Oneida Casino’s Main-Airport gaming site and Irene Moore Activity Center bingo hall will reopen at 8 am Thursday. They were shuttered after the Wisconsin tribal casino complex was the site of fatal shootings over the weekend.
The Oneida Nation conducted a traditional healing ceremony on the grounds of the Oneida Casino complex. It included tobacco burning, as well as smudging of a complex building and tribal members. The complex was the site of fatal shootings last weekend. (Image:
Green Bay Press-Gazette)
The complex’s West Mason, Packerland, and Travel Center casinos also were closed after the shooting. They reopened Sunday.
By Casey Nelson
May 5, 2021 | 5:36 PM
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) â The Oneida Nation ignited a sense of healing on the grounds of the Oneida Casino complex Wednesday as a way to bless the community.
âTo bring our community and employees back together and kind of cleanse this area through the smudging process and that tobacco burning,â Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill said.
The ceremony acts as a way to help the community recover after a deadly shooting that occurred at the complex last weekend.
âWe wanted to make sure weâre taking a balanced approach to all of our employees and our community as well. Making sure weâre taking care of their physical health, that emotional health, and that spiritual health,â Hill said.