Kevin Costner honored at Santee Sioux casino
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota held an honoring ceremony for actor Kevin Costner at the Royal River Casino. on Sunday. The tribe wanted to pay tribute to Costner for his work on "Dances With Wolves" and for his support of Indian issues. He was presented with a star quilt and an honor song. "It's probably the biggest thing that's happened in Flandreau for a while," President Josh Weston told The Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Costner owns 93.5 percent of a commercial casino in South Dakota Get the Story:
Tribe pays tribute to Costner (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 9/21)
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