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Nebraska Sioux Lean Beef, Part B

Reference
Jorgensen, Miriam. “Nebraska Sioux Lean Beef, Part B”. Cambridge: Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development., Jan. 1990.
Abstract

…In the spring of 1986, financier Scott Bates entered into a joint venture agreement with the Oglala Sioux Tribe to organize Nebraska Sioux Lean Beef, Inc. The corporation purchased a partially defunct packing plant in the nearby, but off-reservation town of Gordon, Nebraska, a move which was to provide substantial profit for the Tribe and employment opportunities for tribal members...

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