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FSST SEPTEMBER 2013 NEWSLETTER
$25,000 for the fire department,
and $25,000 for a
daycare program.
• Spirit Lake Tribe
(North Dakota) – $700,000,
including $350,000 each for
repairs to the Crow Hill
Wellness Center and Fort
Totten Wellness Center,
which are located near the
high water levels of Devils
Lake. Water and structural
damages have forced Crow
Hill to close, and the Fort
Totten facility has floor,
kitchen and bathroom damages.
• Yankton Sioux Tribe
(South Dakota) – $415,000
for several efforts, including
$180,000 to help purchase a
modular unit to hold eight
kidney dialysis chairs and
nine dialysis machines.
Other tribal grant recipients
include the Bois Forte Band
of Chippewa in Minnesota
with $1 million, Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
with $400,000, Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of
Lake Superior Ojibwe in
Wisconsin with $500,000,
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota with
$500,000, Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of Washington with
$250,000, Upper Sioux
Community in Minnesota
with $1 million, White
Earth Nation in Minnesota
with $250,000 matching
grant for either the workforce
center or natural resources
building, and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
with $500,000.
In addition to monetary donations,
the SMSC has made
more than $509 million in
loans to other tribes for economic
development projects
since 1996. The SMSC also
assists other tribes by
providing its mobile unit for
medical and dental screenings
as well as treatment services,
donating life-saving
AEDs (automatic external
defibrillators), helping tribes
implement prescribed burns
on reservation land, and
more.
About the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community
The Shakopee Mdewakanton
Sioux Community is a federally
recognized, sovereign
Indian tribe located southwest
of Minneapolis/St.
Paul. With a focus on being
a good neighbor, good steward
of the earth, and good
employer, the SMSC is committed
to community partnerships,
charitable donations,
a healthy environment,
and a strong economy. The
SMSC and the SMSC Gaming
Enterprise (Mystic Lake
Casino Hotel and Little Six
Casino) are the largest employer
in Scott County. Out
of a Dakota tradition to help
others, the SMSC has also
donated nearly $272 million
to organizations and causes
since 1992, funds its own
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infrastructure, and contributes
generously to regional
governments and infrastructure
such as roads, water
and sewer systems, and
emergency services.
Road Construction
Notice
Please be aware that the
upcoming SD32 project
from I-29 to west of
Flandreau. We held our
preconstruction meeting
this morning and the
contractor indicated
their start date will be
the day after Labor Day
(Tuesday, September
3rd). They will begin
milling the existing asphalt
surface which is
expected to take about 3
weeks and asphalt paving
operations are expected
to begin around
September 20th. Based
on their tentative schedule,
this will put them
very close to finishing
by the contract completion
date of
October 11,
2013.