BAND ASSEMBLY WELCOMES SAM MOOSE

By VIVIAN LaMOORE, INAAJIMOWIN EDITOR

Sam Moose was sworn in as the new Commissioner of Administration by the Honorable District I Associate Judge Rhonda Sam before a full Band Assembly on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The Commissioner of Administration acts as the Chief of Staff and assumes the responsibility for the day-to-day government activities for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

“I am very excited and honored to be here in this position," Commissioner Moose said. "It will be a privilege to work with all of you, [gesturing to Band Assembly] and all of you [gesturing to those in attendance]. We will do everything we can to elevate the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.”

Commissioner Moose is a former Commissioner of the Mille Lacs Band Health and Human Services serving nearly 16 years in that position. He also served one year as the Commissioner of Community Development. He spent a little over five years as Director of Human Services at Fond du Lac and has done a lot of work regionally with the State of Minnesota; tribes from Michigan and Wisconsin; and sat on a number of boards nationally. “I am really excited to bring that experience back to my home Reservation and see what we can accomplish,” he said.

Watch for a more detailed introduction in an upcoming issue of the Inaajimowin and see more photos of the swearing-in at Inaajimowin.com/galleries.