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Report shows Winnebago economy advancing over past 30 years

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Report shows Winnebago economy advancing over past 30 years

• MASON DOCKTER Sioux City Journal
• Jan 4, 2024
• Jan 4, 2024
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The Ho-Chunk Village master-planned community in Winnebago is pictured along U.S. 75 in the fall of 2023. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

Lance Morgan is president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., an economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk is the parent company of WarHorse, which is developing the casino at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha and launched sports betting there last week.

• ANNA REED, Omaha World-Herald

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MASON DOCKTER Sioux City Journal

WINNEBAGO — Economic conditions on the Winnebago Reservation have shown marked improvement over the last three decades, according to a report released earlier this month.

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Construction work is shown at Ho Chunk village in 2022 in Winnebago. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

Jerry L. Mennenga, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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A scene from the Ho Chunk Village Farmers Market grand opening in Winnebago in 2019. A report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

Jerry L. Mennenga, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Ira Rave operates a machine at a manufacturing company in October 2023 that is owned by Ho-Chunk Inc. on the Winnebago Reservation. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Trevor Wilke, Ho-Chunk, Inc. Facilities & Grounds Manager, traces lines on plywood that will be cut out and painted into Halloween characters to decorate the Ho-Chunk Village in Winnebago in October 2023. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Employees of Ho Chunk Inc and members of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska harvest Indian corn on Sept. 5 in Winnebago. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

Jerry L. Mennenga, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

Laura Spining, National Telecommunications and Information Administration deputy associate administrator, talks before she and Victoria Kitcheyan, Winnebago Tribal Chairwoman (right) sign a $35.2 million grant agreement to expand high speed internet on tribal land during a ceremony on Oct. 11, 2022, in Winnebago. Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe's economic development arm, reported that the median income of Native Americans on the reservation grew by 78 percent between 1990 and 2022, and that several other economic indicators, from poverty levels to the rate of homeownership, have shown marked improvements. 

Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal file photo

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The Ho-Chunk Village master-planned community in Winnebago is pictured along U.S. 75 in the fall of 2023. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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A scene from the Ho Chunk Village Farmers Market grand opening in Winnebago in 2019. A report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

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Construction work is shown at Ho Chunk village in 2022 in Winnebago. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Jerry L. Mennenga, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Employees of Ho Chunk Inc and members of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska harvest Indian corn on Sept. 5 in Winnebago. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Jerry L. Mennenga, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Laura Spining, National Telecommunications and Information Administration deputy associate administrator, talks before she and Victoria Kitcheyan, Winnebago Tribal Chairwoman (right) sign a $35.2 million grant agreement to expand high speed internet on tribal land during a ceremony on Oct. 11, 2022, in Winnebago. Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe's economic development arm, reported that the median income of Native Americans on the reservation grew by 78 percent between 1990 and 2022, and that several other economic indicators, from poverty levels to the rate of homeownership, have shown marked improvements. 

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Trevor Wilke, Ho-Chunk, Inc. Facilities & Grounds Manager, traces lines on plywood that will be cut out and painted into Halloween characters to decorate the Ho-Chunk Village in Winnebago in October 2023. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Ira Rave operates a machine at a manufacturing company in October 2023 that is owned by Ho-Chunk Inc. on the Winnebago Reservation. A recent report says that the Winnebago tribal economy has made marked progress over the last 30 years, though it still lags behind the U.S. at large and the state of Nebraska. 

• Britton Hacke, courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.

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Lance Morgan is president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., an economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk is the parent company of WarHorse, which is developing the casino at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha and launched sports betting there last week.

• ANNA REED, Omaha World-Herald

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