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Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrated on Oct. 9 is “a day to celebrate who Indigenous people are,” said artist and business-owner Rebecca Kirk (Klamath and Leech Lake Ojibwe). “There was a time when we weren’t able to celebrate or practice our traditional customs, but now we’re able to and that’s a rea
“This is one of the most monumental and positive developments to take place on Leech Lake since the first treaties were signed and the reservation was established in 1855,” said Leech Lake Chairman Faron Jackson Sr.
Despite winter weather sweeping through the area the night before, Leech Lake Nation weathered the storm at its annual State of the Band address at Northern Lights Casino in Walker on Friday.