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Tribal activities make $10.8B impact on Oklahoma’s economic output, study suggests

An Oklahoma City University report suggests that the state’s 38 federally recognized Indian tribes produce an estimated $10.8 billion impact on the state’s production of goods and services, with more than 70 percent of that total coming from the tribes’ gambling operations.

BY DON MECOY • Published: October 17, 2012

Oklahoma’s 38 federally recognized Indian tribes produce an estimated $10.8 billion impact in the state’s production of goods and services, with more than 70 percent of that effect coming from the tribes’ gambling operations, according a report issued Tuesday.

Tribal government and business operations directly employ more than 50,000 people, and support a total of 87,174 full-time jobs in the state, according to an analysis by the Steven C. Agee...


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