Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino is a resort in central Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

Warm Springs Indian Reservation

The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of 1,019.385 sq mi in north central Oregon, in the United States, and is occupied and governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.-Tribes:...

, near the community of Warm Springs

Warm Springs, Oregon

Warm Springs is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, the community is also known as the "Warm Springs Agency." The population was 2,431 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Warm Springs is...

 in Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Oregon

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History

Kah-Nee-Ta Resort first started by a non-Indian doctor who owned land around the hot springs of the Warm Springs River

Warm Springs River

The Warm Springs River is a river in northern Central Oregon, United States, which drains the east side of the Cascade Range and is a tributary to the Deschutes River. The watershed is approximately between Mount Jefferson and Timothy Lake and appears the northwestern and southwestern boundaries...

. In 1961, the Tribes purchased the land back and started to rebuild the spa. The great flood of 1964

Christmas flood of 1964

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 damaged the spa and bridge to the spa. In 1964-1965, the Tribes built an Olympic-sized swimming pool, cottages, restaurant, and tepees.
In 1971, the Tribes began construction of the Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge using funds from low-interest loans from the Economic Development Administration

Economic Development Administration

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 (EDA). In 1995, the Tribes expanded operations to include a casino and improved convention center.

In 2001, the resort and casino were combined to form Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort & Casino, which also includes a golf course.

See also

• Gambling in Oregon
  Gambling in Oregon
  -Lottery:The Oregon Lottery was enabled by an amendment to the Oregon Constitution approved by 66% of voters in the 1984 general election. A statutory measure passed in the same election, and by about the same margin, providing for a state lottery...
  
  
• List of casinos in Oregon
• Columbia Gorge casino
  Columbia Gorge casino
  The Columbia Gorge casino is a casino proposed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, a group of Indian tribes in the U.S. state of Oregon. They have sought to build a casino in the Columbia River Gorge since at least 1999. Current plans call for a facility with 250 hotel rooms in the city...
  
  , a proposed casino in the Columbia River Gorge to be operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.