Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Tribal Administrator Don Spaulding resigns after economic development success

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Tribal Administrator Don Spaulding announced his resignation to the tribe’s Tribal Council on or about Wednesday, August 31, 2016, after leading the tribe to one of its largest economic development period, surprising many in the community.

Spaulding had previously announced his plans to retire later this year from the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas.

During Don Spaulding’s tenure, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas developed many economic development projects benefitting the tribe and its members, including the development of the new Tribal Administration, Healthcare, and Wellness buildings on Rosita Valley Road, the private road from FM 1021 to the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, the expansion of the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, the development of the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel, the development of the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Gasoline and Convenience Store, the development of the muti-level parking garage at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, providing housing to many tribal members, the development of a real estate subdivision, the pavement of many streets at or near the tribal reservation, and many other tribal economic development joint ventures with third parties.