Chinook Winds Casino Resort was selected to share in the announcement of Embarq, separation of the local company from Sprint Nextel, as the newest member of the New York Stock Exchange. They have also been named to the S&P 500. At the New York Stock Exchange, on June 1, Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Delores Pigsley helped ring the opening bell when the local Sprint Company became Embarq.

Chinook Winds Casino Resort was selected from all of the Sprint Nextel business customers%u2019 in the Western Region. This is the first time a company from the Northwest has been invited to an event of this caliber. Chinook Winds, along with another Pacific Northwest customer from Seattle will be representing the Pacific Northwest in New York City. The Western region includes Oregon, Washington, Texas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri.