Lac Des Milles Lacs First Nation election results valid, adjudicator rules – CBC
Elders, community members ‘shocked and dismayed’ by adjudicator’s response, complainant says
Jul 29, 2015
Concerns remain after an adjudicator ruled the election results for Lac Des Milles Lacs First Nation, north of Thunder Bay, Ont., are valid.
The election took place on June 8, returning Judy Maunula, who goes by the traditional name Chief Whitecloud, to office. Her challenger, Kathleen Sawdo, appealed the results under the First Nation’s custom election code.
Sawdo alleges that Indian status cards were being secretly issued at a Thunder Bay hotel room, during the election campaign, as part of a scheme to re-elect Maunula.
