Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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"Leech Lake"
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) is a federally recognized, sovereign Ojibwe tribal government located in north-central Minnesota, 10 miles east of Bemidji.
Website
Newspaper
Headquarters
Tribal Government Center
- 190 Sailstar Dr NE NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633 - 218-335-8200
Government structure
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Constitution
- Five elected council members
- Chairperson
- Secretary/Treasurer
- Three District Representatives
- Staggered elections held even years, second Tuesday in June, four year terms
Council
- Chairman: Faron Jackson Sr.
- Secretary/Treasurer: Leonard Fineday
- District I Representative: Kyle Fairbanks
- District II Representative: Steve White
- District III Representative: Leon Staples Jr.
Geography and demography
- Size: 866,645 acres
- Citizenship: 9,400+ enrolled members
- Counties: Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, Itasca
- Government headquarters: Cass Lake
Communities
- Ball Club, non-municipal: Ball Club Store
- Bena, municipal: Winnie Store (historical building on national register)
- Cass Lake, municipal
- Cass River/Pennington
- Deer River: White Oak Casino, Schoolcraft State Park, Blueberry Hills Golf Course
- Inger
- Mission
- Oak Point
- Onigum
- S-Lake, municipal: Pow Wow Grounds
- Smoky Point
- Sugar Point
- Walker, non-municipal: Northern Lights Casino, Walker Bay Theater, Heartland Trail, Walker Bay Live, Moondance Events
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