Liberty named U.S. presidential scholarship candidate

BEMIDJI—Mitakamizi Liberty, enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and a graduating senior at TrekNorth High School, has been named one of more than 4,000 candidates in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Liberty is the son of Leslie Harper and Adrian Liberty, and TrekNorth staff said he is the only Minnesota student from outside the Twin Cities area to be named a candidate.

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