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OCTOBER 23, 2000

The Department of Justice has awarded the Red Lake Band of Chippewa an $8.8 million grant to build a detention center on the tribe's reservation in Minnesota.

The tribe's previous facility burned down in 1979 during a tribal politics dispute. The new facility will have 48 beds and house up to 24 juveniles.

The tribe will also provide treatment, education, and other programs.

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Red Lake gets major grant to build detention center (AP 10/23)

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Relevant Links:
Jails in Indian Country 1998 and 1999, Bureau of Justice Statistics - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/jic99.htm