Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux

History• Dakota War

• Removal from Minnesota

• Few remained

• Communities develop in Morton, Prairie Island, Granite Falls, and Shakopee

• 1969: federal recognition

TRAVEL

Mdewakanton Dakota Shield

• Pipe: prayer between man and higher power

• Buffalo skull: religious symbol (part of alter during Sundance)

• Arrowhead and ax: bravery

• Seven feathers: Seven Council Fires

Tribal Government• General Council: members 18 and older

• Governing Body of Tribe

• Elects a 3 member Business Council every 4 years

• Business Council:

• runs day-to-day operations of the Tribe

• implements decisions of General Council

Government Actions• Provides: health and dental care, social

services, educational offerings, land administration, and public works services

• Builds and maintains: roads, water, wastewater, and sewer services, educational programs, plows streets

• Monitors wildlife and wetland conditions

• Utilizes alternative energy sources

• Fire Department and Ambulance Service

Gov. Actions Continued• Governmental agreements with Scott

County, City of Prior Lake, and Shakopee

• Makes payments to local governments for police protection

• 2012: signed Memorandum of Understanding to work cooperatively to resolve land and other issues

Casino• Tribal Chairman Norman Crooks heard

of high-stakes bingo in Florida

• October 16, 1982: opened Little Six Bingo Palace

• 1992: Mystic Lake Casino

Other Businesses• Dakota! Sport and Fitness

• Shakopee Dakota Convenience Store (SDCS)

• Dakota Mall

• Playworks

• Dakotah Meadows RV Park

Community Involvement

• Donating AEDs to churches and businesses

• $12.5 million for a new U of M football stadium

• Endowment scholarships for U of M students

• $115 million to charities

Works Cited• http://mn.gov/indianaffairs/

tribes_shakopee.html

• http://www.shakopeedakota.org/about.html

• http://www.shakopeedakota.org/#

• http://www.shakopeedakota.org/government.html