NEXT PERM BOARD MEETING
Monday, October 12, 2026
1:00 pm in the Boardroom at:
Cinema Professional Bldg
657 Main St. NW, Suite 100
Elk River, MN 55330
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Contact Gov. Walz
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CONTACT INFO
PERM, Cinema Professional Bldg, 657 Main St NW Suite 100, Elk River, MN 55330
Phone: 763-843-1039
Email: SaveMN@perm.org
LINKS TO INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTS
Minnesota Treaties
- 50 Years Past The Deadline…
- “As Long as the Grass Grows and the Rivers Flow”
- Treaty of 1837
- 1850 Presidential Order
- Treaty with the Chippewa, 1855
- Treaty with the Chippewa, 1854
- Treaty with the Chippewa, 1864
- MAP: Minnesota Treaty Areas
Treaty Rights
- Mille Lacs Treaty and Relevant Events Timeline
- No basis for Exclusive Red Lake Tribal Zone
- U.S. v Holt State Bank: No basis for Exclusive Red Lake Tribal Zone
- Bud Grant Report
- Indian Understanding – Judge Murphy Was Wrong
- Historian Knocks Defeated Mille Lacs Agreement
- The “Understanding” Issue After 157 Years
- Save Minnesota for $1,500,000
- Why We Oppose Tribal Hunting and Fishing Claims
- Who Really Needs Treaty Rights in 1997?
Sovereignty
- 50 Years Past The Deadline…
- Accountability and Its Effect on Indian Law
- American Indians, Citizens or Slaves?
- Ground Breaking Legal Work May Turn the Tide
- Sovereignty and Civil Rights
Environment
- The New Mille Lacs Plan: A Closer Look (PDF)
- The New Mille Lacs Agreement: Pros & Cons (PDF)
- The Mille Lacs Fish Management Plan (PDF)
- Safe-Harvest Politics (PDF)
- Why the DNR is Wrong about Mille Lacs (PDF)
- What Industry Can Create Economic Growth…?
- America On Sale
Press Releases & Legal Briefs
- Local Organization Files Briefs With Supreme Court in Case With National Ramifications.
- U.S. SUPREME COURT SAYS NO TO TRIBAL TAX. Local organization plays important role in ruling.
- “PERM’s brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Atkinson Trading Company v. Shirley.”
Articles & Reports
- After six years of failed treaty management on Mille Lacs—IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE (PDF)
- The New Mille Lacs Plan: A Closer Look (PDF)
- The New Mille Lacs Agreement: Pros & Cons (PDF)
- 50 Years Past the Deadline. . . Why are Indian Tribes Still Suing over Ancient Treaties?
- The Mille Lacs Fish Management Plan (PDF)
- Safe-Harvest Politics (PDF)
- Why the DNR is Wrong about Mille Lacs (PDF)
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