Casinos provide tribes with political capital - 2005-02-02
Some of the casino money going into American Indian slot machines eventually makes its way into the campaign war chests of various Minnesota politicians, including those representing the Northland.
In 2004, tribal governments spent more than $500,000 helping statehouse candidates get elected, a review this week of state campaign-finance records showed.
Read the full story at Duluth News Tribune, MN