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Roger Jourdain. Roger Jourdain (July 27, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an Ojibwe civic leader who served as chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa from 1959 to 1990. Jourdain is credited with protecting Red Lake's extensive tribal sovereignty and improving tribal infrastructure during his tenure in office.
Margaret "Peggy" Seelye Treuer (1943–2020) was an American Ojibwe judge and lawyer. She was Minnesota's first Native American woman lawyer, working as a federal magistrate and tribal court judge for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Red Lake Nation, and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
Kade Michael Ferris was born on January 25, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas. [1] His parents were Kristeen Evenmo Ferris and Albert Lee Ferris. [1] His father was an artist and medical illustrator, originally from the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation; [10] his mother was also an artist and photographer, originally from Minnesota. [11]
Newly introduced legislation in the Minnesota House and Senate proposes giving all state-owned land within 1 mile of Upper Red Lake to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. State Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL ...
Jul. 8—RED LAKE — While many were celebrating the United States Independence Day on July Fourth, the celebration was just getting started on Tuesday, July 6, in the Red Lake Nation. Red Lakers ...
The current Red Lake Reservation is entirely owned and occupied by members of the Red Lake Band, making it unique among reservations in Minnesota. As a result of allotment and sales in the intervening years, some tribes own less than 10% of the land within their reservation boundaries.
Press room of The Tomahawk, White Earth Indian Reservation, 1903. This list of Indigenous newspapers in North America is a dynamic list of newspapers and newsletters edited and/or founded by Native Americans and First Nations and other Indigenous people living in North America.
Medweganoonind was the head chief of the Red Lake Band at the time of the 1889 treaty negotiations, intended to implement the Nelson Act of 1889. He took responsibility in front of a visiting commission appointed by President Benjamin Harrison [ 5 ] for defending the rights of the Red Lake Band to a diminished reservation at Red Lake.