Ed. Note: Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, owns Indianz.Com and AllNative.Com.

"The mission for Ho-Chunk Inc. is to get out of the casino business. We see gaming as a means to an end, and that end is to create job opportunities that will lead to economic self-sufficiency for the tribe. For a long time we have been very poor. The tribe owns 30,000 acres of land in northeastern Nebraska, but we had essentially been leasing it to non-Indian farmers, so they had all the economic value. The only businesses on the reservation were a gas station and a grocery store, both losing money. The tribe kept them open just for the jobs."

Get the Story:
MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS: NEW VOICES - Lance Morgan (Fortune Magazine June 2004)

Relevant Links:
HoChunk Inc - http://www.hochunkinc.com