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Article: Oregon's Tribes Aren't Placing All their Chips on Gambling.
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- April 5, 2001
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By Cheryl Martinis, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 5--SALEM, Ore.--Casinos get the attention these days but Oregon's tribal governments aren't gambling on gaming alone for their future.
Instead, they are investing profits in a range of businesses while expanding health and other programs for tribal members.
Though the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde's Spirit Mountain Casino generated $60 million in profits last year, tribal member Mike Larsen said it would be wishful thinking to think that profits will climb indefinitely. When they level off, "we'll have to leverage other areas of ...