It is projected that the tribe will experience a gradual population decrease in the coming decades, unless it lowers its current membership requirement of at least 25% Native ancestry,[1][2] as a consequence of tribal members having children with non-Native Americans (nationwide, 54-61% of all Native Americans marry non-Natives[3]).

In 1934 it declined to participate, as its citizens did not want to give up the band's system of hereditary chiefs.

The Red Lake Band developed its constitution in the 1950s, electing its first chairman in 1959.

The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe provides basic services to each of its six-member Bands, unless the individual Band has signed a compact to provide these services themselves.

The services are provided through their offices located in Cass Lake, Minnesota.