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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The LLBO Tribal Council has declared a Public Health Emergency in response to Coronavirus. Click to Read. COVID-19 UPDATES. The health and safety of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe community members, employees and patrons is our main priority.
The Leech Lake Reservation ( Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard.
The Division of Resouce Management is dedicated to the protection of the natural resouces present upon the Leech Lake Reservation. Our boundaries. The Leech Lake Indian Reservation contains 864,158 acres, including parts of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca Counties (see location map).
The Ojibwe living around Leech Lake signed treaties with the United States Government, and by doing so, the Leech Lake Reservation was created. In 1858, the state of Minnesota was admitted to the Union.
Apr 18, 2024 · The Leech Lake Reservation is a federally-recognized reservation in Minnesota. Established -- May 7, 1864. Agency (BIA) -- Leech Lake Agency (1874-1879) - White Earth Agency (1879-1899) - Leech Lake Agency (1899-1921) - Consolidated Chippewa Agency (1922-)
The Leech Lake Tribe holds the smallest percentage of its reservation of any of the state's tribes. County, state, and federal governments owned well over half of the original land. Of the 677,099 original acres, 212,000 acres are surface area of the three big lakes.
Coordinates: 47°09′21″N 94°23′24″W. Leech Lake (translated from the Ojibwe language Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag: Lake abundant with bloodsuckers) is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is southeast of Bemidji, located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and completely within the Chippewa National Forest.
The band's land base is the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, which includes eleven communities aggregated into three districts, as defined in the tribal constitution, Government. Flags at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Office.
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake, Minnesota. 13,725 likes · 423 talking about this · 4,092 were here. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is a federally recognized, sovereign Native American nation.
May 18, 2022 · Fairbanks said the Leech Lake band’s relationship with the Cass County leaders played an important role in getting the Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Act signed into law.
