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Cass Lake- The Leech Lake Tribal College STEM department held it’s 4th Annual “Across the Universe” event, Thursday April 4th. The event, which was open to the community, focused on instilling interest in science, technology, engineering…

Walker-The 2019 Leech Lake State of the Band Address was delivered by Tribal Chairman Faron Jackson Sr. on Friday, March 29th at the Northern Lights Casino Event Center. Chairman Jackson’s speech covered a wide a variety of initiatives…

Cass Lake- The Leech Lake Education Department is developing a new education code to redefine tribal sovereignty in education. The code which has been under development since 2016 aims to make changes across the departments eighteen…

Cass Lake- The Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe Tribal Council attended an appreciation lunch on March 13th for employees who have been working on the construction of the Cedar Lakes Casino, while getting their first tour of the new facility.…

Cass Lake- The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers dominated Thursday's playoff match up in the first round of the Minnesota Section 8A high school boys tournament against Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke. The number one seed Panthers hosted eighth seed…

By Damairay Birge The Leech Lake Men's basketball is coming off of a second place conference tournament finish after losing in the championship game against the number one seed, Sisseton Wahpeton Mustangs. President Raymond Burns states,…

ST. PAUL- The Minnesota House of Representatives invited Tribal leaders and State officials to the House Chamber on Presidents Day, February 18th, for a new event titled Sovereignty Day. The day envisioned last year by House Speaker…

CASS LAKE-Minnesota Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker and Office of Higher Education Commissioner Dennis Olson visited Leech Lake Tribal College on Friday, February 1st. The newly appointed commissioners' visit comes as part of…

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…

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…