Most people wouldn’t expect a tribe tucked between Minnesota’s suburbs and its icy lakes to be one of the wealthiest communities in the country. But the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) ...

Former President Joe Biden joined Minnesotans by the thousands who paid their respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman at the Minnesota Capitol on Friday, as the couple received one of the state’s highest ...

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently announced a partnership with Girls on The Run Minnesota, providing a $330,000 grant to support Native girls’ health and wellness through local ...

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community agreed earlier this month to loan the $29 million to the Fort Peck Tribes to help fund the Buffalo Rivers Casino and Lodge, shown in an illustration above. The ...

The tribe, which owns the popular Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, has been seeking unfettered use of its land for years. Glynn A. Crooks, vice chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, said ...

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has made $3 million in emergency funds available to tribal nations amid the ongoing food shortage caused by a distribution problem with federal tribal food ...

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has made $3 million in emergency funds available to tribal nations amid the ongoing food shortage caused by a distribution problem ...

The Mendota Mdewakanton tribe will formally announce its application for federal acknowledgement next month at the annual Wacipi.

The Understand Native Minnesota campaign, which Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community launched in 2019, has funded grants, research, new curriculum and training for teachers across the state ...

Rebecca Crooks-Stratton is the retiring secretary/treasurer of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized, sovereign Native American tribe located southwest of Minneapolis.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community also released two publications to help create and support Native American content in education.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (KARE) – Some native animals have returned to their homelands. The Shakopee Sioux community in Minnesota welcomed 10 bison last November. The tribe traditionally used the animals for ...