.
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