NPR on the Chickasaw Nation
Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin cut the ribbon during ceremonies for the first building to be completed at the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum in Oklahoma City, Oct. 10, 2008. BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
National Public Radio, as part of its series of reports on Indian tribes titled “We Shall Remain,” focuses this week on the Ada-based Chicksaw Nation. The tribe owns casinos, a bank and a chocolate company. The money produced by its business ventures allows the tribe to offer its members universal health care, extensive child care and other benefits. Gov. Bill Anaotubby is the main source for the story.
When I first came to work for the nation, there were 25 employees, maybe one or two more, and we had a budget of somewhere around $1 million or a little less, primarily federal funds. We’ve been able to increase our revenues from, at that point was basically nothing, to now we have available to us somewhere around $750 million a year. Today we have 10,500 employees.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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