Red Lake Nation News - Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

More than 400 Band members, and friends of Red Lake Nation slowly streamed into the new Oshkiimaajitahdah (New Path or New Journey) Event Center in Redby, (a change of venue from previous years held at Seven Clans Casino, Red Lake) to attend the annual Red Lake Nation State of the Band Address on Friday, It was scheduled for...

More than 400 Band members, and friends of Red Lake Nation slowly streamed into the new Oshkiimaajitahdah (New Path or New Journey) Event Center in Redby, (a change of venue from previous years held at Seven Clans Casino, Red Lake) to attend the annual Red Lake Nation State of the Band Address on Friday, It was scheduled for...

Band members, and all friends and allies of Red Lake Nation are cordially invited to attend the annual Red Lake Nation State of the Band Address on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 10:00 am at Oshkiimaajitahdah Event Center, Redby. In this annual report to the people, Red Lake Chairman Darrell G. Seki, Sr., will recap the Tribal...

The Fifteenth (non-consecutive) Red Lake Community Wellness Gathering was held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, January 9-11, 2023, at Red Lake Nation College in Red Lake. (Gatherings for 2021 and 2022 were not held due to COVID) This is the third year the Wellness Gathering has been held earlier in the year during the January...

The Red Lake Political Education Committee (RLPEC), a tribal non-profit, and non-partisan organization, will be hosting a Candidate Fair on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Fair will be held at the Oshkiimaajitahdah (New Beginnings), 15525 Mendota Ave., Redby, MN. (five miles east of Red Lake on Highway #1,...

The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians now is back to its usual seven hereditary Chiefs with the swearing in of Chief Gerald May. The swearing in took place at the Red Lake Tribal Council's regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Seven Clans Event Center in Red Lake. May takes the place of Chief Darwin Sumner...

At the regular monthly meeting of the Red Lake Tribal Council held on Tuesday September 13, 2022, the Tribal Council was visited by a Beltrami County delegation. They included County Commissioner Reed Olson who was seeking tribal endorsement for State Representative 2A which include all of Red Lake and Bemidji. Olson, after...

At 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Red Lake Tribal members and friends of the Nation gathered for an inauguration held at Seven Clans Casino and Event Center, Red Lake. Two months earlier in mid-June, members witnessed the swearing in of re-elected Secretary Samuel R. Strong and newly elected Tribal Treasurer Vernelle L. Lus...

COVID cancelled many events over the last couple years including the 14th Annual Youth Leadership Conference back in 2019. Back in those days, the event had been held at Red Lake High School. Now, reimagined by new Youth Conference Coordinator Bianca Mendoza, who was celebrating one year at the helm on the second day of the...

On Tuesday May 10, 2022...oh, around noon, a groundbreaking ceremony and celebration was due to commence for Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog, Red Lake's New Intergenerational Service Building. Several visitors from architects to county social service workers came from Bemijigamaag and elsewhere to join the Red Lake Tribal...

The Chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Darrell G. Seki, Sr. met with Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince for a get acquainted dinner on February 15, 2022. Discussion items included a future joint meeting with both governmental bodies. The agenda would include, but not limited to, economic development and race/cultural...

Candidates for Red Lake Tribal Officers and District Representatives were certified at the Tuesday, March 8, 2022 regularly scheduled Tribal Council meeting. One incumbent, Tribal Treasurer Annette Johnson withdrew her candidacy before the candidacy withdrawal deadline of March 2, 2022. One non-incumbent candidate withdrew, and...

"The state has a history, we do as well. Red Lake wants to tell the story from our perspective. We need to raise the level of discourse on this subject. We want to educate our people but also the citizens of Minnesota and the United States on what was given often under high duress." - Red Lake Tribal Council on 150th...

"The state has a history, we do as well. Red Lake wants to tell the story from our perspective. We need to raise the level of discourse on this subject. We want to educate our people but also the citizens of Minnesota and the United States on what was given often under high duress." - Red Lake Tribal Council on 150th...

According to Andy Wells, Sr. of Wells Technology in Bemidji, the manufacturing company will partner with Oshkiimaajitahdah Center in Redby, MN in machinists training. The manufacturing industry across America is in great need of CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinists for production jobs says Wells. "Therefore, Wells...

The Red Lake Tribal Council unanimously passed a vaccination mandate at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday 14 September monthly council meeting. The mandate applies to all persons who enter the Reservation for employment or business purposes. Exceptions to the mandate include pregnant women, documented medical...

The global war on terror isn't ending, nor was it as long as the American Indian Wars. I take issue with the characterization that the war in Afghanistan is America's longest war. America's real longest war was the conflict against Indigenous Americans, called the American Indian Wars, which most historians characterize as...

"We stand together as one nation and face all challengers before us – the heart of unity will move us forward" In the annual report to the people, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr., Secretary Samuel L. Strong, and Treasurer Annette Johnson along with ten tribal program managers, addressed a crowd gathered at the...

"We stand together as one nation and face all challengers before us – the heart of unity will move us forward" In the annual report to the people, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr., Secretary Samuel L. Strong, and Treasurer Annette Johnson along with ten tribal program managers, addressed a crowd gathered at the...

"We stand together as one nation and face all challengers before us – the heart of unity will move us forward" In the annual report to the people, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr., Secretary Samuel L. Strong, and Treasurer Annette Johnson along with ten tribal program managers, addressed a crowd gathered at the...

Medical Martial Law at Red Lake Nation was rescinded as one of the first orders of business at the May 11, 2021 regular monthly meeting of the Red Lake Tribal Council. Among the restrictions lifted; Facemasks will no longer be required for outdoor activities; restrictions for numbers of people attending indoor activities, and...

It was Friday October 9, 2020. I came to Red Lake Nation to witness the impressive Voter Registration Drive going on, a drive that registered roughly 5,500 new Red Lake voters. Yes, you read that right, 5,500 first time Red Lake voters. Success was due to the efforts of scores of Red Lake member canvassers...in a friendly...

It was Friday October 9 when I returned to Red Lake. It was one day shy of six months, my last visit being the March 10, Tribal Council meeting. It is the longest time without a visit in 26 years by far. COVID kept this Gichi-mookomaan in Bemijigamaag for long time with all events and powwows cancelled or postponed. The first...

It was Friday October 9 when I returned to Red Lake. It was one day shy of six months, my last visit being the March 10, Tribal Council meeting. It is the longest time without a visit in 26 years by far. COVID kept this Gichi-mookomaan in Bemijigamaag for long time with all events and powwows cancelled or postponed. The first...

The Bemidji Area Citizens for an Informed Electorate (CIE) is hosting virtual forums for both the Primary and General Elections in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The CIE will be sharing candidate info by social media, City website, and First City TV (Cable Channel 2) rather than holding our usual forums at Bemidji City...