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- ↑ "SMSC announces more than $3 million in donations". Prior Lake American. July 26, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "About Charlie Vig". Minneapolis Star Tribune . 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ↑ "Scott County Jobs and Careers with the SMSC". Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- 1 2 "Stanley Crooks, Chairman of Minnesota Tribe, Dies". KAAL . 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ↑ "Tribe says it donated more than $29 million last year to charitable groups". Shakopee Valley News. Southwest Newspapers. July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Shakopee Tribe donates more than $5 million to Indian Country". Indianz. December 5, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ↑ "About the Seeds of Native Health Campaign". Seeds of Native Health. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Shakopee Sioux announce $5 million campaign to boost Indian education in Minnesota schools". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Shakopee tribe elects Anderson as chairman to replace Vig". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ Britton-Mehlisch, Meg. "As SMSC's Charlie Vig retires, communities praise the bridges he built". SWNewsMedia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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