Shakopee Mdewakanton3/8/2013
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Running Aces fights shutdown threat, blames Mystic Lake
(Minnesota) -- Officials at Running Aces Harness Park made an emotional plea to the Minnesota Racing Commission to keep the horse track open as it faces a petition by 1,...
2/27/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Award copy Million Grants to Bois Forte, Upper Sioux
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has donated copy million each to two Minnesota tribal nations: the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Upper Sioux...
2/3/2013
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America's most luxurious reservation: Huge homes of country's richest Native American tribe where members make $1m EACH
(Minnesota) -- Sprawling mansions, exotic cars, yachts and round-the-world trips all without the need to lift a finger - sound too good to be true? Not for the Shakopee...
1/17/2013
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Shakopee Supports Urban Housing Complex With Native Preference
(Minnesota) -- The only urban American Indian-owned and –subsidized housing complex in the United States with Native preference just received a boost from the...
1/15/2013
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Canterbury Park Purses Continue to Increase
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park's first condition book for 2013 shows yet another increase in purses, with about $12 million to be paid out during its Thoroughbred...
1/13/2013
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Shakopee Awards $302,500 in Education and Youth Grants
(Minnesota) -- On January 7, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Prior Lake, Minnesota announced $302,500 in grants to 13 organizations, most of which are...
1/7/2013
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Stanley Crooks, Former SMSC Chairman, Shakopee Patch Person of the Year
(Minnesota) -- As chairman for 20 years, Crooks left a mark on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, as well as the city of Shakopee.
1/6/2013
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Late Shakopee Chairman Crooks Named Person of the Year
(Minnesota) -- The late Stanley R. Crooks, who served as the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for 20 years, was named the 2012 Person of the Year by...
1/3/2013
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IN MEMORIUM: Stanley R. Crooks: Lifting a people
(Minnesota) -- In 20 years as tribal chairman, Stanley R. Crooks, 70, became perhaps the most powerful and philanthropic force in Indian Country, transforming the...
12/29/2012
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Bomb Threat on Bus Heading From Mall of America to Mystic Lake Casino
(Minnesota) -- A Saturday evening bus trip to Mystic Lake Casino from the Mall of America was delayed after someone called in a bomb threat, saying that there was a bomb...
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Bomb threat stops bus headed to Mystic Lake Casino
(Minnesota) -- A bus headed to Mystic Lake Casino Saturday afternoon, Dec. 29, stopped in Richfield after a bomb threat forced riders to evacuate.
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Bomb threat waylays passengers going to Mystic Lake
(Minnesota) -- A bus en route from the Mall of America to Mystic Lake Casino was stopped and emptied after someone called in a bomb threat to the casino.
12/22/2012
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Large donations for CAP Agency
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake Casino Hotel’s 15th annual fundraiser for Community Action Partnership of Scott, Carver and Dakota Counties (the CAP Agency) on Dec. 7...
12/18/2012
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Spirit of Giving: Shakopee Mdewakanton Donate $144,650 this Holiday Season
(Minnesota) -- Stemming from a deeply respected cultural tradition, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has generously contributed $144,650 in charitable...
11/20/2012
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Shakopee Loans $48 Million to Lower Sioux for Debt Consolidation, Casino Redevelopment
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), whose reservation is located just south of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, has a reputation for helping...
11/19/2012
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Extend $48 Million Loan to Lower Sioux Indian Community
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has approved a $48 million loan for the Lower Sioux Indian Community of Morton, Minnesota. The loan is divided...
11/17/2012
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Award $995,000 in Grants
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced several grants that have been made recently which total nearly $1 million.
11/7/2012
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Alcohol sales start today for Mystic Lake diners; bars in casino imminent
(Minnesota) -- A significant policy shift -- the serving of alcohol -- begins today at Mystic Lake Casino's hotel, with drink service soon to follow for gamblers...
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Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Announces Alcohol Sales
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake Casino Hotel announced that it will begin offering beer, wine and liquor sales starting Wednesday. The service will first be offered at the...
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Mystic Lake Casino Hotel to begin alcohol sales
(Minnesota) -- They've been dry since opening Minnesota's most successful casino operation in 1992, but beginning Wednesday Mystic Lake Casino Hotel will begin...
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The bar is open for Mystic Lake diners
(Minnesota) -- Alcohol started flowing for the first time on Wednesday at Mystic Lake Casino's hotel, with drink service soon to follow for gamblers doubling down at...
10/19/2012
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Scott County's once icy relationship with tribe starts to thaw
(Minnesota) -- Recently, the mayor of Prior Lake got the sort of text message that can easily mean trouble. The new chairman of the Shakopee tribe, he was told, needed...
9/15/2012
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Compost has noses out of joint in Shakopee
(Minnesota) -- Neighbors of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's compost heap are complaining about the smell. The compost site, which takes manure as well as...
9/2/2012
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Who Is The New Leader Of The Shakopee Mdewakanton?
(Minnesota) -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune on Saturday published a profile of Charlie Vig, the new chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton community.
9/1/2012
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Powerful tribe has new face
(Minnesota) -- He started working construction right out of high school, specializing in masonry. He loves motorcycles so much that he built his own campground south of...
8/31/2012
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Chairman Stanley Crooks, a Great Leader, Is on His Journey to the Spirit World
(Minnesota) -- How do you describe the loss of a modern day warrior, a chief, and a friend? That’s where I am at today after hearing about the loss of Chairman...
8/29/2012
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Gov. Dayton attends funeral services for Stanley Crooks
(Minnesota) -- Gov. Mark Dayton is attending the funeral of Stanley R. Crooks, chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Wednesday morning in Prior Lake.
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Mdewakanton Sioux leader laid to rest
(Minnesota) -- The beloved leader of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, one the nation's richest and influential American Indian tribes, was laid to rest...
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Reactions to the Passing of Stanley Crooks
(USA) -- In the days since the passing of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Chairman Stanley Crooks many throughout Indian country and the federal government have shared their...
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Throngs remember Stanley Crooks
(Minnesota) -- Diane and Don LaPointe walked through the whirring canyon of slot machines, past the stocked buffet, through a gauntlet of flower bouquets and into Mystic...
8/28/2012
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Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mourns Loss of Tribal Chairman Stanley Crooks
(Minnesota) -- The Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Pryor Lake, Minnesota is mourning the loss of Tribal Chairman Stanley Crooks, 70, who walked on Saturday, August 25.
8/27/2012
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Chairman Stanley R. Crooks Remembered and Missed By Many
(Minnesota) -- Stanley R. Crooks, the beloved chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and revered Indian country leader, died on Saturday, August 25 at the...
8/26/2012
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Stanley Crooks, Chairman of Minnesota Tribe, Dies
(Minnesota) -- Stanley Crooks, the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for the last two decades, died Saturday. He was 70.
8/25/2012
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Chairman Stanley R. Crooks 1941-2012
(Minnesota) -- It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Stanley R. Crooks, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community since 1992, who passed away...
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Tribal leader Stanley Crooks dies at 70
(Minnesota) -- Stanley Crooks, leader of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, one of the nation's wealthiest and most influential tribes, died Saturday morning...
8/14/2012
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HILGER: Canterbury Park, Mystic Lake agreement offers new beginning for horse industry
(Minnesota) -- When someone doesn’t tell the full story, you need to call them out. Even when it is your local newspaper. ECM Newspapers missed the boat with its...
8/12/2012
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The richest Indian tribe in America: Casino profits pay $1MILLION a year to each member
(Minnesota) -- America's richest Indian tribe has 99.2 per cent unemployment -- and it's all voluntary, tribal leaders boast. There's little need for any...
8/9/2012
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Shakopee Mdewakanton – Nation's Richest Tribe
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is the nation's richest tribe, according to a story in The New York Times today.
8/8/2012
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$1 Million Each Year for All, as Long as Tribe’s Luck Holds
(Minnesota) -- A generation ago, the Shakopee Mdewakanton tribe lived in a motley collection of beat-up trailer homes, melting snow for bath water when wells froze over...
8/1/2012
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OP/ED: Canterbury agreement deserved stronger vetting
(Minnesota) -- A 10-year agreement between Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community reached in early June is neatly billed as a “cooperative...
6/26/2012
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Sioux gain major role at Canterbury in pact
(Minnesota) -- The new agreement between the Mdewakanton Sioux and Canterbury Park goes beyond having the tribe increase race purses in exchange for the track dropping...
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The Sioux-Canterbury contract at a glance
(Minnesota) -- The agreement between Canterbury Park and the Mdewakanton Sioux, the owners of Mystic Lake Casino, has the tribe funnel $75 million to racing purses in...
6/23/2012
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Canterbury-tribe deal is no help for Mower County's last quarter horse breeder
(Minnesota) -- Two years ago, it might have helped him hang on, but it’s too little and too late now. Canterbury Park’s agreement with the Shakopee...
6/16/2012
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MRC Approves Track/Native Casino Deal
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Racing Commission, which regulates horse racing and card clubs at race tracks in the state, approved the Cooperative Marketing Agreement...
6/15/2012
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Canterbury adds new $150,000 stakes
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park's purses have increased by approximately 35 percent following Wednesday's approval by the Minnesota Racing Commission of a...
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Canterbury Hikes Purses, Adds Turf Derby
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park raised purses 35% and added a $150,000 stakes after the Minnesota Racing Commission approved a purse and marketing pact between the...
6/14/2012
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Minnesota racing commission OKs no-racino deal
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Racing Commission has approved a business deal between the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Canterbury Park.
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Our View: Putting an end to racino
(Minnesota) -- Last week the Mdewakanton Sioux tribe, which owns Mystic Lake casino, and the Canterbury Park horse-racing track announced the tribe would contribute $75...
6/13/2012
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Canterbury-Mystic Lake Deal Approved; Not Everyone Happy
(Minnesota) -- The historic deal between Minnesota’s largest Indian casino and the largest horse racing track is taking a lot of heat. But on Wednesday, the...
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Racing board backs Canterbury Park-Mystic Lake Casino alliance
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Racing Commission gave its blessing Wednesday to an alliance between former rivals: struggling Canterbury Park racetrack and nearby Mystic...
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State racing board approves Canterbury/tribal agreement on 'racino'
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Racing Commission on Wednesday, June 13, approved a deal between Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for the track...
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Running Aces feels like ‘redheaded stepchild’ in Canterbury-Mystic Lake deal
(Minnesota) -- Running Aces Harness Park asked the Minnesota Racing Commission to delay its vote on a Canterbury Park deal with the Mdewakanton Sioux until they can give...
6/12/2012
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Editorial: A promising deal for Canterbury, tribe
(Minnesota) -- Today -- fittingly in Shakopee, named for a Dakota chief -- the Minnesota Racing Commission will consider whether to approve a chance for a positive turn...
6/9/2012
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SMSC and Canterbury Park Reach Unprecedented Joint Marketing Agreement
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has agreed to pay the Canterbury Park Holding Corporation (CPHC) $8.5 million over the lifetime of a 10-...
6/8/2012
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Canterbury Park, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux cut deal that upends gambling debate
(Minnesota) -- The catalyst for a landmark gambling deal cut between horseracing track Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribe was a minor bill that...
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Courrier column: State failed to put bet on racino
(Minnesota) -- Like betting on the wrong horse that turns out to be a winner, Canterbury Park has finally caught a break. The Shakopee horse palace has teamed up with...
6/6/2012
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Canterbury deals Aces a blow with tribal deal
(Minnesota) -- Two days before Running Aces opened its fifth season of live harness racing, word broke of an agreement between Canterbury Park and the Mdewakanton Sioux...
6/5/2012
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Canterbury Drops Racino Push After $75M Deal with Tribe
(Minnesota) -- The operator of Canterbury Park has agreed to drop its push for a combination racetrack and casino after striking a deal through which the owners of...
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Minnesota Racing Commission to take up Canterbury-casino deal
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Racing Commission will hold a special meeting next week in Shakopee to consider a proposed agreement that would send tens of millions of...
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Racino debate is a scratch, following landmark Canterbury Park-Sioux agreement
(Minnesota) -- It appears that the legions of lobbyists on both sides of the racino debate can take a brief rest for the first time in nearly a decade.
6/4/2012
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A $75 million deal: Canterbury, Shakopee Mdewakanton shake hands
(Minnesota) -- Purses will more than double by the end of a 10-year gaming deal announced this afternoon between Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux...
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Canterbury and Mdewakanton Sioux strike $75M deal
(Minnesota) -- They once stood on completely opposite sides of the fence, but on Monday the owners and Canterbuy downs and the the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (...
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Canterbury inks 10-year marketing agreement with Sioux Community
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Holding Corporation and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced Monday a 10-year cooperative marketing agreement.
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Canterbury Park and Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe Ink 10-Year Marketing Agreement
(Minnesota) -- In what officials are calling a strong win-win for both Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the two organizations announced an...
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Canterbury Park and tribe cut deal on gambling
(Minnesota) -- The state's premier horseracing track is joining forces with one of the state's wealthiest tribes in a deal that will enrich purses at ailing...
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Canterbury Park, Mdewakanton Sioux tribe reach agreement to drop racino pursuit
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Club and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced a 10-year marketing partnership that will call for the...
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Canterbury Park, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Sign Ten-Year Cooperative Marketing Agreement
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Holding Corporation and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced today a ten-year cooperative marketing agreement.
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Canterbury, Indian tribe in no-racino agreement
(Minnesota) -- Officials with the Canterbury Park horse track and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have reached a major deal for the track to drop its long...
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Canterbury, Indian tribe in no-racino agreement
(Minnesota) -- The Canterbury Park horse race track has agreed to drop its long pursuit of slot machines in exchange for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community paying...
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Deal Would Give Canterbury $75M for Purses
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Holding Corp. and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community struck a 10-year “cooperative marketing agreement” by which the...
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End of the push for racinos? Tribe makes multimillion-dollar deal with Canterbury
(Minnesota) -- A multimillion-dollar deal struck by the Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community with a local horseracing track could kill the push for racino legislation.
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MPR: Canterbury Park, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community nose out competitors
(Minnesota) -- A Minnesota horse racing track is getting a major financial boost from a former competitor. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community says it will spend $...
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Source: Canterbury, Shakopee Mdewakanton cut deal that kills push for racino legislation
(Minnesota) -- The Canterbury Park horse-racing track and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have reached a historic agreement that calls for the tribe to...
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