Prairie Island Indian Community to donate $1 million in total giving to Minnesota Wild Foundation

Since its inception in 2009, the Prairie Island Indian Community will have donated $1 million in total giving to the Minnesota Wild Foundation by the end of the 2019-20 season. A commemorative pre-game check presentation took place at the Wild game on Saturday, Feb. 15 at Xcel Energy Center, as part of the first-ever Native American Heritage night presented by Prairie Island Indian Community, and feature representatives from the Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council, the Minnesota Wild Foundation and the Minnesota Wild.

“Thanks to their generosity, the Prairie Island Indian Community, has shown tremendous support and dedication to youth hockey in Minnesota,” said Minnesota Wild Foundation Executive Director Rachel Schuldt in a press release. “We are grateful for this partnership that allows us to contribute to something that we all feel is very important - helping preserve the great hockey tradition in Saint Paul and helping families afford to play the game they love.”

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