By Michaela Paukner mpaukner@wislawjournal.com Despite acknowledging that federal agencies had given the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin a “runaround”, a federal appeals court ruled against the tribe this week in a lawsuit over a permit for the Back Forty mine in ...

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A former Menominee tribal police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to sexually exploit a child.

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The leader of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin says it won't plant a new crop of industrial hemp until a federal judge resolves the tribe's lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

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