Omaha Tribe puts members back to work at reopened casino

Monday, March 18, 2013  

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is putting its members back to work thanks to Indian gaming.

The tribe opened its gaming facility in Iowa in January and gave it a new name -- the Blackbird Bend Casino. The facility, which is operating in a temporary structure, employs more than 73 people, about 75 percent of whom are Native American.

"It's good to get some of our tribal members back working again," Darwin Turner, a member of the tribe's Gaming Commission, told The Sioux City Journal.

The tribe will be breaking ground on a permanent facility this spring and will be doubling the workforce when the casino opens in late 2013 or early 2014.

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Casino reopens with new name, vision (The Sioux City Journal 3/17)

Omaha Tribe plans to spend $11M on permanent Iowa casino (01/21)