Leech Lake News - Important news and information for the Leech Lake area in Minnesota

ST PAUL, MN – In an important win for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a massive and controversial engineered wood factory proposed to be built near the Band’s Reservation must undergo…

NOTICE FROM BUREAU OF TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTRATION Is the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration looking for you? If your name is on this Whereabouts Unknown List, you may have money, land or both on deposit in an Individual Indian Monies…

BEMIDJI, Minn. – In a partnership with the City of Cass Lake and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking feedback on three design options developed to form a new vision for Highway 2 in Cass…

CASS LAKE– The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe's Ahnji-Be-Mah-Diz Recovery Center (ARC) is set to undergo a transformative change, thanks to newly announced federal funding, bringing new hope and opportunities for recovery and healing. The ARC…

CASS LAKE- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe recently was awarded an $18.7 million broadband grant courtesy of The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA.) The grant comes from  NTIA’s…

Submitted by Johnny Brown, LLBO Radon Technician What is Radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer. It is a gas that we cannot see, smell or taste. Radon is naturally made by the decay of elements found in the dirt…

SUGAR POINT – The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe held their Quarterly Meeting in person Friday, January 6th, at the Sugar Point community center. Tribal Chairman Faron Jackson Sr. gave the opening remarks followed by a financial report from…

UPDATE 01/02/23: FY23 Budget Public for District I was rescheduled from December 19, 2022 to Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the Inger Community Center from 5:00PM – 7:00PM. CASS LAKE- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Accounting Department has…

CASS LAKE-Native Americans have only been able to vote for less than 60 years, and still to this day fight against voter suppression, making exercising your right to vote all the more powerful.   In a study done by the Native American…