Wadiswan The Nest
Maternal Child Health Clinic
We are registered nurses that provide support and education through home visits for IHS eligible pregnant women and children up to 3 years old.
- To provide a system to regularly monitor children ages 0 to 21 years old for appropriate growth and development.
- To facilitate the referral of the women and children requiring further assessments and early intervention services.
- Support positive parenting skills.
- Home safety checks to assist parents in their efforts to keep their children healthy and safe.
- Promote traditional parenting practices with role clarifications.
- Provide clinical appointments with health care providers for women and children.
The Leech Lake Diabetes Clinic (LLDC) and Program specializes in the treatment and medical management of people living with diabetes and its co-morbidities, as well educating the Leech Lake community on Diabetes Prevention. Clinical appointments are offered in Cass Lake, Bemidji, Ball Club, Inger and Onigum. Clinic visits can include physical examinations, laboratory tests, diagnoses, medication prescriptions and diabetic foot exams. The medical record process is used in assisting patients achieve the standards of care for diabetes. Referrals are made as needed.
The clinic provides Diabetes Self-Management Education/Training (DSME) and Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) for patients, families, and friends. The information is offered in individual and group settings, classes and community events. This includes education on healthy food choices, carbohydrate counting, blood glucose self-monitoring, physical activity, weight loss, medications, insulin use, insulin pump use, smoking cessation, coping, depression, behavior change and support.
Residential primary inpatient treatment for alcohol and drugs with counseling: group, individual family and spiritual. Transportation, education, and employment assistance, recreational and occupational therapy. Eligibility Requirements:16 years of age or older male or female. Court ordered or self-referral or as part of a continuing treatment.
Committed to providing culturally sensitive care to the Native American population, both on and off the reservation. We take great pride in identifying the needs and concerns of our Native American cliental, the communities in which they live, and addressing those concerns with sensitivity and compassion. Services include: Personal Care Assistance, Homemaking Services, Home Care, RM Supervision and Respite Care.
Additional office locations:
Cass Lake:
6247 Upper Cass Lake Frontage Rd, Cass Lake, MN 56633
P.O. Box 69 Cass Lake, MN 56633
Phone: 218-339-5820
Deer River:
117 Main Ave Suite A, Deer River, MN 56636
P.O. Box 338 Deer River, MN 56636
Phone: 218-246-2250
Mahnomen:
515 East Jefferson Ave, Mahnomen, MN 56557
P.O. Box 102 Mahnomen, MN 56557
Phone: 218-936-6336
Productive Alternatives, Inc. is based in Fergus Falls and has five additional branches in Moorhead, Perham, Brainerd, Little Falls, and Alexandria. We serve clients in a wide region surrounding those locations. To learn more about services available through a specific office, click on one of the cities in the list at left.
Transit Alternatives- Providing Transit Services to OtterTail, Rural Clay Counties, Wilken, and now Fargo/Moorhead
Transit Alternatives is a public transportation system with handicapped accessible buses available to certain areas of OtterTail, Wilken, and Clay counties. Curb to curb services are offered with special care given to children and seniors. Services for users with three and four wheeled mobility aids are available.
We recommend reserving your ride two days in advance, but last minute trips can often be accommodated as well. Professional drivers are trained in CPR, First Aid, Passenger Assistance, and Defensive Driving. Our friendly drivers will assist passengers with a steadying arm and are glad to help with small packages.
Please contact our dispatcher for ride and fare information.
Local: 218-998-3002
Toll Free: 866-998-3002
Phone: 218-671-0305
Phone: 866-998-3002
Programs include Leech Lake Head Start, Early Head Start, Child Care Services, Leech Lake Child Care Aware Baseline, and MN Tribal Resources for Early Childhood Care (MN TREC). Services are available to ages 6 weeks through 5 years. Multiple Locations.
The Red Lake Nation Head Start serves 160 children on the reservation. We have two sites. One is located in the Early Childhood Center and one is located in Ponemah.
Our Mission is:
To demonstrate a commitment to young children and their families to assure they have resources and opportunities to succeed.
This is accomplished in a positive learning environment in which they can be creative as well as develop a sense of cultural identity. Our staff will promote the development of academic, social, emotional, and physical skills.
Accounting 218-679-1800
Ambulance/Ponemah 218-554-7334
Ambulance/Red Lake 218-679-3327
Anishinabe Legal Services 218-679-2281
Balancing our Lifestyle 218-679-4144
Boys and Girls Club/Ponemah 218-554-7596
Boys and Girls Club/Red Lake 218-679-2556
CAP 218-679-1880
Chemical Health Department 218-679-3392
Child Care Assistance Program 218-679-3350
Child Support 218-679-2306
Clinic Ponemah 218-554-7333
Comp Health 218-679-3316
Conservation Department 218-679-1908
Detention Center 218-679-4284
Division of Rehab 218-679-2152
DNR 218-679-3959
ECFE 218-679-3535
Elderly Maintenance 218-679-2202
Elderly Nutrition Program 218-679-3339
Elementary/Ponemah 218-554-7337
Elementary/Red Lake 218-679-3329
ENP/Ponemah 218-554-7492
ENP/Red Lake 218-679-3339
Enrollment Office 218-679-1842
Family and Children’s Services 218-679-2122
Fire Dept/Ponemah 218-554-7377
Fire Dept/Red Lake 218-679-3473
Fitness Center/Humanities 218-679-4199
Fitness Center/Ponemah 218-554-7503
Fitness Center/Red Lake 218-679-4228
Food Distribution 218-679-3720
Halfway House 218-679-3387
Headstart/Ponemah 218-554-7331
Headstart/Red Lake 218-679-3396
Health Station Little Rock 218-679-3717
Health Station Redby 218-679-3391
High School 218-679-3733
Higher Education 218-679-3350
Homeless Shelter 218-679-3171
Hospital/Red Lake 218-679-3912
Housing Authority 218-679-3368
Housing Finance 218-679-3897
Human Resources 218-679-1847
Humanities Building 218-679-4199
Indian and Free Drug Abuse 218-679-3321
Indian Health Services/Red Lake 218-679-0168
Juvenile Judge 218-679-3851
Legal 218-679-1876
Middle School 218-679-2700
New Beginnings 218-679-3350
New Beginnings Child Center 218-679-3350
Outpatient/Ponemah 218-554-7425
Outpatient/Red Lake 218-679-3995
Perpich Extended Care Center 218-679-3400
Police Department 218-679-3313
Ponemah Transportation 218-554-7347
Ponemah Dental 218-554-7333
Post Office/Ponemah 218-554-7374
Post Office/Red Lake 218-679-9329
Post Office/ Redby 218-679-2124
Pregnant Women and Families 218-679-3331
Probation 218-679-2588
Red Lake Day Care 218-679-3330
Red Lake Dental Care 218-679-0131 or 218-679-0119
Red Lake Nation College 218-679-2860
Red Lake Nation Newspaper 218-679-3561
Red Lake Transit 218-679-2395 or 1-877-239-9295
Redby Group Home 218-679-3868
School Administration Office 218-679-3353
Senior Apartments 218-679-3712
St. Mary’s Mission 218-679-3388
Treatment Center 218-679-2375
Tribal Council 218-679-3341
Tribal Courts 218-679-3303
Tribal Realty 218-679-1991
Truancy 218-679-2780
Veteran’s Outreach 218-936-5650
Veteran’s Service Office 218-936-5650
Vocational Rehab 218-679-3350
WIC Program 218-679-3134
Women’s Shelter 218-679-3443
Youth Recreation Program 218-679-3950
Chemical Dependency Outpatient Program – Rule 25 assessments, peer counseling, group therapy, copoing and survival skills, supportive services, intake, court assistance, treatment placements, advocacy and referral services, HIV/AIDS education, aftercare services. PO Box 114, Red Lake, MN 56671 218-679-3995
Community Action Program (CAP) – Winter weatherization guidance and energy assistance.
15531 Main Ave, Red Lake, MN 56671 218-679-1880
Elderly Maintenance Program – 60+ years, enrolled Red Lake Nation member, reside in the unit to be serviced (NOT RLHA unit). Snow plowing, grass cutting, plastic windows, replacement of needed water heater, sump pump, pressure tanks and electrical problems, minor carpentry, grab bars, window and deck repairs.
PO Box 565, 15280 Fire Station Road, Red Lake, MN 56671
Housing Authority Programs 218-679-3368
Rental Programs: Low rent program and NAHASDA, ARRA Rental and Marif Rental, Federal Tax Credit
Homeownership Programs: Mutual Help, NAHASDA and Walking Shield, Federal Tax Credit, Modernization Assistance, Beltrami County outside of the reservation Rental Assistance and Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance.
Housing Finance Corporation Programs: Mortgage Program and Rental Program
Indian and Free Prevention/Treatment Program 218-679-3321
PO Box 100, Red Lake, MN 56671
Counseling, individual, group, peer and family. Intake, assessments, follow-up/aftercare, adult and youth outpatient, transportation, recreational activities, cultural programs and self-help programs and tutoring.
Northern Winds Primary Treatment Center (Gii-Waa-Din) 218-679-3387
PO Box 114, Red Lake, MN 56671
Residential primary inpatient treatment for alcohol and drugs with counseling: group, individual, family and spiritual. Transportation, education and employment assistance, recreational and occupational therapy. Eligibility requirements: 16+ years, male or female. Court ordered or self-referral or as part of a continuing treatment.
Oshkiimaajitahdah 218-679-3350
15525 Mendota Ave, Redby, MN 56670, PO Box 416, Redby, MN 56670
Employment services, GED/ABE Education, Career Development, Financial Skills for families, Ganawenindiwag (Cultural Program) “Taking Care of Each Other”
Pregnant Women and Families Program 218-679-3331
PO Box 114, Red Lake, MN 56671
Individualized Treatment Plan and Counseling, Outpatient Group Counseling, Alcohol/Chemical Dependency Education, Aftercare Planning and Referrals, Rule 25 Assessments, Case Management, Spirituality and guidance upon request.
Red Lake Family an d Children’s Services 218-679-2122
Highway 1, Building 68, Red Lake, MN 56671
Family and children services work for the safety and wellbeing of children, and the preservation and strengthening of families within cultural traditions.
Red Lake Food Distribution Program 218-679-3720
PO Box 253, Redby, MN 56670
15860 Ogema Ave, Redby, MN 56670
Red Lake Nation Government Center 218-679-3720
15484 Migizi Dr, Red Lake, MN 56671
Teen Parent Program 218-679-3350
Help with MFIP eligibility, Case Management, Educational and Career Planning, Financial Management, Home Visiting, parenting skills, supportive services for transportation and employment, childcare to attend school.
Transportation:
Red Lake Medical Transportation: 218-679-3327
Ponemah Medical Transportation: 218-554-7347
Elderly Transportation Services: 218-554-7347
Red Lake Homeless Shelter (Mishkwaa-ga-mii-wii-zaaga’iganiing Gilwishiiwigamig) 218-679-3171
15855 Main Ave, Red Lake, MN 56671
Mail: PO Box 280, Red Lake, MN 56671
Red Lake Women’s Shelter (Equay Wiigamig) 218-679-3443
Crisis Line: 218-679-3737 (can call collect) or 1-800-943-8997
24 hour advocacy, crisis intervention, O.F.P.’s, safety planning, Talking Circles, Cultural Teaching Circiles.
The Children’s Healing Center (Abinoojiyag Noojimoo-wigamig)
PO Box 583, Red Lake, MN 56671
Provision of behavioral and cognitive skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, court order compliance.
Intake/assessment, prevention education on fetal alcohol spectrum, positive cultural education, life skills, talking circles, cradleboard project, nutrition education, referrals to community agencies.
Family and children’s services work for the safety and well being of children and the preservation and strengthening of families within cultural traditions.
Comprehensive Health
The Red Lake Comprehensive Health provides the management, leadership and direction needed to provide quality health services to the Red Lake people. Our main goal is to elevate the health and health care of our Red Lake Tribal members and their descendants to the highest possible level.
Emergency Medical Services
Two Ambulance Services, one in Red Lake and one in Ponemah provide prompt emergency medical care for sudden injury or acute illness and immediate transportation to a medical facility where further care can be rendered to eliminate severe complications from untreated trauma, twenty-four hours a day/seven days a week.
The Ambulance Service are licensed by the State of Minnesota as a Basic Life Support Service.
The Ambulance staff are required to be certified State Emergency Medical Technicians in order to maintain our Basic Life Support (BLS) License. The majority of our Emergency Medical Technicians are Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technicians.
The Emergency Medical Technicians provide in-services and training to tribal members that want to learn Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, First Aid and Emergency Medical Technician skills. We are licensed by the State of Minnesota as an official training program for Emergency Medical Technicians, CPR & First Aid.
Red Lake Ambulance 679-3327
Ponemah Ambulance 554-7347
or dial 911
Medical Transportation Services
Medical Transportation is provided for the people to the Red Lake Hospital, Ponemah Clinic and medical facilities off the reservation.
Patients are transported to Minneapolis, Rochester, Duluth, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Fargo, Grand Forks, North Dakota and other towns as directed by the Medical Staff. Medical transportation is provided to the Red Lake Hospital, Ponemah Clinic and to the Bemidji Hospital and Clinics on a daily basis.
Red Lake Medical Transportation 679-3327
Ponemah Medical Transportation 554-7347
Elderly Transportation Services
Noon Meals are delivered to home bound elderly and handicapped residents in Ponemah Monday through Friday.
554-7347
Community Health Nursing Services
Community Health Nursing Services provides health services to meet the assessed health needs of individuals and families in our four communities. Services are provided in hospital, clinic, home, school and community settings.
Community Health Nursing Services are provided within the context of total health care, including physical, social, psychosocial, environmental developmental, parenting education, nutritional economics and functional health. Nursing is provided at three levels of prevention: The primary prevention level focuses on health promotion and prevention against diseases, the secondary prevention level focuses on early diagnosis and prompt intervention in the disease process, and the third prevention level focuses on the use of rehabilitation activities to prevent further complications and to restore as much as possible optimal functioning. Language, communications and cultural considerations that influence care are considered. Individuals, families, and communities are encouraged to be active participants in determining their needs and reaching health outcome goals.
Major services Community Health Nursing provides are Public Health Nursing Services, Home-based Patient Care Services, High Risk Adult Supervision, Maternal Child Health Services, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention. Discharge Planning and Home Health Care Services.
Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services 679-3316
Little Rock Health Station 679-3717
Redby Health Station 679-3391
Ponemah Health Station 554-7384
Ponemah Health Services
The Ponemah Health Staff provide direct quality health care to the Ponemah residents in the Ponemah Clinic & the community. The health services include Maternal and Child Care Services, Chronic Illness Care, Acute Minor and Common Illness Care, Health Education/Disease Prevention and daily clinics.
The Ponemah Nurse Practitioner and her assistant provide Women’s Health Care Clinic once a week at the Red Lake Hospital.
554-7333
Physician Services
The Physicians provide medical services to all eligible recipients in accordance with the standards and protocols of the Red Lake Hospital.
The Emergency Room Physicians provide emergency and urgent care services 24 hours a day 365 days a year, to all eligible recipients in accordance with the standards and procedures of the Red Lake Hospital.
679-3912
Pharmacy Services
The Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services provides one Pharmacist and one pharmacy technician to assist with prescriptions at the Red Lake Hospital.
679-3912
Physical and Occupational Therapy Services
Physical and Occupational Therapy serve a variety of disease and disabilities occurring in all ages. The Physical Therapist provides services for neurological disorders, arthritic conditions, persons with fractures, strokes, burns and numerous physiological and musculoskeletal conditions.
679-0142
Hospital Support Staff Services
The Comprehensive Health Services supplementes the Indian Health Service with needed personnel in order to maintain the highest possible continuity of medical care for our people. The hospital support staff provides direct patient health care services in all clinics, inpatient, dental, behavioral health, optometry and outpatient department of the Red Lake Hospital.
679-3912
Dietary Services
Dietary Services provide nutrition and dietetic services to individual patients, families and communities through a variety of methods including meal service, counseling, education, community services, and in-service consultation in the hospital.
679-3912
Nutrition Services
Nutrition services provides and promotes sound nutritional practices for individuals, families and groups in the Red Lake Hospital and Health Care Facility, Ponemah Health Center, Elderly Nutrition sites, Maternal Child Day Care Center and the Headstart Programs; preventing potential health problems; and providing clinical nutritional and diabetic services for patients with existing medical problems.
Nutritional Services integrated with medical and interdisciplinary support services in outpatient clinics, health centers, community health clinics, school clinics and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) services.
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) helps families eat well and stay healthy. The WIC program provides nutrition education, healthy foods and health services. WIC does nutrition assessments, and provides one-on-one counseling about food, nutrition, and breastfeeding to help you feed your family in a healthy way. WIC gives you vouchers to buy healthy foods. WIC helps you with referrals to other health and social services. To qualify for WIC you need to have a nutritional and/or medical need, and meet WIC income guidelines.
Red Lake WIC 679-3134
Environmental Health Services
The Sanitarian assists all communities in improving the public health. Environmental Health Services identifies and helps correct environmental conditions that are detrimental to the people’s health status. Security Services
Security services are provided for patients, staff and property at the Red Lake Hospital and Health Care Facility and the Extended Care Center. Security services work cooperatively with the local law enforcement agency for added safety.
679-3316
Mental Health/Social Services
The Comprehensive Health Services provides two Independent Licensed Social Workers, Social Workers and School Wellness Counselors to assist individuals, patients, families in the schools and community promoting positive behavior, health promotion and disease prevention through direct assistance, counseling and coordination between home, school, and community and health facility.
The staff provide outreach services and function as a community resource in dealing with maladaptive behavior, and provide intervention in seeking out and eradicating conditions that caused or contributed to mental disorders.
The School Wellness Counselors provide counseling in the schools and communities.
The staff work with individuals who are having thoughts of hurting themselves, are having suicidal ideation, self-injurious behavior and behavioral emergencies.
679-3316
679-3992
Maternal Child Day Care Services
The Day Care staff provide services to eligible Indian children in need of a controlled quality health care environment that provides a safe place for emotional security and social development, where personal hygiene skills, proper eating habits and nutrition are taught.
679-3330
The Adult Dental Program
Comprehensive Health Provides $25,000 a year to purchase dentures and partials for tribal members and their descendants at the Red Lake Hospital only.
Optometry Services
Optometry provides comprehensive optometric services including vision assessment, eye evaluation, retinal assessment, frame adjustment and repair, eye injury treatment, eye disease treatment, and contact lens fitting.
679-3912
Special Diabetes Program for Indians – SDPI
The Red Lake Diabetes Program provides excellent care and education to all patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and those at risk for diabetes. Patients are seen as outpatients, inpatients and in the community. We provide one on one diabetes education, nutrition education, physical activity information, community diabetes screenings, youth wellness summer camps, diabetic socks and testing supplies given, current information on diabetes is provided to patients and diabetes related information is submitted to the Tribal Newsletter on a quarterly basis.
679-0231
Red Lake Pre-Diabetes Program
Balancing our lifestyle is a diabetes prevention program based on developing healthy eating habits and increasing physical activity for American Indian adults age 18 and over with prediabetes.
679-4144
Ship Program (Statewide Health Improvement Program)
Provides healthy lifestyle services to promote physical activity, reduce obesity and deter smoking and tobacco use in our youth.
Nursing Home Services
Nursing Home Services are provided at the Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care Center which is attached to the Red Lake Hospital and Health Care Facility. We have 47 beds available to serve our elders and handicapped individuals. All residents served are federally recognized Indians or descendants of federally recognized tribes.
679-3400
Services offered at Oshkiimaajitahdah:
-GED/ABE Education
-Career Development Services which includes job readiness and Driver’s Education
-Financial Skills for Families
-Ganawenindiwag (Cultural Program) “Taking Care of Each Other”
-477 Program: Scholarship Assistance, Tribal GA, and Summer Youth Work Program
-TERO Program
-Certified Nursing Assistance Classes
-Welding Courses
-Childcare Program
-Childcare Assistance under both RLN TANF and Tribal Programs
-Emergency Assistance for Families
-Supportive Services for families to gain employment
-Incentives awarded upon completion of various activities
Oshkiimaajitahdah, which means “a new path” or “a new journey” in the Ojibwe language, is a tribal program of the Red Lake Nation that promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and community with funding, strategic partnerships, guidance, training and technical assistance.
Locations:
OSHKIIMAAJITAHDAH
P.O. Box 416 Redby, MN 56670
Phone: (218) 679-3350
Toll Free: (888) 404-0686
Fax: (218) 679-4317
OSHKIIMAAJITAHDAH BEMIJIGAMAAG
520 4th St. NW Bemidji, MN 56601
P.O. Box 1497 Bemidji, MN 56619
Phone: (218) 444-2883
Fax: (218) 444-7597
Behavioral Health: 33991 Victory Way Drive, Ogema, MN 56589 Phone: 218.983.3286
Services:
Mental Health Consulting: Our focus is to provide out reach based counseling services to adults, children and families. Services are based on individual, child and family needs. Services are offered at varying levels of involvement, such as crisis intervention, individual and family counseling sessions, family and community support services and assessments.
Case Management Services: A holistic, wrap around approach to providing services to children eligible for Mental Health Case Management Services and their families. Assistance is provided to help families bridge “two worlds” through a combination of education, support and advocacy.
Childrens Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS): CTSS includes psychotherapy and skills training, which would consist of activities designed to promote skill development of both the child and the family. In the use of age appropriate, daily living skills, interpersonal and family relationships, leisure and family recreational services. The goal of CTSS is to promote family preservation and unification, family integration into the community, and reduce unnecessary out-of-home placement of the child.
Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS): ARMHS is a holistic approach that places the person at the center of all interventions. The goal is to restore each person’s ability for independent living, socialization and effective life management. ARMHS instructs, assists, and supports a client in areas such as medication, education, and monitoring basic social and living skills. We also assist with mental illness symptom management, household management, employment support, and transition to community living.
Assessments and Evaluations: We provide diagnostic assessments and psychological testing for all ages.
Compliance: The Compliance Division has 4 departments, Tribal Gaming, Adjudication, Surveillance, and Drug Testing. Overall the division is tasked with regulating, inspecting, auditing and monitoring all gaming activities within the exterior boundaries of the White Earth reservation. The Division is also tasked with ensuring policies and procedures meet the required internal controls, state and federal standards and all other applicable regulations and policies.
779 E Jefferson Ave, Mahnomen, MN 56557
Business Hours: 8am-4:30pm
Culture:
Mission: The White Earth Nation Cultural Division exists to help ensure culture is being integrated into the programs, events and schools on the White Earth Nation. Another main focus is to preserve the Anishinaabe language and encourage White Earth Nation people to continue practicing it. Incorporating culture in our every day lives will help our quality of life. Take part in our cultural community outreach activities such as beadings, quill work, dance groups, drum making, singing and drumming, and more to get involved and keep our heritage alive! White Earth Tribal Nation history, communities, language, land, natural resources, natural medicines, oral stories, foods, gardens, economy, and the physical, spiritual, cultural, and our way of life are preserved for our future generations.
Services:
Cultural Divisions: Cultural Community Outreach, Anishinaabe Language, Cultural Licensing Curriculum
No More Campaign
Powwow
Ojibwe Language
White Earth Economic Development Office (WEEDO): We assist with technical and financial programs to help achieve your new business start up, expansion and re-location goals.
Our Mission: The White Earth Economic Development Office (WEEDO) works to support, retain and foster existing entrepreneurships on the White Earth Reservation, and to attract new businesses which enhance career opportunities for tribal citizens, enabling them to work on the reservation while preserving the integrity of their rich cultural heritage.
Services:
CEDS
Gizhiigin Arts Incubator
White Earth Resources: Business Advantages, Business Resources, Facts and Figures, Industrial Park, Quality of Life, Financing, Media,
Current Projects/Recent Successes
Education Services:
Adult Basic Education Program: 701 East Jefferson Ave, PO Box 478 Mahnomen, MN 56557
Office Phone: (218) 936 8355
Fax: (218) 935-0708
Child Care/Early Childhood Program:
White Earth Child Care & Learning Center PO Box 418White Earth, MN 56591 Phone: (218) 983 3285, ext. 1405 Fax: (218) 983 4106 Mahnomen Child Care & Learning Center
2254 College Road, Mahnomen, MN 56557 Phone: (218) 935 0314 Fax: (218) 935 3007 Nay-Tah-Waush Child Care & Learning Center
3076 Workforce Center Rd., Mahnomen, MN 56557 Phone: (218) 936 2221 Fax: (218) 936 2220
Early Intervention Program: P.O. Box 418, White Earth, MN 56591
(218) 983 3285 ext. 5306
Johnson O’Malley Program
Area Schools
Scholarship Program
White Earth Head Start/Early Head Start Programs:
35966 Eagle View Road, Ogema, MN 56569 Phone: (218) 983 3285 Classroom 1: ext. 1330Classroom 2: ext. 1344
EHS: ext. 1229 Fax: (218) 983 4106 Mailing address
White Earth Head Start
PO Box 418
White Earth, MN 56591
White Earth Energy Assistance Program
Do you have a water bill you cannot pay? Call the Energy Assistance Program, they may be able to help!
Crisis funds will begin at $600 this year.
You can now apply verifying three months of your income prior to the month of your dated application.
Our programs offer heating assistance for any kind of home heating as well as furnace repair and replacement funding for qualified applicants. The application process will begin the end of August and runs through May 31st of the following year. Funds may become available the first part of November. Please contact our office at the number below or click here for an application!
Don’t get disconnected! Call us about our crisis program, we may be able to help!
EAP eligibility is based on the three most recent months of income.
Eligibility guidelines have went up. Please see the below table or visit the state’s site for the most up-to-date information.
You will also need to send proof of all gross income received by all people in your household in the last 3 full calendar months before the month you sign your application. Send copies, originals will not be returned:
3303 US Highway 59
Waubun, MN 56589 White Earth Energy Assistance Program
PO Box 418
White Earth, MN 56591 Email: Chris.Fairbanks@whiteearth-nsn.govPhone: (218) 473 2711Fax: (218) 473 2719
Or contact:
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Energy Assistance Program85 7th Place East, Suite 500
St. Paul, MN 55101-2198Phone: (651) 539 1600 Enrollment: P.O. Box 506 White Earth, MN 56591 Hours: 8am – 4:30pm, Monday-Friday
Office: (218) 983 3285 or (218) 983 4643
Fax: (218) 983 3707
Health:
As we grow and strive to bring programs to the people we serve, we provide flexible scheduling of home visits, educational offerings and events. To make a referral to any one of our programs, please call (218) 983 3286 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm and ask for the intake nurse or if transportation is what you need, we do have dispatch available to assist with scheduling an available ride.
Services:
Ambulance, Child Passenger Safety Seat Program, Circle Back Center, Diabetes Project, Elder Nutrition, FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders), Health Education, Home Health, Long Term Services and Support, Maternal Child Health, Public Health, Harm Reduction Services, Community Health Representative (CHR), Transportation, Elder Wellness Program (EWP), Men’s Acute Care
Contacts:
White Earth Ambulance ServiceP.O. Box 328, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286, ext. 1263
Fax: (218) 983 4308
For after hours emergency contact White Earth dispatch at: (218) 983 3201
Circle Back Center
White Earth Circle Back Center35708 County Highway 21, Ogema, MN 56569
Phone: (218) 983 6285, ext. 6404
Diabetes Project
White Earth Diabetes Project36500 County Hwy. 21 North, P.O. Box 327, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286, ext. 1356
Fax: (218) 983 3984
Locations
White EarthWhite Earth Congregate Housing
Eagle Crest Apartment Building
Phone: (218) 983 3286
Meals served at 11:30am to elders 60 years of age, and their spouses. Naytahwaush
Naytahwaush Community Service Center
Sports Complex
Phone: (218) 983 5554 ext. 3237
Meals served at 11:30am to elders 60 years of age, and their spouses. Elbow Lake
Elbow Lake Community Center
Phone: (218) 734 2315
Meals served at 11:30am to elders 60 years of age, and their spouses. Rice Lake
Rice Lake Community Center
Phone: (218) 694 2795
Meals served at 11:30am to elders 55 years of age, and their spouses. Pine Point
Pine Point Community Center
Phone: (218) 573 2210
Meals served at 11:30am to elders 55 years of age, and their spouses.
FASD
FASD ProgramP.O. Box 348, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286
Fax: (218) 983 3401
Elderly Nutrition
White Earth Elderly Nutrition ProgramP.O. Box 327, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286, ext. 1266
Fax: (218) 983 4306
Health Education
White Earth Health EducationP.O. Box 327
White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286 ext. 1356
Fax: (218) 983 3984
Home Health
White Earth Home Health AgencyPO Box 496, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 3286
Fax: (218) 983 3724
Housing:
Mission: The mission of the Tribally Designated Housing Entity (TDHE) is to maintain and enhance the quality of life of Tribal Members and future generations. The TDHE accomplishes its mission through programs and projects that are designed to promote the social, environmental, community, and economic development on the White Earth Reservation. White Earth Housing Authority was established in 1963 to help enrolled members & descendants to get affordable housing. Under Housing and Urban Development, White Earth Housing Authority has quite a few programs to help with affordable housing, home repair programs, and home loan programs.
Specifically, the TDHE is committed to: Increasing incomes and employment opportunities for Tribal Members. Developing and maintaining community systems and services that support the quality of life on the reservation including housing, education, health care, transportation, and social support services for low and very low income Tribal Members. Promotion of the wise utilization and continued improvement of the natural resource base on the reservation.
Services: Maintenance, Owner Occupied Rehab, Residence Services, Tenant Services, Federal Home Loan Program, Minnesota Home Finance Agency
Human Services:
White Earth Nation Human Services Transfer Project
The White Earth Nation and the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services continue to work as partners in transferring the responsibility of human service programing from the three counties within the reservation to the White Earth Nation. In 2011, the Minnesota State Legislature passed a law stating the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, transfer legal responsibility to the tribe for providing human services to tribal members and their families who reside on or off the reservation in Mahnomen County. Upon the successful transfer of legal responsibility for providing human services for tribal members and their families who reside on and off the reservation in Mahnomen County, the commissioner and the White Earth Band of Ojibwe will develop a plan to transfer legal responsibility for providing human services for tribal members and their families who reside on or off the reservation in Clearwater and Becker Counties. In 2013, the White Earth Nation began working with the State of Minnesota in transferring responsibility of human service programs from the counties to the White Earth Nation. These services include Medical Assistance (MA), Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), General Assistance (GA), Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA), Diversionary Work Program (DWP), and Group Residential Housing (GRH), and Child Care Assistance. This is an exciting time for the White Earth Human Services Division as this transfer gives the opportunity for White Earth to provide services geared to tribal families that have been customarily provided by the local counties. Tribal members and their families will benefit from an equal level of service they received previously, but with the additional offering of many other well established White Earth Nation services.
White Earth Human Services has recently created the White Earth Nation Financial Services Department – Niiwijiigonann (We Assist Each Other). This department provides eligibility determination for MA, SNAP, MFIP, GA, MSA, DWP and GRH for White Earth families. Over the past year, Niiwijiigonann has been able to provide services to more than 1,800 members living in Becker, Clearwater and Mahnomen Counties who have been transferred to the White Earth Nation[LV1] . In 2014, Niiwijiigonann will continue to expand services to enrolled members and their families within the defined service area. This means any family who has a White Earth member or descendant is eligible for services through the tribe.
As the transfer project progresses, White Earth officials anticipate providing services to more than 3,000 cases by the end of the year. This will create some unique challenges as the programming and staff continues to grow. In an effort to alleviate any confusion and better educate those who are eligible the White Earth Human Services Division will provide updated information on their website at http://www.whiteearth.com and will publish articles in the Anishinaabeg Today.
For more information and questions regarding eligibility guidelines, please contact White Earth Financial Services at 218-935-2359. Or email Human.Services@whiteearth.com
Services: Vocational Rehab, Workforce Center, Financial Services, Food Distribution, Resource & Supportive Services, Child Support
Indian Child Welfare:
Gizhawaaso Family Program
The Gizhawaaso Family Program works with families to access services that will help protect them from out of home placement of their children.
IV-E Program
IV-E Program works with child welfare to obtain medical assistance for children in foster care and to obtain reimbursements on foster care and childcare.
Customary Adoption Program
Customary Adoption works with relatives of children and makes additional relatives for children who cannot return home to the custody of their parents in the foreseeable future.
Independent Living Program
Independent Living Skills Program works with youth ages 16-21 to assist with life skills.
Extended Foster Care Program
Extended Foster Care Program works with youth 18-21 aging out of foster care to have safe housing.
Educational Neglect Program
Educational Neglect Intervention Program, works with school aged children and families to address excessive absenteeism with supports, interventions.
Intake and Assessments
Intake and Assessments, handles all child maltreatment calls on the Reservation to screen and determine whether an assessment is warranted, type of assessment, and immediate response.
Child Protection
Child Protection Program, handles all child protection matters on the Reservation under exclusive jurisdiction authority. Provides secondary case management and ICWA Compliance off the Reservation in Duluth and Minneapolis. Provides ICWA compliance and support to families and jurisdictional territories out of State.
Family Resources
Family Resource Program, accepts referrals from Gizhawaaso and Child Protection to assist families with basic parenting and referrals to services and supports needed by the family.
Parenting Visitation Center
Parenting Visitation Center, provides supervised visitation to parents and their children in foster care.
Mailing AddressPO Box 358, White Earth, MN 56591
Office Locations
White Earth Main Office35500 Eagle View Road
White Earth, MN 56591 Phone: (218) 983 4647 Fax: (218) 983 3712 Bagley Office
1078 Central St. Bagley, MN 56621 Phone: (218) 983 4647 Pine Point Office
48036 Powwow Highway
Pine Point, MN 56575 Fax: (218) 983 4689 Mahnomen Office
216 N. Main Mahnomen, MN 56557 Phone: (218) 983 4703 Duluth Office
205 W. 2nd St., Suite 300, Duluth, MN 55802 Phone: (218) 606 1706 Minneapolis Office
1730 Clifton Place, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: (612) 813 1581
White Earth Reservation Tribal Court
P.O. Box 289, White Earth, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 983 4648
Fax: (218) 983-3294
The mission of the White Earth Nation Tribal Court is to provide a forum to restore peace and reconciliation through fair and impartial conflict resolution founded upon the Ojibwe culture and values.
White Earth District Court
The White Earth District Court consists of a Chief Judge and two associate judges. All judges of the White Earth Court are licensed attorneys and must abide by the White Earth Code of Judicial Conduct. The District Court handles civil regulatory matters including but not limited to child welfare, juvenile court, civil commitments, domestic relations (marriage licensing, divorce, child custody, alimony, visitations, child support, name changes, etc), protection from domestic abuse (OFP), adoptions, guardianships, small claims, traffic matters, and natural resources.
White Earth Appellate Court
The White Earth Appellate Court consists of a Chief Justice and two associate justices. All justices of the White Earth Appellate Court are licensed attorneys and must abide by the White Earth Code of Judicial Conduct. Appeals from the District Court shall be heard by a panel of three Appellate Court Justices.
Natural Resources:
Services:
Dispatch: (218) 983-3201
Conservation Enforcement
Water Resources: Water Quality, Fisheries, Cooperative Projects, Walleyes, State Stocking, Muskellunge, Link Lake Sturgeon, Link Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)
Wild Life
Wild Rice
Agriculture
Food Sovereignty Initiative
Forestry
Environmental Affairs
Parks, Trails, & Recreation
Land Office
Public Safety:
Police Department: Administration, White Earth Tribal Police Department Investigative Division, White Earth Police – Patrol Division, Dispatch
Motor Vehicles: Picture Identification Card, Adult Identification Cards, Senior Citizen Identification Cards, Descendant Identification Cards, Natural Resource Harvest Permit, Balsam Bough Harvest Permit, Commercial Leech and Minnow License, Seasonal Resource Use Permits
Public Works:
Looking for affordable, dependable auto repair service to get your car back on the road? White Earth Fleet is there to help. Not just for White Earth RBC program vehicles, White Earth Fleet is proud to offer their services to you, with the area’s most competitive rates.
White Earth Fleet knows that no one plans to have their car break down, and the untimely cost of repair work can sometimes throw your budget for a loop. That’s why if you’re an employee of the White Earth RBC, Shooting Star Casino, or other approved White Earth RBC business entity, White Earth Fleet even offers payroll deduction services to help you with the cost of repair. Call us for a quote today.
From anything like standard oil changes and tires, to major mechanical work and everything in between, depend on the brand that keeps White Earth moving.
37999 Martin Drive, White Earth MN 565698am – 4:30pm
Shop Phone: (218) 983-3296
TRANSPORTATION
The White Earth Department of Transportation WEDOT, maintains 150 miles plus in road maintenance on the Reservation to enhance transportation safety. The department has a driveway construction and maintenance program for Tribal Members who are building new homes. The maintenance program has funds available for elder driveway repairs, non-elder requiested driveway repair maintenance is self funded. Funds are limited for both the new driveay construction program and elder driveway maintenance services.
We provide Road Maintenance. Road Maintenance, White earth dept. of transportation (wedot) provides maintenance for 150 miles of road in their inventory. There are 100 miles of aggregate and earthen roads and 50 miles of bituminous wedot maintains.
We also provide Road Construction. Road Construction, wedot provide road construction funds to construct or reconstruct road that are in the roads inventory. The construction needs are prioritized and then scheduled on the Tribal Transportation Improvement Program.
36671 Marten Drive PO Box 418, White Earth MN 566918am – 4:30pm Monday-Friday
Phone: (218) 983-3263
WATER & SEWER
The Community Systems department manages and operate and maintain the reservation’s public drinking water as well as the community wastewater systems. Our department conducts a daily route to perform maintenance on our water and wastewater utilities, it is our goal to not only provide a continuous service but ensure compliance with the United States EPA.
The staff does routine testing for secondary standards as well as the required testing and sampling for our Primary Standards set by the EPA. Maintenance and repairs to the community drinking water systems and the wastewater lift stations within our communities is conducted as well. The tribe’s wastewater systems consist of 5 stabilization ponds and 14 lift stations the United States EPA also enforces the standards on our wastewater treatment.
We currently have 6 public drinking water systems in White Earth, Naytahwaush, Pine Point, Rice Lake, Elbow Lake, and Chipp
Water & Sewer phone: (218) 983-3202Our Department is Water and Sewer Construction. We have various Equipment such as Backhoes, Skidsteers, and Trailer Moving Truck. Well Repair Truck, Septic Tank Pumper, Sewer Jetting Machines and Line Thawing Equipment. Because we have this equipment we are a “Catch-All” Departments. I have to Emphasize that We Are Not Plumbers, Even though we sometimes do some plumbing related to our installations. We do not have plumbing fixtures and plumbing parts on hand.
We offer the following programs and services:
- Working with Grants from Indian Health Service, MN Housing, USDA, and other Organizations. We install New Wells and Various types of Sewer Systems during the Construction Season.
- When possible we move Mobile Homes within the Reservation Boundaries. We do not block, level, or skirt these Mobile Homes.
- Year round we repair Wells, pump Septic Tanks, change Well & various sewer pumps and controls.
- Our Department oversees the Lawn Mowing and Snow Removal Programs for Elders and Handicap individuals, by taking in Application for services and Hiring Providers.
- Our Department Also Opens and Closes Graves for Enrolled Tribal Families.
White Earth, MN 56591
Office Hours are from 8am to 4:30pm, Monday through Monday-Friday
White Earth Public Transit offers safe, reliable, affordable transportation to programs and people of the White Earth Reservation and the surrounding area. White Earth Public Transit works with other departments and clients to schedule rides through are dispatch center which was recently upgraded to rely messages faster to each driver.
White Earth Public transit also added a new farebox to each bus. This allows you the client to purchase passes instead of the traditional punch card which allows the client to board the bus more quickly and safely allowing the less wait time between deviated stops to allow you to get to where you need to be sooner.
By riding with White Earth Public Transit, you will lower greenhouse gases by having less cars on the roads, While Transit does its part by offering New Propane buses on some of the routes which is safer for the environment.
Check out the schedule in the Forms section for Public Works!
So Ride the Rez in Style with “2017 Transit system of year” White Earth Public Transit!
Located across from the Fleet and Roads buildings5am – 7pm Monday-Friday
5am – 9am/3pm – 7pm Saturday
To book a ride, call: (218) 983-3283
If you need a manger, call: (218) 983-3284
WELSA (White Earth Land Settlement Act)
White Earth Land Settlement Act of 1985 (WELSA Project Office) – The project office has the responsibility to identify and process land claims that are identified as illegal land transfers per the WELSA Act. To close out these valid claims, monetary compensation, if any, is disbursed to the living heirs of the original allottees/heirs.
Monetary Compensation or Land
- All living heirs will receive monetary compensation pursuant to the WELSA Act.
- The is no real property (land) issued to living heirs.
Reclaiming the Land
- Claims published in the Federal Register ratify (clear) the title for the current land owner.
- The current land owner will decide if he/she will sell the land.
- WELSA does not track property ownership.
Inheriting Under WELSA
- Family members must be born before July 21, 1900 to receive an allotment.
- Not all allotments have valid claims. Only those lands illegally transfered as defined by the WELSA Act.
- Administrative Judge, Office of Hearings and Appeals will utilize Minnesota inheritance laws to render a decision of heirs.
- Heirs are identified in the Orders as receiving an undivided interest.
- Parties in Interest are not named an heir but have an interest in the outcome of a probate.
- Individuals may inherit more than once. Lines of inheritance may be redirected to other family members.
Compensation Payments
- The Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has the fiduciary responsibility to oversee and approve WELSA disbursements from the US Treasury.
- Individual monetary compensation payments are determined by: appraisal of land at the date of transfer, date of transfer, county recorded deductions, U.S. Treasury interest rates and number of heirs
- WELSA has the responsibilty for submitting all documentation to request a monthly disbursement to living heirs who are eighteen years of age.
- The U.S. Treasury will issue checks on the last working day of each month.
- No attorney fees are included or deducted from any compensation payments.
- None of the funds which are distributed under this Act shall be subject to federal or state income taxes or be considered as income or resources in determining eligibiltiy for federally assisted programs.
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, comprised of the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, and White Earth reservations, is a federally recognized tribal government that, through unified leadership, promotes and protects the member Bands while providing quality services and technical assistance to the reservation governments and tribal people.
Who We Are
The Preamble to the Constitution of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe sets forth the purposes, aspirations, and goals of the union of the six member reservations. The Preamble states that the six member reservations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe come together, “in order to form a representative Chippewa Tribal organization, maintain and establish justice for our Tribe and to conserve and develop our Tribal resources and common property; and to promote the general welfare of ourselves and descendants.” It is toward these ideals that the Tribe continually strives, and it is for these reasons that the Tribe exists. Tribal political action and the administration of programs and services are intended to help meet these goals. Four divisions work to ensure that programs operated by the Tribe are effective and efficient in the delivery of services to our membership. Tribal divisions include Administration, Education, Finance, and Human Services.
We are proud to have this opportunity to share information about the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe with our members and with other interested parties. Please select one of the following links to learn more about the functions, programs, and services of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
The Red Lake Homeless Shelter provides emergency shelter to families and single adults over the age of 18 inside the homeless shelter providing beds, meals, showers and transit transportation with case management to look for housing and other resources residents may be eligible to receive.
We have different grants with the state of Minnesota that allow us to provide rental subsidies where we pay up to 70% of a clients rent. We have 14 rental subsidies with the Minnesota Housing and Finance Agency (MHFA) and these subsidies can last up to five years. We have 5 with the Transitional Housing Program (THP) and these subsidies can last up to two years.
We have a Long Term Homelessness (LTH) grant that helps clients who qualify get housed with a security or utility deposit. This grant would also help with birth certificates, drivers license or background check fee only to secure housing. We also have a Family Homeless Prevention Assistance Program (FHPAP) grant where we could help with back rent and security deposits to prevent client’s from homelessness. We also can pay for a first or last month’s rent, security deposit if they are already homeless to get them housed. This grant has very little funding so we don’t use it as often. We have a Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) grant that helps veterans and their families with various needs.
The eligibility criteria is that a person must be an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe and also be 18 years of age for all services except the Student Work Orientation service, which is 16 years of age or older.
We have a HUD Section 811 program that we call the Red Lake Supportive Housing 1rental program. This housing includes 14 units built in 7 duplexes, some of which are located in each of the four communities on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. All units will be restricted to disabled households. A disabled household means a household composed of one or more persons, at least one of whom is an adult (18 years or older) who has a significant disability. For purposes of this housing, eligible disabilities include those that are physical, mental health, or developmental in nature.
Child Protection, child welfare, addiction and dependency programs, and family preservation services.
Leech Lake Tribal College provides quality higher education grounded in Anishinaabe values.
LLTC provides classes in seven different associate degree programs, two technical programs, and a variety of continuing and community education offerings. Classes offered Monday through Friday.
Our Objectives
Since opening in 2003, the American Indian Resource Center, AIRC, has offered academic programming for American Indian reservations and American Indian organizations throughout Minnesota. Because Bemidji State University is located between the three largest American Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota (Leech Lake is 15 miles south, Red Lake is 30 miles north and White Earth is 50 miles west of Bemidji), we have access to a large number of fluent speakers, spiritual leaders, Indian educators and cultural offerings that are all within a reasonable distance to the university. The AIRC is also home to the first Indian Studies program in Minnesota and the first collegiate Ojibwe language program in the world.
Support and services for victims who are or have experienced domestic and sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. Services area is the Leech Lake Reservation including portions of Cass, Hubbard, Itasca and Beltrami Counties.