And it’s just a success story from there. “It’s because of the Pokagon band’s tribal council and also advice and the wants and needs of our tribal citizens that we engaged in gaming. government pushed them west in the 1830s, and it also has allowed the tribe to provide health care and other services. Tribal Chairman John Warren said because of casino revenue, many members have been able to return to their ancestral homeland after the U.S. The tribe also owns Four Winds casinos in New Buffalo, Hartford and Dowagiac, Michigan.
The new casino will drive economic development for the Pokagon tribe’s 5,000 members who live throughout southern Michigan and northern Indiana.
The rotunda will display the tribe’s native basketry and a continual fire will represent the Potawatomi’s ceremonial flames.
The 175,000 square foot facility–the state’s first Native American casino–will offer 1,800 slot machines, restaurants, three bars, a coffee shop and retail outlets and provide 1,200 jobs. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds Casino Resort will open in January in South Bend, Indiana.
