Hmm … He knew where to get a casino license … and his brother-in-law had a two-car garage … As tribes celebrate the 25th year of casino gaming in Michigan, we share the story of how a tenacious Michigan man who never made it past the eighth grade landed the first full-scale Native American casino license in America and helped create an industry that reshaped Indian Country.
With his unemployment about to run out and five kids to feed, Fred Dakota had to make something happen.
