The Oglala Sioux Tribe council will decide next week whether to send voters a referendum to legalize the sale of alcohol.
A council representative believes the tribe could take in $7 million a year by selling alcohol at the casino and by taxing other sales. The tribe encountered some money problems last year.
Tribal members have opposed alcohol sales. A referendum failed in 1980.
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Council to meet about alcohol vote
(The Rapid City Journal 2/12)
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