Shakopee Tribe grants $125k to Indian gaming group

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Shakopee Tribe grants $125k to Indian gaming group
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota awarded a $125,000 grant to the Great Plains Indian Gaming Association.

The donation will help GPIGA advocate for sovereignty and treaty rights. "This gift from the SMSC supports their brothers and sisters in the Great Plains, who like virtually all of Indian Country are experiencing an attack on their treaty rights," said J. Kurt Luger, the group's executive director. "The vision of the SMSC is the realization that Indian Country is only as strong as its weakest link concerning the protection of our sovereignty."

Shakopee Chairman Stanley R. Crooks said his tribe supports GPIGA's goals. "It’s important that we stand together to help one another keep strong in the face of challenges to our treaty rights," he said.

GPIGA represents 28 tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming and Montana. The Shakopee Tribe is not a member of the group.

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