Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Indian tribe community in Scott County, Minnesota, United States
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC; Dakota: Mdemayaṭo Oyate or Ṡákpe Mdewak̇aŋṫuŋwaŋ Dak̇ota Oyate) is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people, located southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, within parts of the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee in Scott County, Minnesota. Mdewakanton, pronounced Mid-ah-wah-kah-ton, means "dwellers of the spirit lake." The tribe owns and operates Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino, and a number of other enterprises. While Scott County is largely rural, it is located within the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. This proximity to a large customer base makes the casino profitable: each member of the tribe receives a payout of around $1 million per year (as of 2012), and the tribe gives large sums to various charitable organizations. As of 2020, the SMSC reservation and off-reservation trust land totaled 7.99 square miles (5,110 acres; 20.7 km2), all of which is located...
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