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“Operating as Red Lake Nation College Without Borders LLC, the college purchased the building with cash.”

“‘It was very important for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to be here today because it strengthens that government-to-government relationship between the state and the tribes,’ said Cathy Chavers, Tribal Chairwoman for Bois Forte.”

“Westerman is the third poet to hold this honorary title, after Robert Bly and Joyce Sutphen, and the first Indigenous person to do so. A speaker of the Dakota language, she is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate, her father’s people, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, her mother’s people.”

“The multipurpose facility provides space for growers to process, wash, can and store their produce. It also opens the door for people to start their own food business or expand on existing food businesses.”

“‘It’s really important that the tribes are represented…Invisibility leads to issues in society as a whole.’”

“When I grew up in southern Minnesota, I wasn’t taught anything about the Native Americans that occupied the area.”

“A new national nonprofit is teaming up with the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota to boost culturally specific pet care efforts as part of a broad movement to increase diversity and equity in the animal welfare industry. Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE), a Baltimore-based nonprofit, provides education and resources to communities of color across the U.S. in an industry that is largely dominated by white people and, in some cases, has inflicted harm or created deep distrust. Red Lake is the second community in the U.S. and the first in Minnesota to collaborate with CARE since it launched in 2019.”

“It applies to all guests, regardless of vaccination status, while indoors.”

“We tribal leaders know best on how to administer this aid and will insist on controlling the resulting projects ourselves.”

“‘This is about keeping our Indigenous culture alive and continuing, and people having increased access to cultural learning.’”