Tribal Government

The new memorandum of understanding between the USDA and Leech Lake Band bulids on a 2019 agreement for co-managing the national forest in Minnesota.

The Department of Energy awarded millions of dollars to small and medium-sized tribal nations and local governments for clean energy projects.

James "Jim" Loud died Monday, Aug. 26, with services in Mahnomen and Redby this week.

Chairman Michael Fairbanks greeted hundreds of guests as he was sworn in for his second term Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Laura Lee Erickson was also sworn in for her first term serving District 3.

The transfer is part of the Leech Lake Land Restoration Act of 2020, reversing transfers by the Secretaries of Interior decades ago that were later found to be illegal.

A recap of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe unofficial general election results, gathered from bands in Northern Minnesota.

The memorandum of agreement between White Earth and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service doesn't transfer ownership, but it does formalize a co-stewardship agreement.

Incumbents who ran again for chairperson on other reservations in Tuesday’s races will be moving on. All were the top vote-getters but failed to garner more than 50%.

Tribal members on and off the reservation will cast ballots in elections on Tuesday, April 2.

The Chippewa Forest land transfer is one of the most monumental developments to take place on Leech Lake since the first treaties were signed in 1855, according to the chairman.