In her 2024 State of the Band address, Mille Lacs Band Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin reflected on 2023 as a year of many accomplishments. The speech and meeting were held
Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said 2023 was a year of progress for the central Minnesota-based tribe. Benjamin outlined band priorities for the coming year, including plans to open a cannabis growing facility.
Mille Lacs Band statute requires the chief executive to present to the Band Assembly an annual State of the Band Address on the second Tuesday of January of each calendar year. The first was in 1983.