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Pilot lands on reservation and gets his plane seized

Gail P Sherman
Dec 29, 2025
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A pilot made an emergency landing on a reservation highway, and the Red Lake Nation impounded his plane.

The pilot, taking a shortcut from Roseau to Bemidji, Minnesota, over the Red Lake Reservation, home of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, experienced engine failure and landed safely on a highway within the reservation. The Red Lake reservation co…

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