The Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning opens its spring 2025 series with Don Wedll presenting 鈥淭reaties and Tribal Governments鈥� on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
The program is open to the public and free of charge from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Event Room in Park Rapids. The venue has ample parking and is handicap accessible.
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According to a news release, Wedll will provide an overview of how and why the U.S. has a treaty relationship with Tribal governments, including an outline of how the U.S. Indian Policy developed.
Wedll grew up on a farm and majored in mathematics at Moorhead State University. He then worked on Tribal issues in Minnesota and Alaska for 35 years. He has taught courses in Tribal history and Tribal government at Central Lakes Community College campuses in Minnesota, and taught mathematics for the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
His other positions have included director of education, principal of Nay ah Shing 歪歪漫画, commissioner of education, commissioner of natural resources, chief of police, economic developer, HIP director and long-range planner. He chaired the National Tribal Operations Committee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), served on the EPA鈥檚 science and technology committee and senior environmental enforcement committee, the Minnesota Indian Scholarship Committee, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Voigt Task Force.
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