Feds back tribe, say Duluth’s Carter Hotel should be razed

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The city of Duluth, which lost a big round in one of its disputes with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa last month, got more bad news as the federal government backed the tribe’s push to demolish the Carter Hotel building, which the city wants to save.

The Duluth News-Tribune reports that the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs said the Carter Hotel, which the Fond du Lac Band bought in 2010, is a “significant health and safety problem.” The interior is covered with mold and may not have…

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