Itasca County began with a $29.85 tax bill levied on Chippewa couple Helen and Russell Bryan's trailer home on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Supreme Court case established the freedom of tribal governments to operate independently, a unanimous decision that permanently changed the gaming industry in America and the financial fortunes of countless Native Americans.
Tribal gaming dates back to a 1970s court caseĪ 1976 U.S.
