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Our traditions are strong': Red Lake State of the Band Address focuses on progress from 2022, hopes for 2023
Daltyn Lofstrom, Bemidji Pioneer|Mar 13, 2023
REDBY - As Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. said in his Red Lake Nation State of the Band Address on Friday, 2022 was a busy and productive year for the nation. Along with council members and community leaders, Seki addressed a packed room of attendees in the Oshkiimaajitahdah Community Center,eager to hear about the progress of the last year and hopes for 2023. Ahead of the remarks, the Little Bear Drum Group played four drum songs opening the event. This was followed by introduction...
Red Lake to be a part of $6.6 million electric vehicle project
Daltyn Lofstrom, Bemidji Pioneer|Nov 22, 2021
Nov. 19—RED LAKE — In an effort to connect Red Lake, Standing Rock and other tribal nations throughout the upper Midwest with electronic vehicle charging stations, Minneapolis-based Native Sun Community Power Development and over two dozen of its partners will make use of a recently awarded $6.67 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office. "This is a great example of direct federal spending on new infrastructure in underserved communities," Native Sun Executive Director Bob Blake said in a release. "Native Sun and...