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This year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is coming from the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota, and officials are prepping the fanfare for its long journey eastward. The approximately 80-foot white spruce will be ceremoniously cut down Oct. 29 and gingerly wrapped and placed on a 100-foot trailer. Planned stops in Minnesota include Itasca State Park, Bemidji, Walker, Cass Lake, Blackduck, Marcell, Deer River, Cohasset, Grand Rapids, Duluth, West St. Paul, Eden Prairie, Rochester, Red Wing, Owatonna and Fort Snelling. Organizers w...
The green-and-white road sign that will soon be erected along Pine Drive in St. Louis County will let travelers know they are passing "Side Lake." It will also feature the Anishinaabe language translation: "Beke-zaagidawaag." About 6 miles away, another sign will point out not only "Simian Lake," but also "Chi-wizo-zaaga'iganing." Such bilingual signs are becoming more commonplace across northern Minnesota, part of an effort to preserve American Indian culture and language, which one...
Longtime chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr., who led the Chippewa band at the time of the 2005 school shootings, is being replaced by Darrell Seki The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians will soon have a new leader. Members of the northern Minnesota band last week elected Darrell G. Seki as tribal chairman, replacing chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain Jr., who held the post since 2004. Seki, who now serves as tribal council treasurer, will take the post in June. Jourdain, now 49, was the youngest person to...
