Jake Keyes, Chairman
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
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RESILIENCE: Currently, we are revamping the way we handle our funds by putting our money to work for us. Investment strategies have been adjusted and we are setting long-term strategies for how increased revenue from gaming will be handled. We want to set a foundation that protects those revenues so they will be used in a way that sets us up for success seven generations into the future. Utilizing increased revenue for the creation of economic development outside of gaming is a priority, as well as creating a more robust cultural department that includes a language revitalization program to save our language, so that our future generations will still have a strong connection to what it truly means to be Ioway.
GAMING: Without a doubt, our focus at this time is getting our new Harrah’s Oklahoma Casino up and running. We are currently scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2026. We have already begun work on the second stage of that project, which is the hotel. This project will change our tribe in a way that we haven’t seen in a very long time. We are also working with other tribes and the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association on ways to ensure sports betting is done in a way that allows the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma to be a part of the future gaming industry in Oklahoma, while also ensuring legislation is done in a way that doesn’t impede on the gaming compact our Oklahoma tribes have fought so hard to protect and the great benefit it has provided to the State of Oklahoma.
