Shakopee Mdewakanton12/8/2018
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Shakopee Tribe donates more than $5 million to Indian Country
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community continues to share its good fortune with Indian Country. The Minnesota-based tribe announced more than $5 million...
12/5/2018
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SMSC donates $5M to tribes, nonprofits
(Nebraska) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced on Wednesday that it has donated or will donate more than $5 million to 11 tribes and 12 nonprofits. The...
10/30/2018
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Mystic Lake lights claim another UFO truther victim
(Minnesota) -- Death, taxes and someone thinking the beaming lights drawing masses to Mystic Lake Casino are, in-fact, proof of a pending alien invasion. These are the...
10/14/2018
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Tribal leader and proud veteran Glynn Crooks dies at 67
(Minnesota) -- Glynn Crooks, a longtime leader of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, was passionate about passing on Dakota culture and traditions, as well as...
9/6/2018
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SMSC seeks 50 acres for businesses, housing
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has submitted an application to the federal government in order to use more than 50 acres of land in Prior Lake...
8/27/2018
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Indian Horse Relays wow at Canterbury Park
(Minnesota) -- Last week, Canterbury Park hosted one of the rarest sporting events in the region this summer — the Indian Horse Relay. This extreme sport involves teams...
7/26/2018
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SMSC announces more than $3 million in donations
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced this week more than $3 million in donations to eight tribes and two charitable organizations.
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SMSC announces more than $3 million in donations
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced this week more than $3 million in donations to eight tribes and two charitable organizations.
6/12/2018
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Seeing a Casino as a Campus
(Minnesota) -- I spent an event- and food-filled weekend June 1-3 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake largely for free thanks to a generous invitation to their...
5/23/2018
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donates AED to Chanhassen High School
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced Wednesday it is providing a $2,000 grant to Chanhassen High School to purchase an automated external...
4/28/2018
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Mdewakanton fire department earns prestigious performance rating
(Minnesota) -- At the Mdewakanton fire station in Prior Lake, it isn't unusual for firefighters to don their training gear at 2 a.m. Emergency responders sometimes...
3/30/2018
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MN man accused of theft of lost property
(Minnesota) -- Kenneth Lee Bishop, 51, Wheaton, Minnesota, made his initial appearance before Richland County District Court Monday, March 19. Bishop is charged with one...
2/24/2018
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Lean by design: Prior Lake City Council juggles police needs with rest of city
(Minnesota) -- While the Prior Lake Police Department has said it could use more cops to address a growing community and rising crime rate, city leaders say they’...
2/9/2018
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CHAPS received donation from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
(Wyoming) -- Children, Horses and Adults in PartnerShip announced that the nonprofit received a $2,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently. The...
2/7/2018
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SMSC, Minnesota Valley Transit Authority partner to add new stops
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced Wednesday a new partnership with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority to provide new stops to and...
2/6/2018
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Club Nomadic drops lawsuit against Mystic Lake over pop-up venue
(Minnesota) -- Club Nomadic Entertainment Group has voluntarily dropped a federal lawsuit accusing Mystic Lake Casino’s events company of breach of contract after...
1/24/2018
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Nomadic President Discusses Mystic Lake Termination
(Minnesota) -- The president of Nomadic Entertainment is speaking out after the company filed a lawsuit against the casino owners at Mystic Lake. In a lawsuit filed...
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Nomadic sues Mystic Lake tribe over scuttled Super Bowl nightclub
(Minnesota) -- The nightclub promoter that planned a Super Bowl-week concert series at a giant pop-up venue outside Mystic Lake Casino is suing the Shakopee Mdewakanton...
1/23/2018
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Club Nomadic sues Mystic Lake's event company for breach of contract
(Minnesota) -- Club Nomadic Entertainment Group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Mystic Lake Casino abruptly shelved its glitzy pop-up concert venue without...
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Club Nomadic sues tribe over canceled Super Bowl events
(Minnesota) -- A traveling nightclub that was built to hold VIP events during the Super Bowl is now suing a Minnesota tribe for breach of contract. Earlier this month, a...
1/16/2018
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Treasure Island Center, former Macy's, has its grand opening and ribbon cutting in St. Paul
(Minnesota) -- Five years after Macy’s closed in downtown St. Paul, city officials and business leaders on Tuesday celebrated its former building’s reopening...
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Ticket prices just dropped for Mystic Lake Casino’s Super Bowl weekend concerts
(Minnesota) -- Tickets for Mystic Lake Casino’s Super Bowl weekend concerts just got much more affordable. Following last week’s surprise announcement that...
1/13/2018
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Mystic Lake cancels Club Nomadic Super Bowl venue
(Minnesota) -- A traveling nightclub that was designed to bring VIP experiences to the Minneapolis area during the Super Bowl has been called off. Club Nomadic had been...
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Mystic Lake Casino cancels Super Bowl pop-up nightclub, takes it inside
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake Casino won’t be using the temporary nightclub, dubbed Club Nomadic, it built in its parking lot for the Super Bowl and will move the...
1/8/2018
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Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Celebrate Grand Opening of New Event Space & Hotel Tower
(Minnesota) -- Hundreds of business and community leaders from across the metro area came together yesterday evening to celebrate the grand opening of Mystic Lake Center...
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Mystic Lake helps tout Prior Lake as suburban epicenter for Super Bowl
(Minnesota) -- When the confetti drops Feb. 4 inside U.S. Bank Stadium, a massive dance party will rage 25 miles south of Super Bowl LII in what's shaping up to be...
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Mystic Lake opens new event spaces, hotel tower ahead of Super Bowl (slideshow)
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake Casino Hotel on Friday held the official opening for Mystic Lake Center — a event space and 180-room hotel expansion that will make the...
1/5/2018
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Mystic Lake Hotel Casino Completes “Work-of-Art” Expansion
(Minnesota) -- The hotel and event center expansion of the Mystic Lake Hotel Casino managed to open in time for the new year, as it was initially planned. The grand...
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New hotel tower opens at Mystic Lake Casino
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on Thursday celebrated the opening of a new hotel tower and convention center at Mystic Lake Casino. The Mystic...
1/4/2018
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New Mystic Lake Center designed after Minnesota nature scenes
(Minnesota) -- As promised, Mystic Lake Hotel Casino's hotel and event center expansion opened in time for the new year. "If you look at this building, it...
12/9/2017
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Groundbreaking Held for Palace Casino Replacement
(Minnesota) -- More than one hundred Band members, employees and various officials gathered at the future site of the new Palace Casino and Hotel in Cass Lake, MN for a...
12/1/2017
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SMSC announces scholarship recipients
(Michigan) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently announced the recipients for the SMSC Endowed Scholarship program through the University of Minnesota....
11/29/2017
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Sakpe statue unveiled downtown
(Minnesota) -- Nearly 200 years later, Chief Sakpe is in Shakopee once again. The city of Shakopee and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community unveiled a statue of the...
11/24/2017
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Shakopee namesake to welcome visitors
(Minnesota) -- Shakopee will unveil a statue Tuesday of its namesake, Chief Sakpe, as part of a historic downtown improvement project to honor the city’s heritage...
11/20/2017
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‘Before, we were invisible:’ How Minnesota’s most prosperous Indian tribe became a powerhouse in Washington
(Minnesota) -- It was a situation that persisted for years, and like many things in Indian Country, it seemed almost unbelievable to non-Native Americans once they...
10/10/2017
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Tribal custody battles are subject of new lawsuit
(Minnesota) -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday targets the Minnesota Department of Human Services and Scott County, organizations the plaintiffs allege are violating federal law...
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SMSC seeks 74 acres for housing, retail
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has requested the federal government declare nearly 74 acres of land part of the reservation to be used for...
10/9/2017
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Scott County faces lawsuit over tribal custody cases
(Minnesota) -- Two parents are suing Scott County and the Minnesota Department of Human Services commissioner claiming discrimination in custody cases involving the...
8/12/2017
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South metro news briefs: Shakopee sells former burial ground back to tribe
(Minnesota) -- The City Council last week approved selling a 3-acre parcel back to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) for $100,000 after an archaeological...
8/2/2017
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Shakopee sells possible burial site to Mdewakanton Sioux Community
(Minnesota) -- After discovering a piece of land might be an old Native American burial site, the city of Shakopee has decided to sell the land to the Shakopee...
6/7/2017
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How The Richest Tribe In America Lives
(Minnesota) -- While many casinos are facing hard times because of the economy, online gaming and fellow competition, one Minnesota Native American tribe continues to...
6/2/2017
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Windom resident wins big at Mystic Lake Casino
(Minnesota) -- A Windom resident is $250,000 richer after winning Mystic Lake Casino’s largest cash prize ever. John Berge was at Mystic Lake Casino on Sunday and...
6/1/2017
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Shakopee Tribe partners with tribal colleges for language program
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is launching a Dakota language training program. The goal of the Voices of Our Ancestors program is to keep the...
5/5/2017
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Canterbury Park Opens 2017 Season May 5
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park will open its 67-day live horse racing meet May 5, marking the first time Canterbury has opened on Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands...
4/4/2017
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Increases Native American Nutrition Campaign to $10 Million
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced today that it is committing an additional $5 million in new funding over the next two years to...
3/17/2017
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Collector creates full-scale Oval Office replica in his home
(Minnesota) -- Glynn Crooks is the commander-in-chief of his Prior Lake, Minnesota, house. He does paperwork inside an oval-shaped room, seated at a desk inspired by the...
3/2/2017
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Minnesota tribe unveils St Paul naming rights deal
(Minnesota) -- After initiating a $68 million expansion project at its Treasure Island Resort And Casino in July, the Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota has...
2/27/2017
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Former Macy's in downtown St. Paul to be renamed Treasure Island Center
(Minnesota) -- Treasure Island will have a new location in downtown St. Paul, though it won't be a casino. On Monday, Treasure Island Resort and Casino announced it...
2/18/2017
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Shakopee tribe donates $4M to American Indian causes
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) last week pledged to donate more than $4 million for American Indian causes in Minnesota and throughout...
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VIDEO: Prior Lake man creates full-scale Oval Office replica in sprawling home
(Minnesota) -- Glynn Crooks is the commander-in-chief of his Prior Lake house.
2/10/2017
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Shakopee Tribe Donates $100,000 to "Reclaiming Native Truth" Project
(Colorado) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced today a $100,000 donation to the Reclaiming Native Truth project that is co-managed by First...
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Tribe donates $4 million to Native American causes nationwide
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) on Thursday announced a package of donations totaling more than $4 million for Native American causes in...
1/26/2017
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Prior Lake, tribe near agreement on joint water treatment facility
(Minnesota) -- Prior Lake City Council members this week discussed details of a joint water treatment facility agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community....
11/15/2016
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Tribe donates $125,000 each to Shakopee, Prior Lake-Savage schools
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has announced that it will provide $125,000 grants to both the Shakopee and Prior Lake-Savage school...
10/13/2016
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Prior Lake opposes Dakota tribe's latest land trust application
(Minnesota) -- A narrowly divided Prior Lake City Council has voted to oppose an effort by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to move 73 acres into a land trust...
9/1/2016
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Sioux want US high court to grant them 12-mile tract
(Minnesota) -- A group of American Indians whose ancestors rescued whites during an 1862 Indian war want to collect on a federal government promise of a 12-squaremile...
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Casino wealth and well-being: The tale of two tribes
(Minnesota) -- You could call it “The tale of two tribes,” one a tribe of millionaires in Minnesota; the other a less-fortunate tribe in Oregon. Though...
8/31/2016
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Sioux wants Supreme Court to grant them promised land in heart of Minnesota
(Minnesota) -- A group of American Indians whose ancestors rescued whites during an 1862 Indian war want to collect on a federal government promise of a 12-square-mile...
8/17/2016
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Answer Man: Treasure Island began as one-room bingo hall
(Minnesota) -- Dear Answer Man, this fall is the 25th anniversary of the agreements that allowed casinos on Indian reservations in Minnesota. How old is Treasure Island...
7/13/2016
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City, tribe to partner on water treatment plant
(Minnesota) -- The city of Prior Lake has agreed to work with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on a joint water treatment plant to meet future water-supply needs...
7/5/2016
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County, tribe OK joint project to expand Co. Rd. 83
(Minnesota) -- Scott County and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have entered into a partnership to expand County Road 83 in Prior Lake as it approaches Mystic...
6/22/2016
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community adds another 128 acres
(Minnesota) -- The reservation of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota continues to grow. Larry Roberts, the leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,...
5/3/2016
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Tribe breaks ground on new hotel tower, convention center
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and Mystic Lake Casino Hotel broke ground Tuesday on a new hotel tower and state-of-the-art convention...
4/29/2016
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Mystic Lake Isn't Playing The Odds
(Minnesota) -- The boom phase of tribal gaming ended long after the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux opened Mystic Lake Casino nearly a quarter century ago.
3/13/2016
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Prior Lake OKs tribe agreement with some objection
(Minnesota) -- Prior Lake will offer no comment on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s latest fee-to-trust land application in lieu of a utility and right-...
2/22/2016
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Treasure Island Casino owners buy I-94 parcel in first Twin Cities land deal
(Minnesota) -- The Prairie Island Indian Community, which owns the Treasure Island Resort & Casino, has bought a 112-acre parcel near Woodbury in what is the tribe...
2/19/2016
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Treasure Island tribe buys Washington County land — but not for a casino
(Minnesota) -- The owners of Treasure Island Resort & Casino have bought 112 acres of farmland at a freeway interchange near Lake Elmo — raising speculation...
2/16/2016
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Treasure Island Unveils $9M Lagoon, Wave Spa
(Minnesota) -- The second largest of its kind among 18 Native casinos in Minnesota, the 40,000-foot waterpark dubbed "The Lagoon" at Treasure Island Resort...
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Native American Tribe Connected to Big Land Purchase in Washington County Along I-94
(Minnesota) -- The owner of an 80-acre parcel of land in Washington County told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he sold his property to an investment company affiliated with a Native...
2/14/2016
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AED’s donated to Red Lake Nation
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) recently donated two lifesaving heart defibrillators (AED’s) to the Red Lake Nation. Nathan Crooks,...
2/10/2016
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Water park hopes to bring waves of tourists
(Minnesota) -- Kyle Ferguson and his 3-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, ditched the blustery, cold weather on Tuesday to check out Minnesota's newest indoor water park....
2/5/2016
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Donates Lifesaving AED’s to the Red Lake Nation
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) generously donated two, lifesaving heart defibrillators (AED’s) to the Red Lake Nation on Wednesday...
1/20/2016
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Tribe elects business council, including one newcomer
(Minnesota) -- Members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) have elected the tribe's Business Council, reinstating incumbent Charlie Vig as chairman...
12/23/2015
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City opposes latest tribe land trust application
(Minnesota) -- As the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community prepares for a tribal council election in early 2016, a letter is en route from Prior Lake officials to the...
12/22/2015
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City opposes latest tribe trust application
(Minnesota) -- As the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community prepares for a tribal council election in early 2016, a letter is en route from Prior Lake officials to the...
12/21/2015
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Prior Lake City Council opposes Shakopee tribe's land plans
(Minnesota) -- The Prior Lake City Council is appealing to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs in a land dispute that has divided local officials and may sour the city...
12/19/2015
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Junk named new racing secretary at Canterbury
(Minnesota) -- Robert Junk has joined Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Casino as the new Racing Secretary. Junk, a 30-year industry veteran who has been involved in...
11/30/2015
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$1M to boost American Indian nutrition research
(Minnesota) -- Although they suffer more than other cultural groups from diet-related chronic diseases, there lacks widely available nutritional information specific to...
10/18/2015
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Editorial/ Thanks due to tribe for Highway 169 project
(Minnesota) -- Work on the addition of a third southbound lane on Highway 169 in Shakopee was completed last week. The one-mile stretch extends the third lane with a 10-...
10/15/2015
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New White Earth-operated casino will come with resort
(Minnesota) -- Plans for a new White Earth-operated casino between Dent and Pelican Rapids include a 110-room hotel, RV park, three restaurants (bar and grill, deli and...
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Sioux Tribe to Build New Hotel
(Minnesota) -- Sioux tribe to build new hotel with its own convention center, according to an announcement made by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the...
10/14/2015
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Mystic Lake plans new hotel tower and event center
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake Hotel Casino is adding a new hotel tower and replacing part of its aging convention center space with a 70,000-square-foot convention center.
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Mystic Lake will add another hotel, convention center
(Minnesota) -- Mystic Lake will add a second hotel and convention center to its entertainment complex near Prior Lake, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and...
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Tribe to build new hotel, convention center
(Minnesota) -- A new hotel with a convention center will soon be added to the southwest Twin Cities, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and Mystic Lake...
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Word definitions factor into debate between Prior Lake, Shakopee tribe
(Minnesota) -- For almost a year, the city of Prior Lake and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have been at odds over a 95-acre piece of land. The tribe wants to...
10/8/2015
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American Heart Association & Shakopee Tribe Join Forces for Native American Health
(Minnesota) -- The American Heart Association (AHA) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) will convene a groundbreaking gathering of national philanthropic...
10/4/2015
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Minnesota Tribe's Reservation Expands By 104 Acres
(Minnesota) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday announced the addition of approximately 104.40 acres to a Minnesota tribe's reservation.
7/7/2015
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Northern Arapaho Tribe receives $45,000 Grant for Firewood Processor
(Wyoming) -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe has announced receipt of a $45,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) to purchase a Firewood Processor....
6/30/2015
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Northern Arapaho Tribe receives $45,000 Grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
(Wyoming) -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe announced Tuesday that they had received a $45,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) of Minnesota. The...
6/12/2015
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Minn. tribe donates to SD language program
(South Dakota) -- Oglala Lakota College in western South Dakota has received a grant of $25,000 from a Native American tribe in Minnesota to help fund the school’s...
6/11/2015
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Mystic Lake Derby to be worth $2 million if American Pharoah comes
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park and Minnesota Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association officials announced Thursday that the Mystic Lake Derby would offer a...
5/19/2015
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's mobile medical clinic offers healthcare on wheels
(Minnesota) -- Joanna Bryant wants to make health care easier to access for Minnesotans. As the Health and Wellness Coordinator for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux...
5/15/2015
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Positive Financials as Canterbury Begins Meet
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Holding Corp., whose Canterbury Park begins its live meet May 15 reported almost $400,000 in net income for the first quarter of 2015.
4/9/2015
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Tribe launches campaign to address obesity and diabetes with nutrition education
(Minnesota) -- A tribe is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to addressing obesity and diabetes in Indian Country. The Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux...
4/7/2015
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Canterbury Park plans massive development in Shakopee
(Minnesota) -- If there’s one thing Shakopee officials want, it’s for drivers heading south on Hwy. 169 to cross the Minnesota River. “That river is a...
3/26/2015
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A look at the self-sustaining city that is the Shakopee Mdewakanton reservation
(Minnesota) -- Heading south on Prior Lake’s Canterbury Road, there’s a moment when the words “Mystic Lake” suddenly appear in red neon lights....
3/24/2015
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Fort Peck tribe rolls the dice, takes loan to build casino
(Montana) -- The Fort Peck tribe has a big new business venture in its sights and some say the council is pushing its luck. The Buffalo Rivers Casino is set to be built...
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Minnesota tribe to loan $29 million for Fort Peck casino
(Montana) -- A Minnesota Indian tribe will invest $29 million in a Hi-Line casino on the Fort Peck Reservation. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community agreed earlier...
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Mystic Lake owners to invest in Oil Patch tribal casino
(Montana) -- The Minnesota Indian tribe that owns the popular Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake will invest $29 million in a casino on the Fort Peck Indian...
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Council reaches stalemate on tribal land agreement
(Minnesota) -- After months of negotiations with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for the extension of Stemmer Ridge Road to County Road 82 and for a tribal...
3/23/2015
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Fort Peck Tribes move forward with casino plan thanks to loan
(Montana) -- The Fort Peck Tribes of Montana are moving forward with a casino thanks to a loan from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota. The tribe...
3/3/2015
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Tribe will pay for mile-long third lane on southbound Hwy. 169
(Minnesota) -- A third, one-mile southbound lane will be added to Highway 169 between County Roads 21 and 83 in Shakopee, and the $1.5 million project will be funded...
1/29/2015
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Mdewakanton offers $55K grant to Turnabout
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is offering Project Turnabout Addiction Recovery Center’s capital expansion a $55,000 grant to be matched...
1/27/2015
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Another delay on Stemmer Ridge: council, tribe change negotiation approach
(Minnesota) -- Prior Lake City Council members again stopped short of making decisions on a major road extension Monday, opting to change the city's approach in...
1/20/2015
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COMMENTARY: Tribe trust land agreement would benefit city, mayor says
(Minnesota) -- Scott County Commissioner Barbara Marschall wrote an excellent column last week on a very complex issue. She laid out the history of fee-to-trust actions...
1/2/2015
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Video display showcases Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
(Minnesota) -- A new display showcasing the history, culture and values of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is now open at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. This...
12/22/2014
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Council OKs plan for road through residential area as neighbors cry foul
(Minnesota) -- As most people spent the pre-Christmas rush on Monday finishing their shopping, wrapping and baking, about 100 Prior Lake residents instead spent their...
12/17/2014
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Shakopee Tribe funds Eastern Shoshone Tribe casino expansion
(Wyoming) -- The Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming expects to complete a $25 million casino expansion in 2016. Construction at the Shoshone Rose Casino will begin in the...
11/27/2014
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More Casinos and Internet Gambling Threaten Shakopee Tribe
(Minnesota) -- Today, the Shakopee Mdewakanton are believed to be the richest tribe in American history as measured by individual personal wealth: Each adult, according...
11/11/2014
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Record-Breaking Season Boosts Canterbury Park to Competitive Levels
(Minnesota) -- Don Kieger and his old friend Robin "Doc" Dawe have seen the Canterbury Park racetrack at its best and at its worst. "The place was dying,...
8/21/2014
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Private sector to the rescue?
(Minnesota) -- As a newly minted think tank fellow seven years ago, I heard Bob Poole, the libertarian Reason Foundation's thoughtful and nonpartisan transportation...
5/30/2014
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City, tribe sign water purchasing agreement
(Minnesota) -- Prior Lake will draw water from a tribe-owned water treatment facility as part of a water purchasing agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux...
5/29/2014
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Lower Sioux tribal council addresses federal lawsuit
(Minnesota) -- In the 1850s, a treaty signed between the United States and members of the Mdewakanton tribe in Minnesota established what is known as the Lower Sioux...
5/14/2014
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Canterbury Park's new expo facility hopes to draw visitors to Shakopee
(Minnesota) -- For a bunch of folks who are supposed to be in harness together, it might have seemed a bit unneighborly recently when Canterbury Park announced that it...
5/4/2014
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Patrick Plus: Horse track, tribe thrive as partners, not adversaries
(Minnesota) -- The gates to the racetrack facility in Shakopee reopened on May 6, 1994, with the simulcast of the Kentucky Oaks as the main attraction.
4/8/2014
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Scott County's entertainment titans joining forces
(Minnesota) -- Scott County’s four major entertainment attractions have begun working together with the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee in an attempt to boost...
2/12/2014
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Shakopees Donate $870K to Tribes Coping With Propane Shortage
(North Dakota) -- Shortly after the death of Standing Rock Sioux Tribal member Debbie Dogskin, 61, as a result of the midwest's propane shortage amid below-zero...
2/10/2014
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Provides $870,000 in Propane Grants to 3 Northern Plains Tribes
(Minnesota) -- In the wake of widespread propane shortages and excessive costs this winter, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) today announced three grants...
1/21/2014
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Tribe holding jobs fair Monday
(Minnesota) -- More than 125 full- and part-time jobs are available with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and its gaming enterprise – Mystic Lake Casino...
1/14/2014
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Tribe's largesse making things happen in Scott County
(Minnesota) -- The completion of a biking link between the two long-merged cities of Elko and New Market and the creation of public access to a natural treasure in...
1/7/2014
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City of Shakopee gets $100,000 trail grant from tribe
(Minnesota) -- The city of Shakopee is among five local governments that will receive a combined $366,000 in grants to make trail improvements in Scott County, the...
12/21/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Makes $176,500 in Holiday-Focused Donations
(Minnesota) -- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, located southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, distributed holiday cheer near and far through copy76,500 in...
12/20/2013
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Tribe says it gave $176,000 in holiday donations
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) says it has donated $176,500 to 37 causes for the holiday season.
11/19/2013
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Canterbury Park meet to remain at 69 days in 2014
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park will hold a 69-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse race meet in 2014, the same number of race days as this year, after receiving approval...
11/3/2013
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Tribe's winnings could create Scott County trails
(Minnesota) -- The casino-enriched Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is offering $350,000 toward trail improvements in Scott County. Charitable groups, as well as...
11/2/2013
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Tribe's winnings could create Scott County trails
(Minnesota) -- The casino-enriched Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is offering $350,000 toward trail improvements in Scott County.
8/23/2013
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With alcohol ban lifted, Mystic Lake launches three new bars
(Minnesota) -- For all its flashing lights and ka-chinging slot machines, Mystic Lake was a longtime buzz kill. Literally. The inability to catch a buzz at the Prior...
8/3/2013
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Betting On Canterbury Park Holding
(Minnesota) -- Canterbury Park Holding Company (CPHC) is a small-cap stock, that conducts pari-mutuel wagering operations and hosts unbanked card games at its racetrack...
7/31/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Awards $650,000 to Support Crow Creek Tribal Farm
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has given the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota a $650,000 grant to go toward the tribe’s farm.
7/17/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Donates To Santee Programs
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) will donate $550,000 to the Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska for several community improvement and...
7/11/2013
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Lower Brule to Receive $500,000 Shakopee Mdewakanton Grant
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced a $500,000 grant to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for economic development and...
7/2/2013
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Shakopee Tribe To Give City Thousands To Pay For Police
(Minnesota) -- According to the Star Tribune, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have inked a deal to pay the City of Shakopee $250,000 to pay for police service.
6/23/2013
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Shakopee, tribe mark another milestone
(Minnesota) -- In yet another sign of a thaw in relationships between formerly bitter foes, Shakopee will get $250,000 from the casino-rich Shakopee tribe in exchange...
6/7/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Gives $10 Million to Tribes
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is donating more than copy0 million to 18 American Indian tribes in eight states. This brings the SMSC...
6/6/2013
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Minn. American Indian tribe donates honeybees to green roof of Mpls. City Hall, Courthouse
(Minnesota) -- Minneapolis City Hall is abuzz with honeybees. The green roof of the downtown City Hall and Courthouse building is now home to honeybees, thanks to a...
6/5/2013
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Gives $10 Million to 18 Tribes
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced Tuesday that it would be donating more than $10 million to 18 American Indian tribes across 18 states.
5/31/2013
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Mdewakanton Sioux may invest in Mall of America hotel
(Minnesota) -- Financing for the Mall of America’s new luxury hotel could come from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, which operates the Mystic Lake and...
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New MOA hotel could be bankrolled by Shakopee tribe
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community could wind up being one of the biggest players in the Mall of America's next expansion.
3/8/2013
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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...
8/9/2012
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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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