Between 1954 and 1963, Lurie worked frequently as a researcher and expert witness for tribal petitioners in cases brought before the U. S. Indian Claims Commission, including Lower Kutenai (Ktunaxa), Lower Kalispe l(Kalispel), Quileute, Sac and Fox Nation, Winnebago (aka Ho-Chunk), Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Eastern Potawatomi; after 1963 she appeared as an expert witness in regard to the Wisconsin Chippewa and Menominee in federal courts.
In November 2008, Marcellais was voted in as the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a Native American tribe of Ojibwa and Métis peoples
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