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“The $2.2 million solar project is among the largest to come online in the Northland.”

“‘IP really enhances our options for scalability and flexibility…'”

“We did a feasibility in early 2015, and through that it was found that this area had a great demographic and offered a good opportunity for market penetration.”

According to Red Lake Economic Development Director Sam Strong, it’s the tribe’s first attempt to provide affordable housing to members who live outside the northern Minnesota reservation

Minnesota Indian tribes will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the state’s final gaming compacts on Thursday, September 15 with a gala banquet at the Intercontinental Hotel St. Paul Riverfront, a property now owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

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“Northrup embraced his Anishinaabe language and heritage and helped non-Indians understand it through his plays, including a one-man show…”

“Recent changes to North Dakota’s voter identification laws have placed an ‘undue burden’ on Native Americans and other voters, a federal judge ruled Monday…”

“The Black Hills story has many beginnings, but it was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 that opened westward settlement that would seal the fate of Plains tribes, including Minnesota’s Dakota.”

“Treasure Island Resort and Casino recently broke ground on an $86 million project that will significantly increase and upgrade its hotel rooms.”

McKeig a descendant of White Earth Nation, has specialized in child protection and Indian welfare issues.