and causes, and is the single-largest philanthropic benefactor for Indian Country nationally. In 2015, the SMSC launched Seeds of Native Health, a five-year, $11million campaign that represents the single-largest coordinated philanthropic effort in American history focused on improving Native American nutrition. Launched in 2019, the tribe’s latest charitable campaign is Understand Native Minnesota, a three-year, $5million strategic philanthropic initiative to improve the Native American narrative in Minnesota schools. In addition to charitable giving, the tribe has provided $500million in economic development loans to fellow tribes. The SMSC made a $31million loan to Red Lake Nation in 2010, and a $27million loan in 2013, the latter so that the Red Lake Tribe could construct and operate a gaming casino to generate revenues. Reservation Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community reservation had an area of , all of it land. The community also held off-reservation trust land with a total area of . The combined reservation and off-reservation trust land have a total land area of . The community has worked actively to expand its land holdings, adding more than into trust status between 2016 and 2019. Demographics As of the census of 2020, the combined population of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 779. The population density was . There were 280 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the reservation and off-reservation trust land was 63.2% Native American, 20.4% White, 1.9% Asian, 0.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 11.9% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 5.9% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The 2020 census results may be inaccurate for locations like the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community owing to the Census Bureau's implementation of differential privacy protections. Notable tribal members Norman Melvan Crooks (1917–1989), tribal chairman Stanley R. Crooks (1941–2012), tribal chairman Charlie Vig (2012–2020), tribal chairman Notes External links Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, official website Mystic Lake Casino Hotel website Little Six Casino website American Indian reservations in Minnesota Federally recognized tribes in the United States Native American tribes in Minnesota Populated places in Scott County, Minnesota 1969 establishments in the United States