 It's the start of a new era for the Leechlake Band of Ojibwe as members were sworn in today to serve on the next government board. Archer Elmore tells us what the council hopes to bring to the future. The people of the Leechlake Band of Ojibwe have officially chosen their next leaders. They were inaugurated onto the council today and a ceremony held at the Northern Lights Casino in Walker. And to say the council is looking forward to take on their roles is an understatement. You know it's just nice to be back. I missed a lot of people from the Caslake area and I just want to really make a good network there between District 1 and the main headquarters again in Caslake. Many on the council are returning members. There's Steve White representing District 2, Robin Michelle Howell for District 1, and Archie LaRose, a secretary and treasurer. It's an honor and privilege getting re-elected to secretary-treasurer position. I've been elected five times as secretary-treasurer in one time as the chairman. It was just like a second chance. It's a recharge that took you know some time off. I was at the front office for many many years. I've been basically the administration for the tribe for this will be 25 years. And will faithfully and partially discharge. And will faithfully and partially discharge. For their next term, the elected council members will be looking to help the youth. Currently there are talks to build a new wellness center on the reservation. And the short-term commitment is reviving our sports and rec looking and taking a hard look at our health. You know a lot of our kids need that physical activity and we got to bring that back and revive it and make it more stronger for our people. The first thing we have to focus on is our strength and wellness of our communities right now. I think there's definitely some crisis in our areas so I'm trying to I'm trying to work on that. With the board comprised of many different voices, another thing council members will be working on is coming together as a team. We might have our differences or we might have our things how we look at things but we have to work together as a people, as leaders and on behalf of the reservation band members as a whole we got to do the best we can to represent them. Reporting in Walker, Shromor Lakeland News. Elected officials of the Bug and Agasig School Board and the Leech Lake Housing Authority were also sworn in at today's ceremony.