Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Casino

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) in Prior Lake, Minnesota, United States, southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With 4,100 employees[1], the SMSC – including Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Little Six Casino – is the largest employer in Scott County.[2] The casino's gambling options include slots, bingo, video roulette, pulltabs, and live dealer blackjack. Mystic Lake also offers bars, restaurants, shows, special events, and accommodations[3].

History[edit]

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe.

The SMSC opened Little Six Bingo in 1982, which became Little Six Casino in 1990 following the passage of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 and the signing of a gaming compact between the SMSC and the State of Minnesota. The SMSC and other Minnesota tribes were the first in the United States to negotiate and sign tribal-state compacts with a state government related to gaming.[4]

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  1. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has applied to put in trust nearly 300 acres of recently purchased acreage in Prior Lake and Shakopee, a designation that allows the federal.
  2. Welcome to the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility, an enterprise owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC).We are part of the SMSC’s focus on being a good steward of the earth.

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel opened in 1992. It is named after the nearby lake of the same name. Its success has helped fund SMSC goals, including economic diversification and improvements to tribal infrastructure and services from the 1990s to the present.

About the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a federally recognized sovereign Native American tribe located in Scott County, Minnesota that is dedicated to being a good neighbor, good employer, and good steward of the earth. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe located southwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the largest casino in Minnesota, you’ll find incredible job opportunities at Mystic Lake. Little Six Casino is owned by Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and SMSC Gaming Enterprise. The following ownership information is a subset of that available in the Gaming Business Directory published by Casino City Press. For more information about Gaming Business Directory products visit www.CasinoCityPress.com.

In 2012 the SMSC initiated a 10-year cooperative agreement with Canterbury Park in neighboring Shakopee, Minnesota, to support increased purses for live horse races and joint marketing opportunities between Canterbury Park and Mystic Lake.[5] In 2013, the first full racing season under the agreement, Canterbury Park completed its longest season since 2006, with a purse distribution that was double the amount paid out to the horse owners in 2011.[6]

In 2018 Mystic Lake Center opened, the newest addition to Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. The 70,000-square-foot meeting and event space accommodates groups of all sizes for a range of meetings and events – from business meetings to holiday parties to conferences and expos to weddings. Mystic Lake Center has a nine-story, 180-room hotel tower; three large ballrooms with flexible layouts; several smaller meeting rooms and an executive conference room; and plenty of natural light and stunning golf course views[7].

With 766 hotel rooms, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is one of the largest hotels in the Twin Cities metro area. [8]

Awards[edit]

The SMSC Gaming Enterprise, which includes Mystic Lake and Little Six, received a 'Best Places to Work' award from the Minneapolis-Saint PaulBusiness Journal in 2012[9] and 2013,[10] and a 'Top 100 Workplaces' award from the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2013.[11]

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References[edit]

  1. ^SMSC.pdf 'Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Celebrates 40 Years as a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe' Check url= value (help)(PDF). Indian Gaming. January 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^http://www.cityofpriorlake.com/about.php, Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  3. ^'Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Follow the Lights'. Mystic Lake. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ^http://www.mnindiangamingassoc.com/our_compacts.html, Retrieved 2013-12-5.
  5. ^'Canterbury, Indian tribe in no-racino agreement'. TwinCities.com. June 4, 2012.
  6. ^'Canterbury Park enjoys rebirth for 2013 racing season'. StarTribune. May 17, 2013.
  7. ^Stanwood, Maggie (January 4, 2018). 'New Mystic Lake Center designed after Minnesota nature scenes'. Prior Lake American. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. ^'List Leaders: Hilton Minneapolis, Treasure Island, Mystic Lake top List of largest Twin Cities hotels'. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. January 17, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  9. ^'No. 4 large company: SMSC Gaming Enterprise'. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. Aug 24, 2012.
  10. ^'No. 7 large company: SMSC Gaming Enterprise'. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. Aug 23, 2013.
  11. ^'Star Tribune Top Workplaces 2013 - SMSC Gaming Enterprise'. topworkplaces.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.

Coordinates: 44°43′51″N93°28′25″W / 44.73083°N 93.47361°W

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Yahipi Kin Waste, or welcome, to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community. The vibrant prairies riverbanks, and lakes of the Minnesota and Upper Mississippi river area have been home to the Dakota people for centuries. Generations of Dakota families fished the rivers, gathered rice from lakes, hunted game on the prairies and established villages along the riverbanks and surrounding lakes. The existence of the Dakota ancestors was sustained by their relationship with the earth and their surroundings.

As European settlers began arriving in increasing numbers onto the Dakota’s native lands, conflict grew. After an armed conflict in 1862, where the Dakota fought for their homeland, the United States government broke its treaties with the Dakota and most of the Dakota people were removed from Minnesota.

The Dakota who remained in Minnesota, including the Lower Sioux, Prairie Island, Upper Sioux, and Shakopee tribes, worked to keep their culture and traditions alive, while trying to establish a government and economic system that would support their members. After many years of persistence, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community was federally recognized as a Tribal government in 1969.

Seeking a solution to the tribe’s economic struggles, Shakopee Tribal Chairman, Norman M. Crooks brought high stakes Bingo to Minnesota in 1982 with the opening of Little Six Bingo. In 1988 the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established the basis for tribes to negotiate compacts with the State of Minnesota to offer blackjack and video slots and Little Six Bingo became Little Six Casino.

Little Six Bingo and Little Six Casino were named after Dakota Chief Sakpe (pronounced Shock-Pay). The English translation of the Dakota name Sakpe is the number six. The tribe’s name Shakopee is also derived from the more literal form of Chief Sakpe’s name. The word Mdewakanton translates to Dwellers of Spirit Lake, or Mystic Lake.

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Casino Reopening

Two years after slot machines were introduced at Little Six Casino, Mystic Lake Casino® opened its doors. Today, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community owns and operates Mystic Lake Casino Hotel®, Little Six Casino®, Dakotah! Sport & Fitness, Playworks, Shakopee Dakota Convenience Stores, Dakotah Meadows RV Park and Campgrounds, Dakotah Meadows Mini Storage, The Meadows at Mystic Lake Golf Club, Mazopiya Natural Food Market, and Mystic Lake Store at the Mall of America®.

After years of operating in its original structure, Little Six Casino moved into a brand new building in December 2007. Today, Little Six Casino sits on the original site that Little Six Bingo did 30 years before.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community sincerely hopes you enjoy your visit to our community and Little Six Casino.

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