THEY CALL THER LAND PERJUHUTAZZI KAPI (THE PLACE WHERE THEY DIG FOR YELLOW). THIS HAS BEEN THEIR HOME FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BORDERING THE MINNESOTA RIVER. THE DAKOTA INDIANS EITHER FLED OR WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR AREA.
IN 1938 ONLY 75O ACRES WERE RETURNED TO THE UPPER SIOUX, AND THEIR INDIAN COMMUNITY CAME INTO EXISTENCE. THEY ELECTED A BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO CARRY OUT RESPONSIBILITIES. SINCE IT'S ORIGINALCOMMUNITY, THEY HAVE STRUGGLED WITH POVERTY, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND POOR HEALTH CARE. THEY WERE GIVEN SOME FEDERAL MONIES TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE. BY LATE 1980'S THEY BECAME A SOVERIGHN NATION. BY 1990 THEY DECIDED AS MANY TRIBES DO, TO OPEN A CASINO. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE HAD MANY BUSINESSES TO ENERGIZE THE SIOUX COMMUNITY AND BECOME ECONOMICALLY INDEPENDENT. THEY NOW HAVE 482 PEOPLE. THEY ALSO BOUGHT BACK SOME SOME LAND LAND AT 1440 ACRES.
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