The Red Lake Indian Reservation is located in 9 counties
in northern Minnesota with four communities of 
Red Lake, Redby, Ponemah and Little Rock.
The Tribal Council is located in Red Lake.

Red Lake Nation is a federally recognized Indian reservation
and is one of the few completely sovereign
reservations in the United States. 

Red Lake Nation established its independence on July 6, 1889
following the culmination of negotiations that established the
sovereignty of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians




Here is Fr. Jerry teaching the children, with reference to a hurricane
which had just hit Louisiana, what would happen in a storm if
their house was built on sand, by dropping a large slate
onto a pile of sand and flattening it. He then told
the children that when our house, or our faith,
is built on the rock of Jesus, we stand firm.

He reminded them of the sign at the front door of the school: “Be it
known to all who enter here, that Christ is the reason for this school.”

Fr. Jerry came to Red Lake in 2009, just after the Benedictine sisters
made the painful decision that their order could no longer remain at
Red Lake, after over 100 years of ministry there.

He was joined by Sr. Patrice, the pastoral associate, and Patty,
a social worker, who had both worked with Fr. Jerry
in his former parish. Catholic Extension supports
the salaries of both women.

For more about Red Lake Nation, click here.