The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and as Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg in the Ojibwe language, is an Ojibwa band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The Band has 8,861 tribal members as of July 2007. The Band's land-base is the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, consisting eleven communities defined in the tribal constitution, aggregated into three districts.
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