
A Tour of the New Red Lake Community Center
Red Lake Nation Public Relations
It was Friday, October 9 when I returned to Red Lake. It was one day shy of six months, my last visit being the March 10, Tribal Council meeting. It is the longest time without a visit in 26 years by far. COVID kept this Gichi-mookomaan in Bemijigamaag for long time with all events and powwows cancelled or postponed.
The first thing I notice…curbs. Curbs? And isn’t that dip down to Ogaakaaning-Ziibiing (Pike Creek) shallower? Hwy. 1 thru Red Lake wider with a fresh coat of blacktop? A new Day Care building going up by the park? And I’m told a water tower in Redby? Hey COVID-19 ain’t holding Red Lake Nation back. ‘Course you been through worse than this.
It felt good to be back at my second home, the Homeland of the Red Lake Ojibwe, where laughter fills the air. I miss that. I need that. I came to witness the impressive Voter Registration Drive going on at the reservation that, I’m told, registered thousands of new Red Lake voters, through the efforts of scores, of Red Lake canvassers, in friendly competition, over ten days.


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