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The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Ojibwe: Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg) is a federally recognized Ojibwe band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The band had 9,426 enrolled tribal members as of March 2014.
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 reservation forms the land base for the federally recognized Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, one of six bands comprising the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, organized ...
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa; Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; White Earth Band of Ojibwe; As of July 2003, the six bands have 40,677 enrolled members. The White Earth Band is the largest, which had more than 19,000 members. According to the 2010 US Census, the Leech Lake Band had 10,660 residents living on its ...
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is the first tribe to open a dispensary this year, but more are on the horizon. Two tribes last year blazed the trail for recreational marijuana sales: ...
Jun. 5—CASS LAKE — The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe lifted its mask mandate on Thursday. At the regular tribal council meeting on June 3, 2021 the council voted to end the mandatory portion of ...
With the opening of state-licensed marijuana dispensaries still months away, several of Minnesota's tribal nations have stepped in to meet the demand from consumers eager to purchase cannabis legally.
On October 5, 1898, Leech Lake was the location of a conflict between Ojibwe and Federal troops of the United States, the Battle of Sugar Point. [8] A firefight broke out between the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe after one of the soldiers sent to retrieve a bootlegger mistakenly fired his rifle. [9]
Margaret Seelye was born on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on November 19, 1943, one of five children of Luella and Eugene Seelye. She was a member of the Turtle Clan of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Her Ojibwe names were Giiwedinookwe (North Wind Woman) and Aazhideyaashiikwe (Crossing Flight Woman).