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The Leech Lake Tribal Council adopted the original LLTC Charter in 1999 and established an independent Board of Trustees. The College has articulation agreements and partnerships with Bemidji State University, Augsburg College, University of Minnesota Duluth, Metropolitan State University, Hibbing Community College, University of North Dakota, and others. The LLTC receives its base funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the authority of the Tribally Controlled Community College Act (Title I, P.L. The LLTC is a member of the National Association of Land Grant Institutions. LLTC generally serves geographically isolated populations. LLTC is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).

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The College was awarded candidacy status with the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association in 2002, and in April 2006 the Higher Learning Commission bestowed full accreditation on LLTC. The College was accredited as a vocational school in 1993. Approximately 8% of the students enrolled at the College are non-Native American. Most students come from the Leech Lake Reservation and surrounding reservations in northern Minnesota. Today, LLTC includes approximately 70 faculty, staff, administrators, and 250 full-time students.

In 2015, the College opened a $2.7 million community library, Bezhigoogahbow Library, named after the College founder and first President, Larry P. In 2005, the College moved to its current location 3 miles west of Cass Lake. The college moved classrooms and administration to the former Cass Lake High School building in the fall of 1994. LLTC originally held classes in available buildings throughout the city of Cass Lake and towns throughout the Leech Lake Reservation, including a log cabin adjacent to MN HWY 2, an old church, and random houses in Cass Lake. The campus covers approximately 22 acres of leased land. The campus houses two academic wings, a library, two technical training buildings, and a community garden, among other facilities.

LLTC is located on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in north central Minnesota, three miles northwest of the town of Cass Lake. The 2007–08 academic year saw record student enrollment the 2008 graduating class was the largest in LLTC history. By the spring of 1995, the number of graduates had increased to 24. That same year, 17 graduates completed their Associate of Arts degrees and Associate of Applied Science degrees. In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges.

In the fall quarter of 1992, LLTC began offering its own courses leading toward the Associate of Arts and the Associate of Applied Science degrees. For two years, courses were offered in extension from the University of Minnesota Duluth, Bemidji State University, Itasca Community College and Central Lakes College (then known as Brainerd Community College). The Leech Lake Tribal Council established LLTC in July 1990.