The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC; Dakota: Bdemayaṭo Oyate) is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people, located southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, within parts of the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee in Scott County, Minnesota.

Tribal members are direct lineal descendants of Mdewakanton Dakota people who resided in villages near the banks of the lower Minnesota River.

The present Business Council consists of Chairman Cole Miller, Vice-Chairwoman Natasha Coursolle, and Secretary/Treasurer Ashley Cornforth.

"[7] When European-American settlers migrated into their territory in the 1800s, the Dakota people did not have a concept of permanent and exclusive ownership of land.

The era of settlement in Minnesota was accompanied by the United States forcing the Dakota to cede land forever, diminishing their homeland and their ability to continue their traditional way of life.

Unable to hunt, fish and gather resources adequately, the Dakota were forced to depend increasingly on the federal government's promises and provisions, often late or spoiled.

The federal government's failure to deliver on these promises brought near-starvation and growing anger among the Dakota.

The remaining Dakota were forced to walk more than 100 miles to Fort Snelling, where they were held in a prison camp through the winter.

[13] On June 4, 2012, the SMSC and Canterbury Park, a horse racing track, announced a ten-year cooperative marketing agreement.

Edward Stevenson, CEO of the SMSC Gaming Enterprise announced that the agreement would also create new joint marketing opportunities between Canterbury Park and Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, with the Park receiving $8.5 million in payments for these marketing ventures over the course of the agreement.

Sport and Fitness, Wozupi Tribal Gardens, Mystic Lake Store at Mall of America in Bloomington, Playworks, Playworks LINK Event Center, Shakopee Dakota Convenience Stores #1 and #2, SMSC Organics Recycling Facility, SMSC Water Bottling Facility, and The Meadows at Mystic Lake (golf course).

[21] According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community reservation had an area of 0.41 square miles (1.1 km2; 260 acres), all of it land.

[4] The community has worked actively to expand its land holdings, adding more than 1,197 acres (1.870 sq mi; 4.84 km2) into trust status between 2016 and 2019.

[22] As of the census of 2020,[23] the combined population of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 779.