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Brooks Boyd (left), chairman of the Forest County Potawatomi, and Pete Zach, director of culinary operations at Potawatomi Casino Hotel
Fireside Chats November marks Native American Heritage Month. We talked to the team at Potawatomi Casino Hotel about how they honor that history, find inspiration in it, educate others and more.
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Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley was home to the Potawatomi tribe centuries ago, long before European settlement. In the 1700s, the Valley was a thriving natural oasis. By the mid-20th century, it couldn’t have looked more different – home to heavy industry for decades after the Potawatomi were forced off the land, the Valley became desolate, full of toxic brownfields. That was until the Forest County Potawatomi regained some of their ancestral territory and began building what was then called Potawatomi Bingo. The casino opened its doors on March 7, 1991. PHOTOS BY JOHN CIZMAS