 There were a lot of things happening on the Red Lake Reservation today from honoring elders to four different groundbreakings. Lakeland News reporter Shrell Moore tells us what each event will bring to the Red Lake Nation. Today, we'll go down in history for Red Lake. Not only did they kick off their eighth annual elder summit, but four big projects have officially started as well. We anticipate a nine month construction schedule and we're looking forward to again improving the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Red Lake with these four facilities. Each of the four buildings will provide a much needed service to the Reservation. The new Chemical Dependency Treatment Center will provide help to tribal members with alcohol and drug abuse problems, as well as provide education to its members and work on prevention techniques. The treatment center where we have here today has been a long time coming because we're basically using old residence houses that we've added new additions onto them, but over time they've just taken a lot of abuse. Both Red Lake and Ponimo will be getting a new fire department. They have for their safety, for their new fire departments, their buildings are old and they have the new new buildings and they're also going to get some fire trucks in the near future. They'll have a lot more room and probably a lot more employees. The next new building being added to Red Lake is a new dialysis center. They'll be added next to the Red Lake hospital. The dialysis center is needed so a lot of our dialysis patients grow off the reservation and they'll do their process here and back here in our reservation. Today was a very busy day for Red Lake Nation. There was not one, not two, but four different ground breaking in Red Lake and Ponimo. But of course before each ground breaking, Red Lake paid thanks to their elders with their annual elders gathering held at the Seven Clans Casino. Indian word for elder is gitchy ayaya. Gitchy ayaya would be plural and that translates into someone who has done great things and lived a long time and we revered these elders. An elder in Red Lake is described as anyone fifty-five and up. For this conference, the main goal is to let the elders know that they're appreciated and inform them about everything going on with the reservation. The elders conference will go on until tomorrow, then the reservation will switch gears to a youth conference that starts Wednesday. Overall, with an action-packed day like this one, Chairman Siki Seniors says Red Lake's future is looking pretty bright. These are needed for our people here on the reservation and also will create jobs for them. Reporting in Red Lake and Ponimo, Shromor, Lake Lanuse. The four ground breakings in Red Lake and Ponimo have been in the planning stages for the past three years. If you enjoyed this segment of Lake Lanuse, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lake Lan PBS.