Native, Faith, and Environmental Groups submit letter of support for Minnesota Land Return bills

KVRR Local News

Center

Media Conglomerate: Red River Broadcasting

Native, Faith, and Environmental Groups submit letter of support for Minnesota Land Return bills

LEECH LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — Several Native, Faith, and Environmental groups have submitted a letter of support for five “Land Return” bills in the Minnesota Legislature. The bills would return state-owned land that was taken from the tribes in violation of their treaty agreements. These bills would see land around White Earth, Red Lake, Cloquet, and Mille Lacs County returned to the local tribes for stewardship. Leanna Goose of the Leech Lake Ban…