Spirit Lake Tribe of Mission Bay, North Dakota. After numerous renovations since its opening, it now has almost 150 hotel rooms, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a banquet hall, RV park, gift shop and a four-story aquatic center. In 2011 more job opportunities were added when the Spirit Lake Marina and Spirit Lake Grocery store were added to the grounds of the casino. The marina hosts a fishing tournament every summer. Spirit Lake Tribe The Spirit Lake Tribe (in Santee Dakota: "Mni Wakan Oyate", formerly known as Devils Lake Sioux) is a federally recognized tribe based on a reservation located in east-central North Dakota on
Native American Journalists Association Country. Mary Hudetz, editor-in-chief of Native Peoples Magazine, is the current president. Student chapters are located at the University of Arizona and Columbia University. The association was founded as the "Native American Press Association" in 1984 with initial funding provided by the Gannett Foundation. Adrian C. Louis, Jose Barreiro, Tim Giago, and Bill Dulaney, among others, were founding members. The organization was headquartered at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota as of 2002. In 2003 it moved into the Al Neuharth Media Center, where it shared space with the Freedom Forum. In 2008, it moved to the