Members Call for Peaceful Removal of Rogue Board

While some members of the Sault Tribe want the rogue board removed at any cost, others are concerned for the safety of innocent bystanders. Government wheels turn slowly and impatience is brewing while we wait for a response from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Without BIA intervention, the process of drafting removal petitions must be precise, with proper reference points made to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians and applied to the violations of the individual board members elected to represent the best interests of the tribe and it's members.

On our board, we have Fred Paquin, Chief of Police who was recently arrested and charged with the physical assault of a female tribal member and employee of the tribe when she fought off his sexual advances. Prior to his arrest, he threatened to retaliate against the family members of the victim should she move forward with her complaint.

Paquin's history of abuse precedes this recent act. Another female employee (under Paquin's supervision) who was sexually harassed was fired after filing a complaint with the tribe's former HR director.

Paquin was also caught on camera in the midst of gaming violations selling raffle tickets within the confines of our Detroit Greektown casino....and the list goes on.

Several members of the Board of Directors seemed to feel he fit right in with their picture of just exactly what was needed as the person to head operations and appointed him CEO of the casino after making a move to remove the Tribal Chairman from the position. According to our Constitution, the Chairman also performs the role of CEO of Casino Operations. They also tried to remove the Chairman's authority over Paquin to prevent the Chairman from suspending Paquin from his duties as police chief until a court of law decides his guilt.

Protests from hundreds of tribal members regarding the lawless actions of a majority of the board has become a war with several members of the board determined to save the accused police chief by tampering with the laws that govern our tribe. Members of the tribe are joining to process removal petitions against several of the elected directors.

Those directors are attempting to control the members through threats of squashing the voting rights of more than half of the tribe's eligible voters and by violating an amendment to our constitution which eliminates the possibility of the former chairman from running in any tribal election while he is in litigation with the tribe. Former Chairman Bouschor arranged for the payoffs of several key employees prior to the evening that he was ousted from his seat as Chairman and CEO of our tribal owned casinos.

But all of this is just the tip of the iceberg. Fill in the blanks and we have a blockbuster film.
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