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The Associated Press \u00a005\/09\/2024\u00a0 People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they were discovered Saturday. Covering more than 100,000 acres (40,470 hectares), the lake is located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in the north-central part of the state. Several tribes have called the area home, most recently the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and remains periodically are found in the area, said the tribe\u2019s police chief, Ken Washington. \u201cThey\u2019ll just arise like that just through natural erosion of the water coming up on shorelines,\u201d he said. Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk said… <\/p>\n

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The Associated Press \u00a005\/09\/2024\u00a0 People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they were discovered Saturday. Covering more than 100,000 acres (40,470 hectares), the lake is located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in the north-central part of the state. Several tribes have called the area home, most recently the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and remains periodically are found in the area, said the tribe\u2019s police chief, Ken Washington. \u201cThey\u2019ll just arise like that just through natural erosion of the water coming up on shorelines,\u201d he said. Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk said... <\/p>\n

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