 A bill that would transfer some state-owned land around Upper Red Lake and within the Red Lake Forest back to the Red Lake Nation did not pass during the 2024 Minnesota legislative session, nor did a bill that would have transferred a vast tract of the White Earth Forest to the White Earth Tribe. However, about 12,000 acres of the Chippewa National Forest was transferred to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. There was a land restoration ceremony yesterday. Our native news reporter Melissa Olson was at the event and is here to tell us more.