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September 30, 2015

South Dakota tribe to open nation's 1st marijuana resort

  • The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond casinos.
    • By REGINA GARCIA CANO
    Associated Press

    FLANDREAU, S.D. — The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of South Dakota.

    But those enterprises have not been immune to competition and the lingering effects of the Great Recession, so the small tribe of 400 is undertaking a new venture — opening the nation's first marijuana resort on its reservation. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond casinos.


     
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