TODAY THEY HAVE ABOUT 4000 FOLKS AND A SEPARATE RESERVATION WITH 9 COMMUNITIES. THEY HAVE EIGHT DOODEM TYPES WHICH ARE LIKE CLAMS. IN THE 1930'S THE MILLE LACS BAND BECAME PART OF CHIPPEWA TRIBE. IN 1922 THEY CONSOLIDATED TO FORM THE CHIPPEWA AGENCY.
THE MILLE LACS OPERATE TWO CASINOS THEY HAVE SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES. SINCE THE EARLY 1990'S USING THE GENERAL REVENUE THE TRIBE HAS TO INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE. THEY HAVE A NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
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