There is a modern IHS hospital, the Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care Facility for the elderly, and several others. Several tribal businesses are located in Redby along with some tribal programs including an adolescent group home and a chemical dependency treatment facility.Red Lake, which is home of the Tribal Government and several tribal programs and businesses. It has a community center, an elementary school, Head Start, a health clinic, programming for elders, and powwow grounds.Redby, about five miles east of Red Lake. Ponemah, (also known as Obashing) because of its relative isolation, practices many of the old traditions and culture. Ponemah is located near the end of the peninsula where Upper and Lower Red Lakes are joined.
It has a community center and an Indian-owned store. There are four reservation communities: Little Rock which is located about five miles west of Red Lake. Land to the west is suitable for farming.
The land, slightly rolling and heavily wooded, has many lakes, swamps, peat bogs, and prairies. The Red Lake “line” is about 25 miles north of Bemidji. The Red Lake Reservation is located in the northern Minnesota almost totally within Beltrami County with a small portion in Clearwater County.
