The Michigan Gaming Control Board recently announced the 12 Native American governments in the state sent .6 million in gaming-related payments to local governments and revenue sharing boards in 2015. That figure was a 1.8 percent decrease from 2014.
The report, Receipts and Distribution of Indian Casino Revenue by Local Revenue Sharing Boards, indicated the largest amount distributed by a tribe was $5.9 million from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Since 1994, Michigan tribes have given more than $408 million in revenue-sharing payments to local units of government and revenue sharing boards.
Michigan tribes are: Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of Pottawatomi (Gun Lake Tribe), Hannahville Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
