...any of the state's tribes. http://www.leechlakeojibwe.org/ "The rice is a part of us," said band member Gerald White. "It's mentioned in all our prayers." The harvest also is an example of a band fighting to protect its resources...

...was happening at the Regis site, and still would be if members hadn't fought for attention, say Nordrum, Hunt and Gerald White, the band's natural resources commissioner. "We just kept pressuring them and pressuring them to do more investigation...

Seaman Sam L. White, son of Lindy Grell, Brainerd, and Gerald White, Deer River, recently completed basic training with the United States Navy at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes...

...used in it. Those steps fall by the wayside when a person buys a make-it-yourself kit from a discount store, says Gerald White, a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. "The dream catcher, to us, is a sacred item," White said. "It's...