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Indigenous Peoples’ Movement March Held in Bemidji
BEMIDJI- The Bemidji State University American Indian Resource Center, Deer River High School Ogichiidaag Club and other allies joined together Friday, January 18th in Bemidji for the Indigenous Peoples Movement March.
Friday’s event was…
LLTC Lakers Game Recap January 12-13, 2019
CASS LAKE- The Leech Lake Tribal College Lakers men's basketball team split a pair of wins and losses during last weekend's games.
LLTC dominated their Saturday game but fell Sunday in their first conference loss (13-1) to the Red River…
“Madwewe– It Is Heard”, Sounds of Indigenous culture exhibit…
BEMIDJI-The Bemidji Watermark Art Center held an artist reception on Friday January 11th, in the Miikanan gallery for their new exhibit “Madwewe– It Is Heard”.
The multimedia exhibit features work by Rod Northbird, Kent Estey, Angela Two…
LLBO Receives Rebate for New Solar Installation
CASS LAKE- In early January, Otter Tail Power Company awarded the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe $49,875.00 as a rebate for a solar project completed at the Tribal Headquarters last year.
The money comes from the Otter Tail Publicly Owned…
“Native Voices” Health Exhibition comes to Bemidji…
BEMIDJI- Bemidji State University's A.C. Clark Library will play host to the "Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness" traveling library exhibition starting January 9th and continuing through February 14th.
The campus…
January is National Radon Action Month
Even though we cannot see it, Radon is real! It is an Invisible, odorless radioactive gas, so we cannot see or smell it. Radon gas causes lung cancer, and there is no known safe level. Radon is responsible for an estimated 21,000 deaths…
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Cass County win Local Government…
MINNEAPOLIS: The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Cass County accepted the Local Government Leading Innovator award in the Native Nations Category, Friday December 13th at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School.
The award-winning…
Leech Lake Hosts Opioid Response Summit
WALKER- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe's Opioid Response Summit broke new ground in the first stages of developing a strategic plan to stop the opioid crisis.
The final few hours of the two day summit ended in group breakout sessions in…
MCT Constitutional Convention Delegate meetings set for December…
The Constitutional Reform meetings are progressing as we meet to share information, strategize on the best way to engage the community, and develop a process for selecting Leech Lake’s delegates to the upcoming MCT Constitutional…
2nd Constitutional Reform Meeting Set For November 30
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Government Relations Office is announcing a second public meeting for LLBO Band Members regarding the current status of constitutional reform efforts and delegate information at the MN Chippewa Tribe.
The…