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	Leech Lake Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Leech Lake Indian Reservation is located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca.
		As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 4,561, making it the second-largest Indian reservation in the state by rumber of residents.
		Under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the contemporary Leech Lake Reservation was formed from Leech Lake, Cass Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish, Chippewa and White Oak Point Reservations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leech_Lake_Indian_Reservation (241 words)

	Leech Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leech Lake is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States.
		The lake is the third largest in Minnesota, it covers 111,527 acres (451 km²), and has a maximum depth of 150 feet (46 m).
		Leech Lake is a popular sport fishing hotspot, and is fished for walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, panfish, northern pike and muskellunge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leech_Lake (158 words)

	Red Lake Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is home to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, and is the most populous reservation in the state according to the 2000 census when it recorded 5,071 residents.
		During this period, some of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians refusing relocation to the Turtle Mountains or the White Earth Reservation escaped to the Red Lake Reservation because it was "untouched Indian land".
		The current reservation is wholly-owned by the Red Lake Band, making it unique among reservations in Minnesota (some tribes own less than 10% of the land on their reservations).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Lake_Reservation (969 words)

	Fishing Leech Lake and Walker Minnesota for musky, walleye, bass, northern pike, muskie and more
		Leech Lake is the third largest lake in Minnesota, the fertile waters harbor some of the best muskie and walleye fishing in the Midwest.
		The Leech Lake River outlets at the dam on the northeast side and is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
		Leech Lake is classified as a hard-water walleye lake by the MDNR and the main basin is considered to be mesotrophic.
	www.fishingleechlake.com /fishing.htm (2053 words)

	Encyclopedia: Red Lake Indian Reservation
		It is a part of the Red Lake Indian Reservation, and includes the town of Red Lake, scene of the Red Lake High School massacre on 21 March 2005.
		Categories: U.S. Indian reservations Affectionately referred to by locals as the U or U of M, The University of Minnesota is a large university with several campuses spread throughout the U.S. state of Minnesota.
		Categories : U.S. Indian reservations Affectionately referred to by locals as the U or U of M, The University of Minnesota is a large university with several campuses spread throughout the U.S. state of Minnesota.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Red-Lake-Indian-Reservation (2246 words)

	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council - Leech Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Leech Lake Reservation is located in north central Minnesota in the counties of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca.
		The remaining land was ceded by treaty in 1855 that established the reservation.
		The Leech Lake Tribal Council is the governing body with their offices in Cass Lake and is a member of the MCT.
	www.cri-bsu.org /IA_web/htdocs/tribes/leech.html (870 words)

	Indians fear legal breakup of family - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 14, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The ICWA was passed in response to many Indian families being "broken up" by "non-tribal private and public agencies." According to congressional findings, large numbers of Indian children were placed in non-Indian foster and adoptive homes before the act was created.
		The Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare argues that the bill is not improving Indian children's lives.
		Morris said that once children are relocated to the reservations, they are subject to the corrupt law of the tribal government.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040513-113303-6160r.htm (467 words)

	EPA Region 5 Tribes - Leech Lake Tribe of Chippewa
		The Leech Lake Band of Chippewa resides on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in north-central Minnesota at the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
		The population of the Reservation is approximately 12,000.
		The dominant influence shaping the Reservation's outstanding features has been its history of multiple glaciation during the last ice age, creating a complex association of lake basins, out wash plains, till plains and moraines that range in thickness from 200 to 500 feet over Precambrian greenstone-granite terrain.
	www.epa.gov /docs/region5/tribes/tribepages/leechlake.htm (673 words)

	American Indian woman bids for MN senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Now Folstrom, a Democrat and a Leech Lake Ojibwe, is doing just that with a bid for the state Senate that would make her the first American Indian woman elected to the Minnesota Legislature.
		A recent wave of violence on the Leech Lake reservation claimed two of Folstrom's relatives - an uncle was stabbed to death, and a cousin was killed by a drunken driver.
		Minnesota's last American Indian state lawmaker was Sen. Harold "Skip" Finn, a Democrat from Cass Lake who resigned in disgrace in 1996 for stealing about $1 million from the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa through a self-insurance scheme.
	www.kstp.com /article/stories/S13082.html?cat=1 (1083 words)

	NAGPRA NOTICES OF INVENTORY COMPLETION: Human Remains, Associated Funerary Object, and Unassociated Funerary Object in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lake Winnibigoshish is located within the exterior boundaries of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
		Officials of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the one object listed above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
		Lastly, officials of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains, associated funerary object, and the unassociated funerary object and the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
	www.cast.uark.edu /other/nps/nagpra/DOCS/nic0269.html (457 words)

	Bugonaygeshig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The reservation was established by the treaties of February 22, 1855 and May 1,1867, and the Executive Orders of October 28,1873, and May 26,1874.
		The Leech Lake Band of Chippewa have, in the past ten years, been able to reverse the trend which was leading toward the reservation's termination.
		The reservation is one of six Chippewa reservations in the state that were organized to form the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.
	www.cradleboard.org /sites/bug.html (1621 words)

	StarTribune.com Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The problem for Cass Lake is that the county it lies in is rather ignorant of the problems that face them.
		I was born and raised on the Leech Lake reservation, and my family is no different from most families on or off the reservation.
		I was exposed to the life of drugs and alcohol on Leech Lake Reservation as a teenager in the early 80's, when hanging out with my cousin and her friends.
	online.startribune.com /forum/index.php?t=msg&th=579&unread=1&rid=&S= (4540 words)

	Leech Lake Indian Reservation Cass Lake, Minnesota (Native American)
		Towering pines fringe the reservation's many lakes, two of which are among the largest in the state.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and The Leech Lake Reservation Tribal offices are all located in Cass Lake.
		Cass Lake is also the home of The Palace Lodge, Memorial Pow Wow Grounds, and The Leech Lake Tribal College.
	www.ohwy.com /mn/l/lheievos.htm (206 words)

	MPR: New round of environmental testing underway on Leech Lake Reservation
		Cass Lake, Minn. — An environmental sampling crew from the Twin Cities huddles at the back of an SUV.
		Leech Lake tribal officials have long been frustrated with the slow-moving bureaucracy of the federal clean-up effort.
		Shirley Nordrum is an environmental specialist with the Leech Lake Band's natural resources division.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/08/12_robertsont_stregisupdate (1228 words)

	Leech Lake Indian Reservation
		Leech Lake Indian Reservation was ceded by treaty to the Chippewa Nation in 1854.
		Although the reservation originally had almost a million acres, the area was gradually reduced in size by congressional acts and executive orders to the current size of 26,766 acres.
		The Reservation is located in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest in North Central Minnesota.
	www.brookmanstamps.com /Netcat/Indians/LeechLake.htm (97 words)

	Minnesota Statutes 2005, 97A.155
		The funds shall be remitted to the Leech Lake Band in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions that may be mutually agreed upon.
		The funds shall be remitted to the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided in section 97A.151.
		The commissioner shall not interpret commercial fishing in the settlement agreement in a manner that restricts aquaculture by the Leech Lake Band, or Leech Lake Band members, that is conducted consistent with state policies, laws, and regulations relating to aquaculture.
	www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us /stats/97A/155.html (133 words)

	Leech Lake Indian Reservation
		The reservation was established in the late 1800's by Congress and many Ojibwe still live in the area.
		The land of Leech Lake is full of natural treasures including a large population of nesting bald eagles.
		Visits to the shores of this mountain lake will be an invigorating experience for nature enthusiast who love the sparkle of undeveloped country stretching before them.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2153/places/28891 (202 words)

	Paul Buffalo Biography -- Tim Roufs -- University of Minnesota Duluth
		She was born and raised and lived for eighty-six years with the Indians.
		When it comes to religion the Indians have always believed in their religion full in mind.
		She stood on the lake, looking out to the lake with tears in her eyes, wondering where her mother was.
	www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/troufs/Buffalo/PB01.html (3245 words)

	INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 1, Laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		That before said railroad shall be constructed through any land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railroad.
		That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its line through said reservation, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad.
		That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located and constructed with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/vol1/html_files/SES0571.html (320 words)

	MPR: Cass Lake community struggles with increase in violence
		Cass Lake, Minn. — It's hard to find anyone in the Cass Lake area who hasn't in some way been affected by recent violence.
		National statistics show native people on reservations are two and a half times more likely to be a victim of violent crime than the general population.
		The recent string of violence in Cass Lake was the last straw for Leech Lake Tribal Chairman George Goggleye.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/12/01_robertsont_casskillings/?rsssource=1 (1205 words)

	Cass Lake/Leech Lake, Minnesota, Ojibwe Reservation
		eech Lake-Cass Lake reservation was established by the Treaties of February 22, 1855 and May 1, 1867, and by Executive Orders of October 28, 1873 and May 26, 1874.
		The Indian forest was entirely logged over by railboard and timber combines of the early 20th century; forest lands in all of this area are now regrowth, not original.
		Sustained-yield forestry harvest on the 20,000 acres of tribal forest land is being investigated.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/mn/casslake.htm (992 words)

	Minnesota Statutes 2005, 97A.151
		The purpose of this section is to give recognition and effect to the rights of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians that are preserved by federal treaty relating to hunting, fishing, and trapping, and to the gathering of wild rice on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
		All money collected by the commissioner for special licenses shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the Leech Lake Band and White Earth Band special license account, which is hereby created.
		All money in the state treasury credited to the Leech Lake Band and White Earth Band special license account, less any deductions for administrative costs authorized by the terms of the settlement agreement, is appropriated to the commissioner who shall remit the money to the committee pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement;
	www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us /stats/97A/151.html (505 words)

	Civil Rights and Liberties at Leech Lake
		In 1968, Congress passed the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) to provide the same Bill of Rights protections from federal and state governments’ intrusions and abuses, to all U.S. citizens (Indian and non-Indian) from Indian Reservations’ exercise of tribal governmental powers.
		The ICRA expects that those who have a grievance against reservation tribal government acts or omissions, to seek redress or remedies in tribal courts.
		Unfortunately, for the Anishinabe People of the Leech Lake Reservation tribal government continues to treat all employment in governmental/tribal jobs as being political patronage.
	www.maquah.net /media/news (650 words)

	Leech Lake Indian Reservation - COMPLAINT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
		That this Court has jurisdiction over these claims because they are matters “within the power and authority of the Leech Lake Band including controversies arising out of the Constitution of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Bylaws, statutes, ordinances, resolutions, and codes enacted by the Reservation Tribal Council.
		That on June 10, 2004, Defendant Wilson with the aid, protection and escort of Assistant Leech Lake Tribal Police Chief John Wind and a second officer did personally search attorney Bibeau’s personal effects and did seize and hold personal property, files and other valuables without consent during the removal from employment.
		That later on June 15, 2004, Norman DesChampe, MCT President did issue a response to the entire Leech Lake Tribal Council (LLRBC) to express his concern “that Secretary-Treasurer LaRose appears to be under similar restraint by reason of court order sought and received by the District Representatives [on June 10, 2004, CV-04-108].
	maquah.net /media/news/2004-12-04_CivilRightsComplaint.html (3603 words)

	Native Americans: Chippewa Indian Tribe (Ojibway First Nations, Ojibwa, Anishinabe)
		People: Along with the Cree, the Ojibwe are one of the most populous and widely distributed Indian groups in North America, with 150 bands throughout the north-central United States and southern Canada.
		The emphasis of these pages is on American Indians as a living people with a present and future as well as a past.
		Ethnicity and dispossession at a Minnesota Anishinaabe reservation.
	www.native-languages.org /chippewa.htm (1218 words)

	Ojibwe Bibliography - part 1
		Abstract: International boundary between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods / by U. Grant -- The settlement and development of the Red River Valley / by W. Upham -- The discovery and development of the iron ores of Minnesota / by N. Winchell.
		Indians were made U.S. citizens in 1924, but in 1946 I hadn’t learned enough English to figure out that I’m not an Indian.
		Abstract: William Hallett, Red Lake Chippewa and the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, discusses such topics as (1) his new job, (2) ideas for change in the BIA (staff mobilization, clarification of bureau objectives, reorganization), (3) economic development for tribes, (4) education, and (5) Indian preference.
	www.maquah.net /dissertation/bibliography/OjibweBibliography-part01.html (8675 words)

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