This part of the state was historically very poor and undeveloped. Today, tribal gaming and the tourism it brings is a big part of the local economy, alongside agriculture.
Potawatomi is the name of a tribe that settled this area centuries before the arrival of Europeans – the name loosely translates as “keepers of fire,” a name given them by the Ojibwe tribal peoples from the same region of North America. Those same land grants are responsible for the expansion of casino gambling state-wide, particularly in the area around Webeno, in the more rural areas of this mostly-rural state. This part of the state has a large Native population thanks to traditional and contemporary tribal and reservation land.
Potawatomi Carter Casino Hotel is in Wabeno, Wisconsin, a small town in the north-eastern corner of the state, some seventy miles from Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
