The meeting was attended by the city’s new mayor Jim Moe, North Dakota State Rep. Dennis Johnson, members of the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce, Ramsey County commissioners, representatives from Lake Region State College and former Devils Lake Mayor Dick Johnson.
Despite successfully turning in the necessary paperwork this spring to have the former boarding school students' remains exhumed, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Spirit Lake tribes will likely have to wait another year before they can bring the boys home.
Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed tribal members and other attendees to the fourth Strengthening Government to Government Partnerships and Relationships Conference, highlighting progress made through collaboration between the state and North Dakota’s tribal nations over the last two years and outlining challenges and opportunities to address in the upcoming legislative session and beyond.