Topic - Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people, located southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, within parts of the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee in Scott County, Minnesota. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - This Feb. 6, 2014 file photo shows a propane tank outside a home on the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. Donations from an American Indian tribe in Minnestoa totalling nearly $1.4 million have helped tribes in the Great Plains deal with a winter propane crisis. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community provided grants to five tribes in the Dakotas and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)

Minnesota tribe helps fellow tribes buy propane

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press