'A long time coming': Red Lake unveils permanent location of its first charter school
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November 6, 2023
A flag raising ceremony is held ahead of a ribbon cutting for Endazhi-Nitaawiging, Red Lake's first charter school, during a grand opening event on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Red Lake. Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer
RED LAKE - Monday, Nov. 6, will go down in Red Lake Nation history as a day that students get to call the Endazhi-Nitaawiging charter school their own.
Two years after breaking ground on what would become Red Lake's first-ever charter school, Endazhi-Nitaawiging's founders, tribal council members and others in the community congregated at the school on Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by a morning of speeches, food, music and camaraderie.
Inside the walls of the school that will serve students in grades K-8, a welcome song gave way for various stakeholders to welcome others to the site and reflect on years of work that went into its opening.
"It was over a decade ago that we started looking at other charter schools, other immersion schools and how they can operate successfully," Tribal Secretary Samuel Strong said, "so this dream has been a long time coming."
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