Minnesota tribal leaders seek flexibility in tapping federal infrastructure aid

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. -- There's a saying in Indian Country that Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin used to frame up her remarks about the need for infrastructure improvements during a U.S. Senate field hearing in Prior Lake.

"You could tell where the reservation begins by where the pavement ends," she said. "We have a lot of catching up to do."

And Benjamin is hopeful that a line of money that has started to flow from Washington will provide that boost.

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