The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation awarded $75,600 in charitable contributions to various organizations in Kansas for this year’s first quarter.
Recipients of the funds include the Stormont-Vail Foundation, Doorstep Inc., the National Indian Child Welfare Association and the students of Haskell Indian Nations University.
According to Steve Ortiz, chairman of the Tribal Council, PBPN has donated approximately $6.1 million since the its casino opened in 1998. Ortiz said 70 percent of the funds have stayed in Kansas.
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