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

On Wednesday, May 9, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton vetoed an attempt led by State Senator Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids and State Representative Dale Lueck (R-Aitkin) to remove a state water quality standard designed to protect manoomin…

BEMIDJI, Minn. – A collaborative project between the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Department of Transportation to reduce crashes on Highway 2 and Cass County Road 75/Bingo Palace Road in Cass Lake is scheduled to begin on May…

Well, I’m really not sure where to start off the article, because we do so many things together as a family. I guess when Margaret decided she wanted to back to school, at Bemidji State University in the fall of 2016 to take up the courses…

The Leech Lake Tribal Enrollment Office will be visiting the Duluth and Minneapolis Urban Offices to provide Band Members with Tribal Identification Cards. This event was postponed and then canceled in March, it has now been rescheduled on…

(Cass Lake, MINN.) The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is disappointed in the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) O’Reilly’s ruling on April 23, 2018 that recommends in-trench replacement of Line 3. This recommendation ignores environmental justice…

U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan (MN-8) introduced H.R. 5529, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act, into Congress on April 17, 2018. This companion bill is identical to S. 2599 which was sponsored in the Senate…

Residents and business owners are encouraged to attend an open house on Tuesday, April 24 to learn more about this summer’s intersection reconstruction on Highway 2 at Cass County Road 75 / Bingo Palace Road in Cass Lake. The open house…

Every year there are fewer and fewer Ojibwe language speakers left. Elders have asked that the few remaining Ojibwe language speakers be recorded so that the language can be preserved and passed on to the younger generations. Most Ojibwe…

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Accounting Department invites all Band Members to attend the public hearings on the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Budget. We need your input, invite your questions, and value your opinion. So please join us in a…

CASS LAKE, MN- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Election Board has certified the results of the Primary Election held on April 3, 2018. The following candidates have advanced to the General Election, which will be held on June 12, 2018:…