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

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…

As the American Indian College Fund celebrates its 30th year, the application for its signature scholarship program - The Full Circle Scholarship - has opened to support Native American college students during the 2019-2020 school year.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced that the Senate has approved S. 2599, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act. S. 2599 would transfer approximately…