2026_0521 CANDIDATE FORUM VERMILION

Secretary/Treasurer - Tara Geshick, David C. Morrison, Sr QUESTIONS: 1. What is your plan to strengthen unity among all members and make sure off-reservation and urban members feel equally included and supported? 2. After the software update and accounting, things have not been sped up. How are you going to ensure our bills will be paid in a timely manner so that services are not impacted? 3. What is your plan if Ishkode is unsuccessful? 4. How can our tribe begin to lead on profit-making projects? 5. In our casino, our employee band member count is the lowest it's ever been. How are you going to change our businesses to retain band members without impacting profits? District I Representative - Shane Drift, Mildred Holmes QUESTIONS: 1. What is your plan to strengthen unity among all members and make sure off-reservation and urban members feel equally included and supported? 2. How do you bring tourism dollars to Net Lake? 3. What is your plan if Ishkode is unsuccessful? 4. How much knowledge do you have on our dispensary and our 1866 lands? 5. How are you going to ensure resources are fairly distributed to both districts and urban areas? District II Representative - Robert Moyer, Alanna Sherman QUESTIONS: 1. What is your plan to strengthen unity among all members and make sure off-reservation and urban members feel equally included and supported? 2. What is your understanding of Public Law 280? 3. Fortune Bay is making drastic changes to operations, yet the council seems unaware. What are you going to change to have the council be informed? 4. Is the emergency response time from local emergency response teams adequate in your opinion? 5. What is your plan if Ishkode is unsuccessful? Native Governance Center is the moderator of this forum.