2013 Donation Report SMSC 2013 Donation Report

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community 2013 Donation Report SMSC 2013 Donation Report

7 27 8 Native American Tribes $13,212,681 Health & Wellness $6,616,700 Education and Youth $2,815,410 14 9 23 Intergovernmental Aid/Payments $1,992,901 Mental Health & Social Services $1,541,480 Native American Organizations $966,107

17 13 Charitable Organizations $470,223

At the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community we are Native American Tribes Page 4-5 Holidays $144,650 unwavering in our commitment to help others, from Indian Education and Youth Page 6-7 tribes to educational institutions; hospitals to Pow Wows. It Indian Organizations Page 8-9 AEDs $62,157 has been ingrained in us as Dakota people from a young age Charitable Organizations Page 10-11 that it is our tradition and our cultural responsibility to help Page 12 those who have not been as fortunate as we have been. In Holidays Pow Wows $49,250 keeping with our traditions, we donated $27,916,775 in fiscal AEDs Page 13 year 2013, including more than $13 million to other tribes. Pow Wows Page 14-15 MPS Mutual Aid $45,215 Over the past 22 years we have given more than $290 mil- Health Services Page 16 lion in grants and charitable donations. Thank you for your Steward of the Land Page 17 interest in our 2013 Donation Report. We invite you to learn Good Neighbor Page 18-26 Total $27,916,775 more about the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Good Employer Page 27 Fiscal Year 2013 Totals by visiting our website at www.shakopeedakota.org.

2 SMSC 2013 Donation Report 3 Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Native American Tribes Native American Tribes The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community supported the Pon- ca Tribe of Oklahoma with a grant for $325,000 for a restorative and $13,212,681 clean food tribal agriculture program. The grant funded staff, an office, Bois Forte Band of equipment, 90 fruit trees, and much more. Headquartered in White Ea- Chippewa Indians $1,000,000 gle, Oklahoma, the Ponca Tribe started an agriculture program in 2012 with a goal of providing healthier food for their members. The program Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe $500,000 has since grown to 350 acres, with 40 acres in vegetable production, 50 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe $650,000 acres in corn production, 50 acres in wheat, and 210 acres in pasture. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of One thousand chickens produce 40 dozen eggs daily. The corn harvest- Oklahoma $400,000 ed is used fresh for food, handmade into hominy, and dried for use in Red Cliff Band of soups. Cows and pigs are also being bred. Another 350 acres will also go Flandreau Santee Lake Superior Chippewa into production in the near future. Sioux Tribe $1,000,000 Keweenaw Bay Indian The Shakopee Mdewakan- To assist other Indian nations to grow and prosper while protecting their tribal sovereignty, the Shakopee Community $92,200 Mdewakanton Sioux Community supports economic development through tribal grants and loans. The SMSC ton Sioux Community has Lac Courte Oreilles Band of has made $536 million in loans to other tribes for economic and infrastructure development projects since helped the Ponca Tribe of Lake Superior Ojibwe $500,000 1996. In fiscal year 2013, the SMSC made $13,212,681 in grants to 28 tribes. Oklahoma with grants totaling $908,473 for debt Lac du Flambeau Band of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe reduction, economic de- Lake Superior Chippewa $150,000 Grand Opening Held for Wicoicaga Otipi - “A Place for the Generations” velopment, and for expert Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $500,000 witnesses in a lawsuit which Wicoicaga Otipi, the new Flandreau erings, $1 million of the SMSC loan sponse to a new gaming compact was ultimately successful Lower Sioux Indian Santee Sioux Community Center, and two $1 million grants (for fis- with the state of South Dakota. against a chemical manu- Community $250,000 opened with a special event on cal year 2013 and fiscal year 2012) facturer who polluted tribal Oglala Sioux Tribe $500,000 September 18, 2013, with tribal were used to fund the new com- Since 2004 the SMSC has provided lands. The 17,000-acre res- leaders, dignitaries, and elected munity center to provide space for $10.35 million in grants and loans Ponca Tribe of Nebraska $500,000 ervation in Ponca City, Okla- officials present. A loan and grant events like wakes and funerals, trib- to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe homa, is currently home Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma $325,000 package totaling $5 million from al meetings, and activities for youth for economic development efforts to more than a third of the Red Cliff Band of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux and elders. The Moody County Boys and a senior independent living 3,200 Ponca Tribe of Okla- Lake Superior Chippewa $750,000 Community helped pay for the new & Girls Club, which has 80% Native project. The Flandreau Santee homa members. facility as well as upgrades to their American children enrolled, is also Sioux Indian Reservation is com- Red Lake Nation $750,000 housed in the new community cen- Royal River Casino. prised of 2,500 acres of land locat- Rosebud Sioux Tribe $500,000 ter. From the $3 million loan, the ed along and near the Big Sioux Riv- Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota Since the FSST had no facility to remaining $2 million went towards er in Moody County, South Dakota. Santee Sioux Tribe of The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota used their $650,000 grant house community events and gath- upgrading the tribe’s casino in re- Nebraska $550,000 from the SMSC for the tribe’s farm. Specifically, capital improvements Shinnecock Indian Nation $20,000 Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake to the irrigation system; the purchase of corn and soybean seed; tilling, A $1 million grant from the Shakop- business plan for Mole Lake Casino grant,” wrote Tribal Chairman Chris planting, spraying and harvesting expenses; crop insurance; and labor Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe $250,000 ee Mdewakanton Sioux Communi- and Bingo; weatherization upgrades; McGeshick in a letter. “The timing of and trucking of grain to market were funded. The Crow Creek Sioux Sokaogon Chippewa Tribe of ty helped fund several community the Sokaogon Chippewa Elderly Pro- the grant and your willingness to help Tribe partnered with a local farmer to custom farm the land, which was Mole Lake $1,000,000 planted with 3,135 acres of corn and 1,289 acres of soy beans in the improvement and economic devel- gram; the second phase of a new fish our Tribe is truly an honor. I would Spirit Lake Nation $700,000 opment projects for the Sokaogon hatchery complex; and a new gym sincerely like to thank you for the in- summer of 2013. Chippewa Community of Mole Lake, floor and kitchen area partition in the terest you have shown in rebuilding St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Previous to the $650,000 grant, the SMSC made a $1 million dollar grant Wisconsin $80,000 Wisconsin. The grant funded a num- Cultural Youth Education Resource our community.” to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to fund ad- ber of tribal projects: road, water Center. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe $500,000 About one-third of the Sokaogon ministration and other costs, a $2.7 million loan in 2010 to buy back and sewer infrastructure for a new “On behalf of the entire Sokaogon Chippewa Community’s 1,270 mem- 7,200 acres of tribal land, and an associated $1 million grant for taxes Upper Sioux Community $1,000,000 housing area; construction of ener- Chippewa Tribal Community, I would bers live on a 1,700-acre reservation and expenses relating to that land. With approximately 3,000 members White Earth Nation $250,000 gy-efficient housing units; a needs like to thank you for your generosi- in northeast Wisconsin. and 225,000 acres, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe consists of the members assessment and comprehensive Yankton Sioux Tribe $415,000 ty and assistance with the $1 million of the Isanti and Ihanktowan divisions of the Great Sioux Nation. 4 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Native American Tribes 5 Augsburg College Education and Youth Back in 1991, the SMSC chose Augsburg College in the Education and Youth Twin Cities to receive funding for scholarships. The $2,815,410 $100,000 was invested into two scholarship funds, one from the Gaming Enterprise and the other from the trib- American Indian College Fund...... $150,000 al government. A fiscal year 2013 grant for $250,000 American Indian OIC...... $25,500 was added to this previous funding to generate revenue Augsburg College...... $250,000 to support scholarships for Native American students in Blackfeet Community College...... $300,000 perpetuity. Over the past 30 years, 225 Native American Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation.... $5,000 students have graduated from Augsburg College with help from this scholarship. Boys and Girls Clubs of the Leech Lake Area..... $30,000 Catching the Dream...... $10,000 Notah Begay III Foundation Cheyenne River Youth Project ...... $75,000 The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has com- Circle of Nations Wahpeton Indian School...... $8,000 operates the Cherish the Children Learning Center. mitted $750,000 over two fiscal years to the Notah Begay Division of Indian Work...... $35,000 III Foundation (NB3F) to support the national center, Na- Dunwoody College of Technology...... $7,500 Since the youth of today will be the leaders entrusted with protecting their people and resources for future tive Strong; Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures. This donation generations, the SMSC dedicates funds each year to programs which support educational initiatives. The solidifies the tribe as the Leadership Partner for Native Dupree Daycare Inc...... $9,500 Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donated $2,815,410 to 102 schools and organizations supporting Strong’s Upper Midwest programming. The SMSC has Flandreau Indian School...... $20,000 youth and education in fiscal year 2013. been a donor to the Notah Begay III Foundation for the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.... $100,000 Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Educare School past four years, supporting general operations and NB3F’s Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia...... $5,000 annual fundraiser, the NB3F Challenge. The first half of A project to educate young children ly learning programming proven to number of Ho-Chunk speakers. Haskell Student Senate...... $7,000 the grant for $375,000 went to NB3F in fiscal year 2013. A has been supported by $500,000 in reduce educational achievement Indian Youth of America...... $75,000 The school is expected to provide separate $25,000 grant went to NBG3F for other activities funding from the Shakopee Mde- disparities for children from lower services the first year for 90 pre- and fundraising. Indians Into Medicine...... $5,000 wakanton Sioux Community to the income communities with young, school children and their families Inver Grove Heights B.E.S.T. Scholarship...... $5,000 Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. With at risk children. The new program “The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has been and 119 children and their families in Isna Wica Owayaw (Loneman School)...... $15,000 the objective to provide young chil- hopes to increase the involvement an inspirational leader in the field of tribal philanthropy subsequent years. Additionally, full- dren living on the Winnebago Reser- of parents in promoting their child’s and has generously supported many Native Nations and Laker Educational Foundation...... $20,000 day services for 72 infants and tod- vation with opportunities to develop development and incorporate the Native organizations,” said four-time PGA TOUR winner, Migizi Communications...... $10,000 dlers and an after-school program school readiness skills, the program Ho-Chunk Language through regular NBC/Golf Channel analyst, and NB3F founder Notah Begay Minneapolis Public Schools Indian Education for elementary aged children will be III. “Their commitment to NB3F underscores a steadfast is implementing an intensive, re- exposure and engagement to build Program...... $12,000 provided at the center. determination to address the epidemics of Type 2 Diabe- search-based educare model of ear- cultural awareness and increase the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center... $50,000 tes and childhood obesity with us and our partners. Time Nawayee Center School...... $21,500 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and time again the SMSC demonstrates its commitment to empowering and improving our Native communities, Northwest Indian College Foundation...... $150,000 A $100,000 grant to Fond and for that we are thankful.” Notah Begay III Foundation...... $400,000 du Lac Tribal and Com- Oglala Lakota College...... $100,000 munity College in Clo- One in the Spirit...... $40,000 quet, Minnesota, funded a new law enforcement Sobriety High Charter School...... $7,500 program. FDLTCC is one Southside Family Nurturing Center...... $5,000 of the largest providers of SouthWest Metro Educational Cooperative...... $20,000 “college in high school,” St. Paul Public Schools Indian Education enrolling more than 1,000 Program...... $13,000 high school students from United Tribes Technical College...... $250,000 across the region. White River Parent/Teacher Boosters...... $5,000 Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska...... $500,000

6 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Education and Youth 7 National Indian Gaming Association Native American Organizations Native American Organizations The SMSC donated $75,000 for the National Indian Gaming As- $966,107 sociation’s (NIGA) Great Plains Region Boys & Girls Club initiative Ain Dah Yung Center...... $10,000 for distribution to clubs most in All Nations Indian Church...... $10,000 need of assistance in continuing their operations. An addi- American Indian Society ...... $10,000 tional $25,000 was donated for the Annual NIGA Christmas Association of American Indian Physicians...... $100,000 Drive, which they distribute to programs in Indian commu- BiiGiiWiin...... $16,000 nities in the Great Plains Region that need help in providing Cedar Presbyterian Church...... $5,000 gifts for children who might go without on Christmas Day. Dakota Commemorative March Committee...... $6,000 “We are proud of what we have been able to accomplish Department of Indian Work...... $32,000 because of the generous partnerships with tribes, like Division of Indian Work...... $20,000 Association of American Indian Physicians Shakopee, who understand the importance of helping. On Fort Peck Tribes...... $15,000 behalf of the National Indian Gaming Association, I want Less than 1% of all philanthropic dollars in the United States go to tribal communities, according to the Foundations Center. The Sha- to express my deep appreciation for the constant support Great Plains Indian Gaming Association...... $50,000 kopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community focuses charitable giving largely on Indian tribes and on organizations which serve Indian peo- Indian Child Welfare Law Center...... $25,000 ple. In fiscal year 2013, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donated $996,117 to 58 organizations which provide services we have received over the years from the Shakopee primarily for American Indian people and reservation communities. These organizations are chartered by individuals, Indian tribes, Mdewakanton Sioux Community, which has helped NIGA Indigenous Peoples Task Force...... $67,750 churches, schools, and groups of like-minded individuals, united by a common goal of improving living conditions for Indian people. in our efforts to help advance the needs of many of our Intertribal Buffalo Council...... $27,750 Indian people,” wrote NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr. Kateri Residence...... $5,000 Association of American Indian Physicians Lakota Funds...... $20,000 A $100,000 matching grant from the and programs to Native youth to: ed in health careers; pre-admission National Indian Gaming Association...... $100,000 SMSC to the Association of American 1) address health disparities by im- workshops for undergraduate and National Indian Health Board...... $10,000 Indian Physicians was for recruitment proving healthcare workforce devel- graduate students planning admis- of future doctors. The donation was opment and 2) increase diversity in sion to medical school; Cross Cultural Native American Finance Officers Association....$5,000 helpful in supporting and encourag- the healthcare workforce. Medicine Workshops for medical stu- Native American Literature Symposium...... $5,000 ing American Indian youth in pur- dents; and the AAIP Annual Meeting Native American Rights Fund...... $200,000 With the SMSC funds, AAIP conduct- suit of a career in healthcare, allied and Health Conference for students Poplar Theater Restoration Project...... $5,000 ed a National Native American Youth health professions, and biomedical to network and be mentored by AAIP Running Strong for American Indian Youth...... $25,000 research. AAIP has made it a priori- Initiative in Washington, DC, for high member physicians. Simply Outdoor Experiences...... $10,000 ty to offer educational opportunities school juniors and seniors interest- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the Running Strong for American Indian Youth American Indian...... $25,000 Thanks to a $25,000 grant to Running Strong for Ameri- Sunka Cangi Indigenous Way Community Inc...$30,000 can Indian Youth, the Slim Buttes Agricultural Develop- Tusweca Tiospaye...... $7,500 ment Program (SBAG) continued its work to plant organic family gardens on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Upper Midwest American Indian Center...... $30,000 South Dakota. SBAG tilled 322 gardens and distributed WEWIN...... $20,000 16,000 seedlings grown in a new biodynamic potting soil Women of Nations...... $20,000 in the program’s green house, involving 2,600 individuals across most of Pine Ridge - the majority of whom were Using SMSC grants from previous years, construction has children. This year Running Strong also provided funds begun on NIGA’S new headquarters building. Located two to build a second high tunnel greenhouse to extend the blocks from the United States Capitol Building in the his- growing season. Due to these efforts, there is a resurgence toric Waterston house, this building was constructed in in interest in sustainable food systems and according to 1806. With the growth of Indian gaming, NIGA needed Running Strong’s Executive Director Lauren Finkelstein, more space. They plan to build a new tribal leaders’ center “Shakopee’s generous funding provided critical support to in the large plot behind this historic building. this growing movement.” Association of American Indian Physicians 8 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Native American Organizations 9 Minnesota Children’s Museum Charitable Organizations Charitable Organizations A matching grant for $17,500 to the Minnesota Children’s Museum funded three programs. The Play for All program $470,223 serves 120,000 children and family members every year with free and reduced admissions, approximately one-fourth of American Cancer Society...... $13,500 all visitors annually. The Smart Play Spot is an early literacy American Diabetes Association...... $28,000 environment custom-matched to the local community and American Heart Association...... $50,000 located in the Shakopee Public Library. The Native Voices: American Red Cross New England Tribal Families exhibit ran January through Twin Cities Area Chapter...... $5,000 May. Charles Hall Youth Services...... $10,000 Children’s Foundation...... $53,000 A $5,000 donation to the National Eagle Center was used to complete loan repayment to the city of Wabasha Children’s Law Center of Minnesota...... $5,000 for the initial construction of the facility in Wabasha, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River. The facility Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...... $6,500 provides education to more than 80,000 visitors annually about eagles and environmental stewardship. Emergency Foodshelf Network...... $5,000 Nonprofit organizations provide a variety of valuable services to the individuals they serve. Without donations, Habitat for Humanity of South Central these organizations would find it difficult to operate. The SMSC made $470,223 in gifts to 86 charitable organi- Minnesota...... $5,000 zations which provide social, medical, preventative, or public services to their constituents in fiscal year 2013. Juvenile Diabetes American Heart Association Research Foundation...... $10,000 Lakeland Public Television...... $10,000 With a matching grant for $50,000 STEMI program for rural Minne- availability of 12-lead electrocar- the SMSC met a commitment for sota to improve patient outcomes diogram (ECG) equipment and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society...... $6,500 a total of $100,000 over two years for those suffering the most dead- improving patient transport and MADD...... $5,000 to the American Heart Associa- ly type of heart attack, a STEMI. transfer protocols, many lives can Mercy Hospital Foundation...... $25,000 tion. The grants were specifically Not treated quickly, a STEMI is be saved and permanent heart Minnesota Children’s Museum...... $20,500 used to fund the Mission Lifeline usually fatal. By increasing the muscle damage reduced. National Eagle Center ...... $5,000 Children’s Hospitals and Clinics National Organization on A gift of $50,000 from the SMSC to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...... $5,000 Children’s Hospitals and Clinics al- Prior Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.... $5,000 lowed for development of a trauma Project Turnabout...... $6,000 communication command center Science Museum of Minnesota...... $5,000 within the Minneapolis Emergency Second Harvest Heartland...... $10,000 Department. The command center will allow Children’s to monitor and Smile Network International...... $10,000 coordinate care for incoming trau- Southern Valley Alliance for ma patients; integrate all trauma bay Battered Women...... $7,000 technology including cameras and Southside Community diagnostic equipment; use all video Health Services, Inc...... $42,000 and diagnostic data for performance St. Mary’s Health Clinics...... $25,000 improvement training; and eventual- Twin Cities Public Television...... $25,000 ly integrate video and data of patients en route to Children’s to ensure prop- er treatment and the best possible The SMSC supported the St. Mary’s Clinic in Shakopee with a $25,000 outcome. As one of the busiest pedi- grant. The clinic, which provides free healthcare to people in need atric emergency medicine programs as a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, has received in the nation, Children’s has more $235,000 from the SMSC since 2003. than 90,000 visits annually. Second Harvest Heartland 10 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Charitable Organizations 11 Holidays Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)

To share the holiday spirit with children and families in need the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community awarded $144,650 in donations for the holiday season. The donations, which went to 28 social service organizations mostly in the Twin Cities, provided toys, clothing, food, activities, and other gifts for families. Catholic Charities Dorothy Day Center Holiday AEDs At the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, SMSC donations of $62,157 $4,000 for Thanksgiving and $5,000 for Christmas helped feed those $144,650 who are less fortunate. The Center provides shelter for up to 250 peo- Other organizations in the Twin Cities Three AEDs were donated to: ple every night. receiving SMSC holiday donations included: Chaska Fire Department, Minnesota Ain Dah Yung Center Dakota Magic Casino, North Dakota Local Outreach Akina Community Church Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Department of Public The SMSC donates grocery gift cards to low-income Native American Health & Natural Resources, Minnesota All Nations Indian Church Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota families living in Scott County. In addition to the financial contributions, American Indian Family Center SMSC members and staff participate in a Giving Tree Program, which Two AEDs were donated to: Carver Scott Educational Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Minnesota gives presents anonymously to children in Native American families in Cooperative’s 3 C’s Program Donated AEDs are Saving Lives need that live in the county. The SMSC also has a Toys for Tots gift drop Elko New Market Police & Fire Department, Division of Indian Work Through the Mdewakanton LIFE Program, the SMSC has donated Minnesota off location. Elders Lodge 737 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to tribes, schools, Lac Courtes Oreilles Fire Department, Wisconsin Department of Indian Work Hidden Oaks Middle School police and fire departments, and other organizations with 23 Mille Lacs Reservation Emergency Services, Minnesota Kateri Residence lives saved due to their use, 12 of those in Scott County. AEDs are Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho Little Earth Residents Association used to apply a lifesaving shock to an individual whose heart has Sinte Gleska Tribal University, South Dakota Minnesota Compassion stopped beating and is the only known therapy for most sudden Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation, North Dakota Salvation Army cardiac arrests. In fiscal year 2013, the SMSC donated 43 AEDs Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, Minnesota St. Joseph’s Home for Children with 22 going to entities serving tribal communities. One AED was donated to: Union Gospel Mission Granite Falls Police Chief Russ Blue was so pleased with the Mde- Albert Lea Fire Department, Minnesota Upper Midwest American Indian Center wakanton LIFE Program that he wrote a letter to the SMSC de- Bayport Fire Department, Minnesota Belle Plaine Fire Department, Minnesota Women of Nations scribing two incidents involving SMSC donated AEDs. He wrote, Ebenezer Ridges Elder Care, Minnesota In areas outside the Twin Cities, the SMSC “On February 16, 2012, we received two AED’s that had been Good Thunder Police Department, Minnesota made holiday donations to: donated to the Police Department through your AED grant pro- Kimball Fire & Rescue, Minnesota Ain Dah Ing gram. On July 14, 2012, one of the AED’s was used by our officers Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Prior Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6208, to assist in a medical emergency. On that occasion we were able Minnesota An SMSC donation of $9,000 went to the Department of Indian Work Bad River Head Start to bring someone back who had effectively died, and he is living Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, Bridges Area Learning (DIW), a project of the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches. DIW de- Boys & Girls Club of the Three Districts a productive life at this time. On June 18, 2013, we were called Center, Minnesota velops and coordinates programs which empower American Indian Boys & Girls Club of Lower Brule to another medical emergency where the use of an AED was re- Savage Parks and Recreation, Minnesota people toward self-determination. Some of those programs include Boys & Girls Club of the quired. Once again we were able to bring someone back from Savage Police Department, Minnesota emergency services, the Family Education Diabetes Series, health Missouri River Valley the dead due to the use of the AED. We have already heard that Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Canada and wellness projects, a youth enrichment program, and a food shelf Cass Lake Family Center person had a pacemaker put in. I can’t say thank you enough for SouthWest Metro Education Cooperative, Minnesota which provided 62,649 pounds of food to 624 individuals last year. St. Joseph’s Indian School your contribution to our department, and I’m sure the two peo- St. Labre Indian School, Montana The SMSC’s donations helped fund 500 sacks of groceries which were Turtle Mountain Head Start ple that were brought back to life would echo that comment.” The Lutheran Home Association, Minnesota distributed for the holidays. Yankton Sioux Tribe Women of Nations, Minnesota 12 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) 13 Pow Wows Pow Wows $49,250 Ain Dah Yung Center Pow Wow Minnesota Indian Primary Residential American Indian Cancer Foundation Treatment Center Pow Wow Pow Wow for Hope Naca Wica Younhanpi American Indian Magnet School Pow Wow Oglala Lakota Nation Pow Wow American Indian Student Cultural Center Pow Wow Okiciyap the Isabel Community Pow Wow Antelope Wacipi Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Pow Wow Arlee Celebration Pow Wow Potato Creek Traditional Pow Wow Arizona State University Pow Wow Proud Indigenous Peoples for Education Black Hills State University Center for American Indian (PIPE) Pow Wow Studies Pow Wow Rainy River Community College Pow Wow A Pow Wow, or Wacipi in the Dakota Language, is an important cultural celebration for American Indians. Black Hills Pow Wow Revitalization/Leech Lake Band of It’s a traditional celebration where the generations gather to socialize, dance, sing, and spend time together. Bois Forte Reservation Pow Wow Ojibwe Housing Authority Pow Wow Singers at their drums sing traditional songs in their native languages, and dancers in spectacular, colorful Bridger Community Pow Wow Santee Sioux Nation Omaka Teca Wacipi regalia keep time with the drum in the arena, which might be a grassy field, a school gymnasium, or a com- Cherry Creek Veterans Pow Wow St. Francis Indian Day Pow Wow munity center. The Pow Wow is a family event, where children dance in regalia often before they walk, safe in the arms of their parents. As they age, the children dance alone or with their relatives. Chief Joseph Dance Pow Wow Superior Schools Indian Education Program Pow Wow Chippewa Cree Tribe Pow Wow Tanner Albers Sr. Memorial Round Dance Supporting Pow Wows Across Indian Country Circle of Nations Pow Wow The American Indian Exposition of Oklahoma Pow Wow SMSC donations funded American SMSC donated $10,000 to support history after the Dakota War of 1862. Dakota Wacipi Tiospaye Student Council, Indian cultural events all across the the 2013 gathering. The weekend Members of the SMSC have been in- Dupree Wacipi University of South Dakota Pow Wow Midwest. Grants totaling $49,250 event honors the 38 Dakota warriors volved in this Pow Wow since its in- Eagle Nest District Wacipi Todd County Middle School Pow Wow were made to 62 Pow Wows in Min- who were hanged there in the larg- ception. First Nations Repatriation Institute Pow Wow Twin Cities Cultural Connection Pow Wow nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, est mass hanging in United States Fort Belknap Indian Community Pow Wow Williston Basin Indian Club Pow Wow Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Four Winds Alumni Pow Wow Winner Labor Day Wacipi Celebration Montana, and Wisconsin. Greenwood Pow Wow Winona-Dakota Unity Alliance Pow Wow Each April Black Hills State University Haskell Indian Nations Alumni Pow Wow Woodlands and High Plains Pow Wow Center for American Indian Studies Haskell Indian Nations University Pow Wow Woyatan Wacipi holds their Lakota Omniciye Wacipi Indian Center, Inc. Pow Wow Wyoming Indian High School Traditional Club Pow Wow to cap off American Indian Aware- Kansas University First Nation Yankton Sioux Tribe Pow Wow ness Week. A student organization Student Association Pow Wow hosts the annual event which is ded- Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of icated to educating the larger com- Pipemakers Pow Wow munity about Indian culture. Featur- Kenel Pow Wow ing daily speakers and a variety of Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Pow Wow events at Black Hills State University, Leech Lake Tribal College Pow Wow the week’s activities are open to the public. In 2013 the 30th annual Lako- Lincoln Indian Club Pow Wow ta Omniciye Wacipi was the recipient Mahkato Mdewakanton Pow Wow of an SMSC donation. Marty Indian School Pow Wow Medicine Root District Fair For more than 40 years each Sep- Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin Pow Wow tember the Mahkato Mdewakanton Milk River Dance Association has held their annual tra- Minneapolis American Indian Center Pow Wow ditional Pow Wow at Land of Memo- ries Park in Mankato, Minnesota. The Missouri State University Pow Wow 14 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Pow Wows 15 Health Services Steward of the Land

The Dakota way is to plan for the Seventh Generation, to make sure that resources will be available in the future to sustain life for seven generations to come. Conserving and protecting the earth today ensures that there will be food, trees, natural areas, traditional wild foods and medicines, and open spaces for coming generations. As a steward of the earth, the SMSC conducts a number of activities to preserve and protect the land. Steward of the Land The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has made a commitment to health and wellness not only for Organic farmers, biologists, water resource specialists, The planting and harvesting of our 10-acre organic garden its members, but also for its more than 4,147 employees and their families and Native Americans living in technicians, and others in Land and Natural Resources, Wo- and four-acre orchard, and our work with honeybees and Scott County. zupi, Public Works, and Cultural Resources Departments maple syrup production connect us to our land and help help fulfill the mission of preserving and protecting the us live sustainably. The SMSC operates a TSA (Tribally Sup- Health Services land. ported Agriculture) program where members purchase a share of the garden and receive 18 weekly boxes of organ- The SMSC provides health, wellness, and dental services. Reduced cost Our Community actively works to retain and restore native ic produce. Honey, produce, free-range chicken eggs, and prescriptions are available at the nearby SMSC Pharmacy for members habitat. Prairie and forest restoration and wetlands protec- and employees. Wellness classes and activities are offered regularly, and a tion encourages native plants, animals, and insects to make maple syrup are also available for purchase through Farm- er’s Markets or at Mazopiya. free Wellness Conference for employees attracts more then 700 attendees our lands their home. annually. Green Infrastructure Mental Health For the SMSC, green infrastructure long-term, water-quality monitoring The SMSC also recycles scrap metal The SMSC provides employee assistance and mental health programs from energy production to runoff program is in place for local lakes, and steel; computer equipment; cans, which include mental health care, smoking cessation classes, support management is a priority. The SMSC streams, wetlands, and Maka Yusota bottles, and glass; plastic; paper; and groups, counseling, referrals, and chemical dependency service. realizes the importance of increas- (Boiling Springs), a nearby culturally batteries. Furniture, dishes, linens, ing energy independence and has in- significant site. and vehicles in good working order stalled wind turbines capable of pro- are donated to tribes and organiza- Children & Family Services The SMSC’s Water Reclamation Fa- viding enough electricity for all the tions that can reuse them. This SMSC department provides general support related to parenting, in- cility uses the latest technologies to homes on the reservation. Additional cluding general information, referrals, case management, parenting edu- return wastewater to drinking water For the Shakopee Mdewakanton green energy technologies in use on cation, support groups, home visits, prenatal and new baby information quality before discharging it to a wet- people of today, culture and environ- the reservation include solar panels, packets, and many more programs. land for use for irrigation, reducing ment are intimately intertwined. We passive solar heating, geothermal groundwater use by 35,000,000 gal- strive to respect and care for the en- heating, and reuse of waste vegetable Clinics lons per year. vironment while retaining our cultural oil as biofuel for Community-owned connection with the earth. For more Mystic Clinic provides services at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel for vehicles. At the SMSC Organics Recycling Fa- information about the SMSC’s green team members of the SMSC Gaming Enterprise. A Physical cility, organic materials like yard and Several water management projects infrastructure projects, please visit Therapy and Chiropractic Clinic offer care as well as warm food waste, woody debris, and bio- have been implemented to reduce the SMSC website at http://www.sha- water hydrotherapy and rehabilitation for injuries and oth- degradable paper products like card- runoff quantity and improve the qual- kopeedakota.org/enviro/index.php. er disorders. A full-service vision clinic and a hearing clinic board are mixed together to create ity of the many wetlands through- are also available. The Shakopee Dakota Clinic and Shakopee compost. To be a good neighbor, the out the reservation. The SMSC has Dakota Dental Clinic provide medical and dental services for SMSC allows the City of Prior Lake, two large green roofs and numerous Community members, staff, and their families. An endocri- Shakopee, and Savage to drop off bioretention areas. Pervious asphalt nologist sees patients regularly, flu shots are given, chronic their yard waste at no charge. Several and pavers (made from recycled tires illnesses monitored, and Diabetes Information Classes are varieties of compost are available for and plastic bottles) reduce runoff as held, which are just some of the many services offered at the purchase at this enterprise. Shakopee Dakota Clinic. well as the need for de-icing salt. A SMSC Organics Recycling Facility 16 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Steward of the Land 17 Good Neighbor Green Roof at Minneapolis City Hall is New Home for Honeybees The green roof at the Minneapolis honeybees pollinate the tribe’s gar- Mdewakanton Sioux Community. City Hall and Courthouse building den and orchard and help educate And with the donation of bees and is buzzing with honeybees, due to a the public. She continued, “Being hive equipment, we are happy to gift from the Shakopee Mdewakan- good stewards of the earth is one of help the City of Minneapolis reach ton Sioux Community, which donat- the top priorities for the Shakopee its environmental goals.” ed two honey bee hives along with equipment and bee boxes.

A news conference to commem- orate the donation was held June 6, 2013, on the city’s green roof. SMSC Secretary/Treasurer SMSC donated trees to Shakopee High School Lori Watso attended and spoke to the media along with Min- The SMSC’s collaboration with neighboring governments has increased in recent years, working together on neapolis then-Mayor R.T. Rybak common projects and initiatives to improve community-wide services throughout the region. To be a good and City Council Member Lisa neighbor, the SMSC cooperates with local governments on projects which benefit local residents. Increased communication has led to enhanced relations between the parties including land issues, shared resources, Goodman. Secretary/Treasurer and emergency services. Watso talked about the tribe’s honeybee program and how the Lakefront Music Fest Each July the SMSC supports the shuttles and buses, drivers, and the Fire Department, Mdewakanton Lakefront Music Fest in Prior Lake, Mobile Unit. Many SMSC staff volun- Public Safety, Allina, Patrons of the Oicimani Media Center Minnesota, to raise funds for local teered for the event. Arts and Activities, the Laker Athletic The SMSC’s library has more than health, literature (fiction, poetry, also available. Employees and mem- non-profit organizations. Success- Booster Club, the YMCA of the Great- 12,046 items in its collection and is drama, and journals), art, garden- bers can check out books, movies, ful in drawing 10,000 folks a night Numerous Prior Lake Rotarians and er Twin Cities, and the Scott County mostly dedicated to Native Ameri- ing, music, dance, arts and crafts, and other materials. Oicimani Media can materials. The collection includes and education (including curricula). Center is also open to researchers, in 2013, the festival featured mu- volunteers, city employees, Prior Sheriff’s Reserves worked together to books on the Dakota, history, biogra- There is also a juvenile section and students, and educators by appoint- sic artists Montgomery Gentry, Bret Lake Police Department, Prior Lake hold the event. phy, geography, government, sociol- an extensive audio/video section. In- ment. Michaels, and others at the two-day ogy, anthropology, religion, science, dian newspapers and magazines are event at Lakefront Park on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2013. Dakotah! Ice Center The event was created by the Rota- The SMSC operates Dakotah! Ice School girls’ and boys’ hockey teams, hosts youth and adult tournaments, ry Club and was presented by Mystic Center, a 72,000 square-foot facility as well as the Prior Lake Savage Hock- several Junior ‘A’ tryout camps, and Lake Casino Hotel and the Shakop- which contains two sheets of ice. It ey Association. During the spring youth camps. ee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, is home ice for the Prior Lake High and summer seasons, the Ice Center which donated $50,000 to support the event again this year. In addition, the SMSC donated thousands of bot- Bottled Water Donated to Oklahoma Tornado Victims tles of water, the use of seven SMSC The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux in fiscal year 2013 to the American earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia Did You Know? Community donated 2,880 one-liter Diabetes Association, Scott County, in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, • Since 1992 the SMSC has participated • Students in Shakopee High School’s environmental ethics and ecology bottles of purified drinking water Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, the Min- Haiti earthquake in 2010, flooding on in the Scott County Adopt a Highway pro- class planted 15 bare-root fruit trees donated by the Shakopee Mde- produced at its water bottling facility nesota Zoo, Project Sweetie Pie, and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe reserva- gram. Litter is picked up on County Roads wakanton Sioux Community’s garden, Mdewakanton Wozupi. The trees for relief efforts after a tornado dev- Guide Dogs of America. The SMSC tion in South Dakota in 2011, Hurri- 42, 82, and 83 on a regular basis. A family were planted at the Environmental Learning Center on the school cam- astated Moore, Oklahoma. previously donated water and re- cane Sandy in 2012, and more. from the SMSC has also adopted a section pus. The class visits Wozupi several times each year to plant, weed, har- sources for relief efforts following the of County Road 16 for clean-up. vest, and learn about organic farming. The SMSC also donated bottled water 18 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Good Neighbor 19 Blood Drives Volunteerism Since 1987, the SMSC has sponsored blood drives, now holding three each year at Dako- tah! Sport and Fitness as well as at the Team Member entrance at Mystic Lake Casino. The SMSC has held 44 blood drives since 1998, resulting in 3,165 donated units of blood. In 2012 alone, the SMSC ranked 19th in blood drive donations for Minnesota-based Memo- rial Blood Centers, with 339 units collected. It is the only community-sponsored blood drive in the top 20. The spirit of helping others through giving time as volunteers is becoming a strong tradition at the SMSC. Both members and employees have embraced opportunities to volunteer in a number of ways, always with the goal Cooperation of Volunteers and Contributors of assisting others who are in need of a helping hand. The SMSC, its members, and employees engage in activ- Leads to Help for Crow Creek Through Wowaokiya (Generosity and Helping) ities which support the SMSC’s cultural and social traditions of assisting those in need. Community members and staff joined together to deliver People donated clothing, baby items and necessities, toi- CAP Agency Benefits from SMSC Volunteerism help to a reservation in 2013 by holding what started as letries, and more. One member donated building materi- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux counties who receive assistance from bors in need.” said Joseph Vaughan, a clothing drive and ended up as two trucks filled with als of windows and doors. With the outpouring of gener- Community has a special relationship CAP. The non-profit assists people by Vice President of Development and donated items delivered to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in osity, it was soon apparent that this drive was something with the local Community Action providing food for families and senior Marketing of the CAP Agency of South Dakota. Community member Nathan Crooks drove special. Dakotah Tipis Habitat for Humanity, an SMSC do- Partnership (CAP) Agency located citizens, school readiness, crisis child- Scott, Carver, and Dakota Counties. his truck and 35-foot trailer to Crow Creek as a Communi- nation recipient on the Crow Creek Reservation, grateful- nearby. Two food drives, a silent auc- care, parenting education, heating ty representative. Fifteen staff members from SMSC Prop- ly agreed to accept the building materials with the Crow tion, monetary donations, and direct homes, and holiday toy distribution In two “Stock the Food Shelf Chal- erty Operations Departments loaded items onto the trail- Creek tribal administrative office making arrangements donations of produce from the tribe’s programs. lenge” food drives in fiscal year er and three employees volunteered to make the journey. for distribution of the other items. garden are some of the ways the 2013, Community members and em- SMSC supports the CAP Agency. The “You remain the #1 example of how ployees donated a total of 17,508.5 donations benefit children and fami- an organization can maximize and pounds of food and $12,806 in cash Polar Bear Plunge Raises Money for Special Olympics lies within Scott, Carver, and Dakota mobilize enthusiasm to help neigh- donations for the CAP Agency. Jumping in icy cold water in the mid- Hope for the Holidays Silent Auction Fundraiser dle of winter isn’t for everyone, but The SMSC also donated $20,000 to the CAP Agency for their The SMSC Gaming Enterprise Human Resources De- for members and employees of the Hope for the Holidays annual “adopt-a-family” holiday gift partment also holds an annual silent auction fundrais- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Com- sponsorship project where parents are invited to create a er for the CAP Agency. Team members from Mystic munity, it’s fast becoming an annual wish list for each member of the family so that each child re- Lake Casino Hotel, SMSC employees, as well as local tradition to take the plunge to raise ceives their special gift. Each year the program provides gifts businesses, donate items for this event, which has money for Special Olympics. The Prior for about 5,000 individuals and families. raised $102,050 for CAP since 1998. In fiscal year 2013 Lake Polar Bear Plunge is a fun event they raised $15,053 for CAP. for participants and spectators, with SMSC Youth Also Involved lively crowds, music, lots of photos being taken, and the nervous energy that Students of the SMSC Education Department have part- comes before the moment when cos- nered with the Wozupi, the Community’s organic farm, in SMSC Youth Help a service learning opportunity by volunteering to deliver Feed the Starving Children tumed bodies hit the ice cold water. weekly donations throughout the growing season to the In October 2013, nine students from the SMSC packed Each Polar Plunge participant must CAP Agency. In the summer of 2013, this effort donated food for the organization Feed My Starving Children at raise a minimum of $75 for the “priv- more than 2,100 pounds of organic non-GMO produce to their facility in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In the two hours ilege” of jumping. In 2013 seventy CAP. Students in the SMSC afterschool program, collect- of volunteer work, the students were able to pack enough plungers from the SMSC raised more ed and hand-delivered the produce, which included all food to feed 52 children for an entire year. The food was types of organic fruits and vegetables from the 14 acres than $20,000 for Special Olympics. sent to Honduras later that week. farmed by the SMSC. 20 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Good Neighbor 21 SCALE Intergovernmental Cooperation To improve life for all area residents, local townships, school districts, and munication, collaboration of services, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux cities in Scott County make up SCALE, and sharing of resources. SCALE has Community is an active member of which meets monthly to discuss ways a Joint Training Facility for police and the Scott County Association for Lead- to collaborate and share resourc- fire departments which the SMSC has ership and Efficiency (SCALE). Repre- es and services. Greater efficiencies supported throughout its history, first sentatives from 28 local governments and leadership in public service are as a concept in 2002 and with dona- including the SMSC, Scott County, encouraged through enhanced com- tions starting in 2004.

Transportation Planning Local Police Departments The SMSC is actively involved in dis- In June 2013, for the first time, the SMSC and the City of Shakopee reached cussions about transportation and a voluntary, $250,000 three-year agreement for police services on the reser- transit in the South Metro and near vation. The SMSC has had a similar agreement with the City of Prior Lake for To provide for the safety and welfare of its members, employees, and area residents, the Shakopee the reservation. Some of the projects many years. Mdewakanton Sioux Community has a history of working cooperatively with other governments. Over the under consideration for the next few Voluntary Payments years, the SMSC has worked on joint projects with the City of Prior Lake, Shakopee, Scott County, Savage, years include: Since 1996 the SMSC has paid more than $7.7 million for shared local road the state of Minnesota, agencies of the federal government, and many other government entities. • An SMSC-funded additional lane on construction and an additional $16.9 million for road projects on the reser- Highway 169 southbound to end at vation. The SMSC has also paid $15.2 million to local governments for ser- Local Trail Grants Awarded County Road 83, estimated at $1.5 vices and another $6.5 million for other projects. The SMSC has a history and In fiscal year 2013, five local governments were awarded million for design and construction practice of voluntarily paying for services provided by local governments in a combined $366,000 in grants from the Shakopee Mde- • Development of County Road 83 as spite of a 1984 Supreme Court ruling which mandates that local governments wakanton Sioux Community to make trail improvements an economic corridor, including are obligated to provide those services at no charge. In fiscal year 2013, the in Scott County. The recipients are: extending the four lanes from SMSC made these voluntary payments: • Savage – $100,000 for developing the Bluff Trail Project, County Road 42 to County Road 82 a one-mile trail to help residents safely travel between • A new four-lane County Road 16 • $395,000 to the City of Prior Lake for police services Burnsville, Prior Lake, and Savage while only traveling on • The extension of a trail on County • $75,000 to the city of Shakopee for police services sidewalks and trails. The trail will begin at the corner of Da- Road 21 • $280,000 to Scott County for road maintenance, county administration, the kota Avenue and 130th Street and extend east to connect • The extension of Valley View Road Sheriff’s Office, and County Attorney’s Office to Quentin Avenue near downtown Savage. through SMSC lands ment of a multi-use trail along Xerxes Avenue that will en- • $75,000 for the SCALE Joint Training Facility • Shakopee – $100,000 for developing the Quarry Lake • Trail development at Shakopee hance trail safety and complete the connection between • $105,025 for County Road 83 Trail, which will connect Shakopee residents to Quarry Memorial Park Lake Park and provide access to additional local trails and the two formerly separate communities. • $787,876 for property taxes businesses. The SMSC invited local governments and charitable orga- Update on Donations to Five Neighboring Cities and Scott County • Prior Lake – $76,000 for improvements to Pike Lake Trail, nizations in Scott County to apply for grants to fund local including paving the parking area and a trail segment with projects that would fill trail gaps, augment existing trail In fiscal year 2012 the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux ball and youth baseball campus at Holzer Park and to build lake access in Pike Lake Park. The project will increase the systems, improve access to existing public natural areas, or Community allocated $900,000 in grants to six neighbor- a Little League field. trail’s accessibility, particularly for handicapped residents. provide additional environmental benefit beyond simple ing governments; the tribe provided $150,000 each to • New Prague – $52,000 for paving the “Green Meadow” access. Each grant recipient was required to fulfill a 20% Scott County and the cities of Belle Plaine, Jordan, Prior • Prior Lake will use its $150,000 grant to benefit several Trail in Settlers Park, which will enhance accessibility and match (in cash or in kind) and was encouraged to involve Lake, Savage, and Shakopee. Specifically, the grants were parks and trails projects. provide year-round access to the area. local volunteers in the project, which must be substantially for the benefit of local residents as determined by each • Savage will use its $150,000 grant for economic devel- • Elko New Market – $38,000 for completing the final seg- completed by December 2014. government. The projects are expected to be completed opment, landscape, and library projects. by the end of summer 2014. Intergovernmental Working Group • Scott County will use its $150,000 intergovernmen- • Belle Plaine will move forward with enhancements tal grant to purchase a machine that automates pothole Since 2012 the SMSC and the governments of Scott disputes, and joining in mutually beneficial cooperation and improvements to its community swimming pool and patching. County, Prior Lake, and Shakopee have met regularly as in service to local citizens. The IWG provides a place for upgrades to its most popular community parks, Union an Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) to identify meaningful discussion as an alternative to litigation with Square and Prairie Park. and discuss issues of concern. The IWG serves as a fo- the intention that productive and respectful govern- • Shakopee will use their $150,000 intergovernmental rum for enhancing intergovernmental relations, resolving ment-to-government relations be conducted. • Jordan will use its $150,000 grant to build an adult soft- grant for improvements to their community center.

22 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Good Neighbor 23 Mdewakanton Public Safety Mobile Unit

For more than 11 years, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has operated a full-time, professional The SMSC Mobile Unit is both a mobile medical clinic and a mobile incident command center. In fiscal year fire and ambulance department. Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week since the fire station opened in 2013 the Mobile Unit was deployed 78 times: 19 for Scott County Public Health; 15 for tribal and Indian health 2002, Mdewakanton Public Safety (MPS), formerly Mdewakanton Emergency Services, stands by to help local clinics; 22 for SMSC tribal members, employees, and Scott County Native Americans; nine deployments at residents, guests, and neighbors. MPS responds to 150-250 calls a month, with the majority of them medical Shakopee Women’s Prison; eight for other health screening events, and five incident command deployments. responses. An average of 60 patients each month are transported to local hospitals by one of the three ambulances staffed by paramedics. Mobile Medical Unit When deployed as a Mobile Medical Unit, mammograms total to 5,240 mammograms performed since operations Saving Lives and health screenings are primary activities. In addition, began in 2007. Also in 2013, services were provided to MPS has three Advanced Life Support techniques, take vital signs, inter- lator “saves” where patients were SMSC staff aboard the Mobile Unit provide dental services, 218 dental patients; there were 61 vision screenings, and pret electrocardiograms, administer shocked with a defibrillator and had ambulances and a staff of trained vision services, well-baby/child visits, and a diabetes man- 214 patients had their cholesterol tested as the Mobile oxygen, give medications, start IVs, their heart rhythm restored before paramedics to respond to emergen- agement clinic when a need is identified. During monthly Unit traveled to areas around the state. The Mobile Unit perform emergency obstetrics, and they arrived at a local hospital. The cy situations. The ambulance crew, health screening events, the Mobile Unit provides services visited the Bois Forte, Grand Portage, and Red Lake Res- respond to all types of trauma. MPS “save” rate of 83% this past year which consists of one paramedic to SMSC Community members, SMSC employees, and Na- ervations as well as the Indian Health Board and Native compares to the standard national and one Emergency Medical Techni- In fiscal year 2013, MPS Emergency tive Americans who live in Scott County. In fiscal year 2013 American Community Clinics and other locations. “save” rate of 12%. cian, can perform advanced airway Medical Technicians had five defibril- there were 818 mammograms performed, bringing the Training Explorers Mobile Unit as Incident Command and Medical Support To be better prepared for future emergencies, Mdewakanton Public Safety MPS operates an Explorer Program for Scott County Public Health The Mobile Unit contains space and technical capabilities for tactical consistently looks for new ways to train with other fire departments in the youth ages 14 – 20 years of age. Explor- Deployments planning for coordinating services in case of a large-scale event or emer- local area. They participate in training exercises where they practice neces- ers are trained in CPR, firefighting, and Through a collaboration between the Sha- gency. The Mobile Unit’s emergency response component includes ra- sary skills. emergency medical response. Com- kopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community dio, telephone, satellite, and video recording of the emergency scene and the Scott County Public Health De- On September 30th, a Multi-Agency Rescue Training (MART) was held at the munity service programs also provide as a part of the command center functions. In fiscal year 2013 it was partment, adult and child health screen- Scott County SCALE training facility in Jordan. MPS joined other local depart- opportunities to give back to the larger used for medical support and incident command by Mdewakanton Pub- ing, preventative health care, health ments as the St Paul Fire Department demonstrated rescue techniques us- community. In addition, the Explorers lic Safety in coordination with other service providers for events such information, and assistance with connect- ing a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter to “drop in” to a scene to conduct a participated in the Governor’s Fire Pre- as the Lakefront Music Fest, the American Diabetes Association’s Metro ing to ongoing health care and other local rescue. These techniques can be used to save lives during rescues involving vention Day Competition at the Minne- Walk, the Twin Cities Marathon, and others. resources are provided aboard the SMSC dangerous or difficult to access areas like crevasses, ditches, and riverbeds. sota State Fair and are responsible for keeping the roadsides clean along an Mobile Unit. Services are brought direct- MPS has an internal training program to insure that firefighters and paramed- area of County Road 42 in Prior Lake. ly to those in need by having the clinic de- ics are fully prepared to handle virtually any emergency situation. The weekly ploy to three different locations in Scott trainings help hone their skills and build muscle memory so that their actions Mutual Aid County identified as having a large popu- become automatic. To maintain a high level of competency, they practice re- lation of uninsured and underinsured res- sponding to hazardous materials incidents; water, ice, rope, high angle, and MPS provides mutual aid to area departments, working to put out fires, idents. This collaboration provides access confined space rescues; vehicular accidents; ventilation; firefighter rescue; to healthcare, health education, and out- fire suppression; mock crashes; and medical emergency procedures. train firefighters, and conduct search and rescue. In fiscal year 2013, MPS re- reach for services to residents of all ages, They also offer classes for certification which are open to outside agencies: sponded to 80 requests for mutual aid, cultures, ethnic groups, and languages. Hazardous Materials, Firefighter I and II, and Emergency Medical Services. including a large, multi-level house fire Mobile clinics are held in Scott County Mdewakanton Public Safety also provides customized training for police and on Oxford Road in Shakopee on April at the Savage Public Library, the Russian fire departments and additional Continuing Education Classes. 3rd and a house fire at a twin home in Evangelical Baptist Church in Shakopee, in Prior Lake on April 18th. and in Jordan. 24 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Good Neighbor 25 Partnerships Good Employer The SMSC enters partnerships with local entities when it is to the benefit of both parties and meets goals that A small, federally recognized tribe responsible for providing the SMSC tribal members and Business Council have set. services for its members, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux A Winning Combination: Mystic Lake and Canterbury Park Community is the largest employer in Scott County. The SMSC provides jobs with good benefits for 4,147 employees. Em- The ten-year cooperative marketing • new joint marketing opportunities es, and purses were more than double agreement between Canterbury Park between Canterbury Park and SMSC’s what they were in 2011 due to the joint ployees work at various enterprises and directly for the tribal Holding Corporation and the Shakopee Mystic Lake Casino Hotel totaling $8.5 purse enhancement agreement with the government. Enterprises include: Mdewakanton Sioux Community an- million over the ten-year agreement. SMSC. A record $12,453,268 in purse SMSC Gaming Enterprise nounced June 12, 2012, has indeed been money was paid during the 2013 season. (Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino) In 2013 Canterbury Park’s 69-day racing “A Winning Combination.” Both Canter- season was the longest since 2006, con- SMSC Gaming Enterprise Vice-President The Meadows at Mystic Lake bury and the SMSC Gaming Enterprise cluding with gains in average handle and of Marketing Kelley Thomes Ries de- Shakopee Dakota Convenience Stores #1 and #2 are pleased with the partnership which attendance. Off-track wagering dollars clared, “The partnership is going well for includes: SMSC Water Bottling bet on Canterbury races at other tracks both us and Canterbury. It’s led to a revi- Dakotah Meadows RV Park • a purse enhancement program funded and through internet sites, increased talization in the equine industry in Min- Dakotah Meadows Mini Storage by the SMSC, a commitment totaling ap- by 46.7 percent while average daily on- nesota with many more new foals being Dakotah! Sport and Fitness proximately $75 million over the life of track wagering was up 4.8 percent. Av- born. Mystic Lake signage, including the the agreement. erage daily attendance was 6,656, a Can- in-field Tote Board, was installed in 2013, Dakotah! Ice Center terbury record. and the Red Trolley made many runs be- Playworks tween Canterbury Park and Mystic Lake. Playworks LINK Event Center According to Canterbury’s The year 2013 was an exciting year for Mystic Lake Store at Mall of America CEO Randy Sampson, Can- all of us, and we look forward to 2014.” terbury was successful in Organics Recycling Facility improving the quality of The Indian Horse Relay was added to Mazopiya their racing product by at- complete the season and was helpful in Mdewakanton Wozupi tracting new stables and drawing an enthusiastic crowd during In 2010 and 2011 the Shakopee Mde- Some of the benefits Community em- es. The SMSC provides much needed more horses. Canterbury the final weekend of live racing. This ex- also increased their nation- citing, daring display of showmanship wakanton Sioux Community Gaming ployees receive are: employment opportunities for Indian al exposure and wagering featured American Indian bareback rid- Enterprise was named one of the Blue Cross Medical Plan people and thousands of non-Indian handle. For the first time ers in regalia mounting and remounting Top Workplaces in the state based Delta Dental Plan people from the surrounding area. Canterbury’s 1,600 stalls quickly and dramatically as they raced Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings on employee surveys completed and The SMSC is a powerful economic in- were filled by racehors- Account around the track. submitted in response to a Star Tri- fluence in the areas of employment, Basic Term Life Insurance St. Francis Regional Medical Center Koda Energy bune project. At the SMSC Gaming vendor purchases, construction, and Supplemental Term Life Insurance A longstanding relationship between the Shakopee Koda Energy is a joint partnership of the SMSC and Rahr Malting, Enterprise in 2013, Mystic Lake Ca- voluntary payments to other govern- Mdewakanton Sioux Community and St. Francis Re- a 165-year-old company in Shakopee. The facility, which began op- sino Hotel and Little Six Casino team Short and Long Term Disability Insurance ments. For example, more than $154.5 gional Medical Center of Shakopee, Minnesota, was erating in May 2009, is a combined heat and power plant which members participated in two work- SMSC Clinics and Health Services million is made in payments to vendors formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of generates electricity and heat utilizing agricultural byproducts and place surveys, and the Gaming Enter- Employee Assistance Program annually for goods and services, with Understanding in May 2012. The MOU establishes a grown energy crops. Koda Energy, an environmentally friendly en- Children and Family Services 172 of those vendors based in Scott working partnership, called Witaya Care, to improve ergy project, is considerably cleaner than a coal plant. This biomass prise was recognized as a top place Personal Time Off (PTO) County. In addition, the annual payroll the health and wellness of SMSC members. The goal energy generation project provides energy for Koda Energy and to work in both surveys: Paid Bereavement Leave is $162.1 million for tribal enterprises is to foster an environment that brings together the Rahr Malting, with excess sold to Xcel Energy. The project gets its • Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Work Paid Jury Duty Leave and the tribal government, and $32.9 strengths, resources, and expertise of each entity to ac- name from the word “Koda” which means “friend” in the Dakota places 2013 program named the million is spent in annual benefits for tively improve the care and services provided by both. Language. Gaming Enterprise a National 401(k) Retirement Plan employees. Total construction spend- Standard Setter. Playworks Discount University of Minnesota Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Discount ing since 1990 is more than $781.6 • Minneapolis/St. Paul Business million. The University of Minnesota and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Plaza. Representatives of the SMSC helped create the guide- Journal’s 2013 Best Places to Work Additional Employee Discounts Sioux Community have worked together on several important lines for the scholarship and continue to sit on the Scholarship named the Gaming Enterprise one Mazopiya Discount The tribe’s economic growth has also projects, most notably on the SMSC Endowed Scholarship at Selection Committee. Onsite Health and Wellness Programs the University which has provided scholarships to 151 stu- of the best places to work in the spurred growth in the communities The SMSC has also donated more than $100,000 to the Uni- Twin Cities 13-county metropolitan surrounding the reservation, boosting dents to date; the Minnesota Tribal Nations Plaza; and TCF versity of Minnesota Cancer Center and another $96,435 to Millions of dollars are pumped into the Bank Stadium. Grants totaling $14.5 million supported these support other programs, research, and scholarships, such as area—placing it fourth in the large area’s economy each year as a result growth in the housing market and pro- projects. SMSC members and Marketing Department staff $20,000 in grants to the University of Minnesota School of employer category. of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux vided economic growth to local mer- worked with the University on the content and design of the Dentistry for scholarships and $10,000 for an epilepsy study. Community’s successful enterpris- chants. 26 SMSC 2013 Donation Report Good Employer 27