The Gila River Indian Community is donating $1 million to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
The money will be use to help pay for a new permanent exhibit called "Home: Native Peoples in the Southwest." The exhibit costs $7.6 million and is expected to open in May.
The donation is the largest the tribe has made. It was possible through gaming revenues.
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Gila River Indians give $1 mil to Heard
(The Arizona Republic 11/5)
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Gila River Indian Community - http://www.gric.nsn.us
Heard Museum - http://www.heard.org
Gila River Tribe donates $1M to Heard Museum
Friday, November 5, 2004
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