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Siyeh created its first new business in 2000 when it opened Kimi Bottled Water. Reservation water is notoriously poor, and Kimi (the word means "big water" in the Blackfeet language) gave tribal members access to drinking water delivered to their home or business. In 2002, Siyeh opened a second casino called Discovery Lodge Casino, located outside Cut Bank. The casino now employees a dozen workers and offers Class II gaming with the possibility of almost unlimited winnings. Siyeh also minted Lewis and Clark commemorative coins to help the tribe reap economic benefit from the Corps of Discovery bicentennial now under way across the west. On June 1, Siyeh Development opened its newest and largest venture, the Blackfeet Heritage Center and Art Gallery. A short drive from the gates of Glacier National Park in Browning, the center is a showcase of Plains Indian arts and crafts that tribal leaders hope will attract Glacier-bound tourists to the reservation. (See related story on Blackfeet Heritage Center & Art Gallery).