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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians were party to 11 treaties with the federal government, with the major land cession being under the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. During the Indian removals , many Potawatomi bands were moved west, but Chief Leopold Pokagon negotiated to keep his Potawatomi band of 280 people in southwestern Michigan.
The casinos are owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The primary property is located in New Buffalo Township, Michigan , with satellite locations in Hartford, Michigan ; Dowagiac, Michigan ; and South Bend, Indiana .
Four Winds Dowagiac is a 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m 2) casino in Dowagiac, Michigan which opened on April 30, 2013. It is one of the Four Winds Casinos, which are all owned and operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. [1] The design of the casino was inspired by the traditions of the Potawatomi people. [1]
It is the primary property of Four Winds Casinos, which are all owned and operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. [1] [2] Architecturally the casino's rotunda is built in the style of the Potawatomi people's traditional lodges. [1] In March 2015, USA Today named it one of the ten best casinos located outside of Las Vegas. [3]
Pokagon Township is located in western Cass County and is bordered to the west by Berrien County.The city of Dowagiac is on the northeast border of the township.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.2 square miles (88.7 km 2), of which 34.0 square miles (88.1 km 2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km 2), or 0.67%, is water. [6]
Old Solomon, a respected Potawatomi Indian, who was one of the last Native Americans to leave the county. Old Solomon left in 1883 to go to the Menominee reservation in Keshena and died in 1889.
Today, the tribe continues as the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, a federally recognized Indian Nation, with an excess of 4300 citizens and a ten-county service area in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. Tribal headquarters are located in Dowagiac, Michigan, with a satellite office in South Bend, Indiana.
The Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sued the federal government Wednesday demanding more than $2.25 million while saying it was underpaid money it was owed regarding health care costs.