In my spare time during the spring and fall you can find me fly fishing on the Dark River, a pristine designated trout stream in the winter ice fishing on Lake-of-the-Woods. I have worked with people in northern Minnesota struggling to save the Big Bog, the primary freshwater aquifer- this bog is being mined for peat. I have worked with casino workers across Minnesota who are trying to organize a union. We need to struggle to create a more progressive, socially just society where all working people receive real living wages and have a voice at work, and in their communities. I would encourage everyone to get involved in promoting the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which came into existence on Decemwe should strive to use the yearly anniversary of this document to popularize it.

An elementary, middle and high school operated by the state of Minnesota is located at Red Lake.I have been involved in the peace, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements for over 30 years, and I am a socialist. There is a new Boys and Girls club and powwow grounds. Community buildings include the Humanities Center that houses the Head Start program, a swimming pool and other recreational and group facilities. There is a modern IHS hospital, the Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care Facility for the elderly, and several others. Several tribal businesses are located in Redby along with some tribal programs including an adolescent group home and a chemical dependency treatment facility.Red Lake, which is home of the Tribal Government and several tribal programs and businesses. It has a community center, an elementary school, Head Start, a health clinic, programming for elders, and powwow grounds.Redby, about five miles east of Red Lake. Ponemah, (also known as Obashing) because of its relative isolation, practices many of the old traditions and culture.

Ponemah is located near the end of the peninsula where Upper and Lower Red Lakes are joined. It has a community center and an Indian-owned store. There are four reservation communities: Little Rock which is located about five miles west of Red Lake. Land to the west is suitable for farming. The land, slightly rolling and heavily wooded, has many lakes, swamps, peat bogs, and prairies. The Red Lake “line” is about 25 miles north of Bemidji. The Red Lake Reservation is located in the northern Minnesota almost totally within Beltrami County with a small portion in Clearwater County.

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