Mar 18, 2003 
Indian tribes contributed at least $7 million to federal candidates, political action committees and national party committees in the 2001-02 election cycle. About $8 of every $10 came from 30 tribes with casinos and other business interests.

 The Associated Press 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Choctaw, Miss.: $615,000 
Ho-Chunk Nation, Black River Falls, Wis.: $512,000 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Palm Springs, Calif.: $429,500 
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mashantucket, Conn.: $419,895 
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Cabazon, Calif.: $295,500 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, N.C.: $260,000 
Forest County Potawatomi, Crandon, Wis.: $210,000 
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Elton, La.: $207,000 
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, Prior Lake, Minn.: $196,500 
Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Ariz.: $194,939 
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Uncasville, Conn.: $194,350 
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Indio, Calif.: $190,500. 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, Mount Pleasant, Mich.: $177,980 
Tigua Indian Reservation, El Paso, Texas: $167,500 
Barona Band of Mission Indians, Lakeside, Calif.: $162,000 
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians, Roseburg, Ore.: $156,800 
Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, Fla.: $151,000 
Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Oneida, N.Y.: $147,000 
Prairie Island Community, Welch, Minn.: $144,000 
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, Charenton, La.: $143,000 
Salt River Pima Maricopa Tribe, Scottsdale, Ariz.: $141,500 
Pechanga Band of Mission Indians, Temecula, Calif.: $132,500 
Viejas Band of Mission Indians, Alpine, Calif.: $127,500 
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Highland, Calif.: $117,000 
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Minn.: $105,000 
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida, Wis.: $90,400 
Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Takoma, Wash.: $69,250 
Miccosukee Tribe of Florida, Miami: $63,985 
Soboba Band of Mission Indians, San Jacinto, Calif.: $58,500 
Tulalip Tribes, Marysville, Wash.: $56,000 

Source: Associated Press analysis of tribal political contributions compiled by the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) and PoliticalMoneyLine.