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

Submitted by U.S. Senator Tina Smith  One of the best parts of my job is traveling around the state to talk to Minnesotans about what they care about and the issues impacting them. A top priority this year has been discussing the…

ONIGUM-”Our doors are always open for everyone,” said Tribal Chairman Faron Jackson at the 2023 Unity Day celebration. The celebration held at Onigum community center brought together the city of Walker, the Leech Lake Cultural Alliance…

BEMIDJI- ”What we have to keep doing is hoping—that's why we keep doing this. We can't lose sight of hope and our family members we lost,” said Theresa Jourdain before the start of the search for missing teen Neveah Kingbird. The 2 day…

The Anishinaabe Culture Skills Camp hosted by the Leech Lake Division of Resource Management is a gathering of mentors and youth who are interested in exploring the traditions and culture that are tied to the Ojibwe who call Leech Lake…

CASS LAKE- In a momentous move that promises to shape the future of the Leech Lake Band community, tribal leaders recently announced the expansion of Class II gaming operations beyond tribal-owned establishments. This groundbreaking…

CASS LAKE - On August 31, 2023  the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee adopted a new ordinance allowing for adult-use recreational cannabis businesses to operate on our tribal lands in northern Minnesota. Through the new ordinance,…

By TERRI FINN | Executive Director 218-335-8200 [email protected] Boozhoo Leech Lakers, welcome to another year of budget management and planning. Over the past several months, the Budget Committee has been working diligently…

CASS LAKE – The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Emergency Shelter celebrated their four year anniversary, Friday August 11. The shelter was first approved by the Leech Lake Tribal Council in Spring 2019 and Hawk Construction broke ground on…

Bemidji-A new exhibit has opened at Bemidji's Watermark Art Center, Miikinaan gallery. The Miikinaan gallery which is home to the center's Traditional art exhibits is hosting “Ninanda-minwaajim – “I seek to tell a good story, (a…

Laurie Harper, director of education for the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, a K-12 tribal school on the Leech Lake Band Indian Reservation in northcentral Minnesota, never thought that a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl…