The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians has amassed a degree of wealth largely thanks to the nearby Red Hawk Resort and Casino, which opened in 2008. The Wilton Rancheria is in a similar situation with its Sky River Casino, open for three years.
Both have decided to invest in downtown Sacramento for different reasons, yet the trend is clear. Our region’s tribes are fast emerging as the most important new landowners in the state capital, and their investments are bound to diversify the development footprint of downtown, dominated by government buildings.
It’s hard to imagine landowners with greater roots to this community than this region’s original inhabitants…