CASS LAKE — Working collectively to implement the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the Chippewa National Forest have announced that
“This is one of the most monumental and positive developments to take place on Leech Lake since the first treaties were signed and the reservation was established in 1855,” said Leech Lake Chairman Faron Jackson Sr.
The Forest and the Band jointly identified the proposed parcels to be transferred. The intent is to limit fragmentation of ownership boundaries while honoring private property rights.
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act Plan of Survey in place mesabitribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mesabitribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Plan in place to transfer 11K acres of Chippewa National Forest land back to Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe fox9.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox9.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Plans taking shape for feds to transfer more than 11,000 acres to Leech Lake Reservation startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The White House On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, the President signed into law: H.R. 3465, the “Fallen Journalist Memorial Act, which authorizes the Fallen Journalist Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to commemorate America’s commitment to a free press by honoring journalist who sacrificed their lives to that cause; H.R. 4761, the “DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019,” which requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to implement a strategy to ensure that chemical screening devices at ports of entry are able to identify illicit narcotics at specified purity levels; S. 199, the “Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act,” which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior certain Federal land to be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe;