“It helps fund a lot of those programs all over the reservation,” he said. Spirit Lake Casino, which overlooks Devils Lake, a major sport fishing destination in North Dakota, is an important source of revenues to support a slate of tribal programs, including youth recreation and support for the elderly, said Doug Yankton, chairman of Spirit Lake Nation. Federal, state and foundation payments totaled $52.4 million, or 47% of the reservation’s revenues, according to the report by the tribe. By comparison, private native agriculture, including cattle and buffalo ranching, generated revenues of $10.3 million. Those dwarfed the $522,346 in revenues from the tribe’s farm.Īltogether, tribal businesses accounted for 41.5% of the $111.5 million in revenues generated at Standing Rock, with the vast majority generated by the tribe’s two casinos. Prairie Knights generated revenues of $36.5 million and Grand River Casino $9.2 million, according to a 2018 economic development report by the tribe.

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