The tribe says it impounded the airplane because it landed on reservation land without prior approval or required coordination with tribal authorities. Tribal leaders added that the landing created ...
Red Lake Tribal Council says an investigation continues into the emergency landing of a plane on the reservation that was then impounded by the tribe. They say Darrin Smedsmo was piloting the plane ...
The Red Lake Nation has released a statement regarding the impoundment of an aircraft following an emergency landing within ...
Bad news,' a Red Lake officer said, apparently having spoken to tribal chief Darrell G. Seki, Sr. 'We're going to do what the chairman said.' ...
They came back, Smedsmo said, with bad news. Smedsmo had violated the tribe’s 1978 resolution prohibiting any aircraft from flying at an altitude lower than 20,000 feet above Red Lake tribal lands.