Leech Lake Tribal College
Higher EducationMinnesota, United States51-200 Employees
Leech Lake Tribal College is a public, two-year higher education institution located near Cass Lake in northern Minnesota. Founded in 1990 and chartered by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, it aims to provide affordable, culturally relevant higher education grounded in Anishinaabe values. In 2004 the college moved to a 30-acre campus a few miles northwest of Cass Lake and serves some of Minnesota's poorest communities, with incoming students typically from households earning less than $14,000 annually. The college earned national recognition in 2010, ranking among the Top 10 Community Colleges in America for its active and collaborative learning and strong student-faculty engagement. In 2022, LLTC named Dr. Helen Zaikina-Montgomery as president, reflecting recent leadership changes.