What’s New in the Community: July 2018
Invisible No More: Spotify’s first-ever playlist of Native musicians Earlier this year, Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) announced a project that amplifies the Native American voice, vocals in particular. NAP collaborated with Spotify, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, and The California Endowment to curate a Spotify playlist entitled Invisible No More. This is Spotify’s […]
To ease tribal homelessness Leech Lake band takes back its land
BY JOHN ENGER/MPR NEWS Jim and Gail Hinkemeyer just retired and they had their future all worked out. They’d dodge Minnesota’s cold winters with a cheap apartment in Belize, then spend their summers at their small family cabin on Leech Lake. After 30 years at the local Potlatch lumber mill, Jim saw it as the perfect […]
NEWS BRIEFS: Oct 2017
LEECH LAKE RECEIVES $3.3M FOR TRIBAL VETERANS CEMETERY CASS LAKE, MN – The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration announced in September that it has awarded the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe a $3.3M grant for construction of the Leech Lake Veterans Cemetery in Cass Lake, Minnesota. The grant will fund the construction of […]