The legal director for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been fired by two of the tribal council members that were being investigated.
Michael Garbow was fired during a a special tribal council meeting attended only by Secretary-Treasurer Arthur “Archie” LaRose and Representative Donald “Mick” Finn.
Grabow was investigating LaRose and Finn for alleged conflicts-of-interests and misuse of power.
LaRose and Finn defended their vote, saying Garbow was an at-will employee.
But Chairman George Goggleye Jr., who wasn't present at the meeting, said neither man should have participated in the vote.
“What happened today is an injustice, a travesty,” Goggleye told The Bemidji Pioneer of last Friday's meeting. “It’s nothing less than we had three council members who called an illegal meeting.”
Get the Story:Leech Lake Tribal Council members vote to fire legal director who was investigating them (The Bemidji Pioneer 1/14)
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