The Grand Portage Tribal Council is the government of the reservation. The Tribal Council has a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary Treasurer, Council man, and Council woman. In 1996 Grand Portage signed a contract that says that they are there own government and independent of minnesota. Also in 1996 the tribe got a Land Use Ordinates approved for the reservation. This ordinance has to do with forestry, to help out the reservations land and wild life. The hunting and fishing rights of tribal members monitored by the Tribal Code.
The community at Grand Portage contains the Tribal Headquarters, the Trading Post, Daycare Facility, and other small businesses. There is a Gitchi Onigaming Community Center that was built in 1994. It offers a wide variety of activities, like a swimming pool, a senior center, a teen center, library and powwow grounds. The center also provides services with a Head Start program. Also there is with an elementary school in Grand Portage that has been there since the 1930's. A new school for student's K-6th grade was opened in 1997 and is linked to the community center. The old school building, the only log school in Minnesota, will continue to be used for educational activities for the Tribe. The students go to middle and high school in Grand Marais. The community has its own health clinic, ambulance service and volunteer fire department.
The community at Grand Portage contains the Tribal Headquarters, the Trading Post, Daycare Facility, and other small businesses. There is a Gitchi Onigaming Community Center that was built in 1994. It offers a wide variety of activities, like a swimming pool, a senior center, a teen center, library and powwow grounds. The center also provides services with a Head Start program. Also there is with an elementary school in Grand Portage that has been there since the 1930's. A new school for student's K-6th grade was opened in 1997 and is linked to the community center. The old school building, the only log school in Minnesota, will continue to be used for educational activities for the Tribe. The students go to middle and high school in Grand Marais. The community has its own health clinic, ambulance service and volunteer fire department.