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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISION
Notice of Approved Class III Tribal Gaming Ordinances
AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of Class III tribal gaming ordinances approved by the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
DATES: This notice is applicable [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tearanie McCain, Office of General Counsel
at the National Indian Gaming Commission, 202-632-7003, or by facsimile at 202-632-7066 (not
toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 25
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., established the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission). Section
2710 of IGRA authorizes the Chairman of the Commission to approve Class II and Class III tribal gaming ordinances. Section 2710 (d) (2) (B) of IGRA, as implemented by NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 522.8, requires the Chairman to publish, in the Federal Register, approved
Class III tribal gaming ordinances and the approvals thereof.
IGRA requires all tribal gaming ordinances to contain the same requirements concerning
tribes’ sole proprietary interest and responsibility for the gaming activity, use of net revenues,
annual audits, health and safety, background investigations and licensing of key employees and
primary management officials. The Commission, therefore, believes that publication of each ordinance in the Federal Register would be redundant and result in unnecessary cost to the
Commission.
Thus, the Commission believes that publishing a notice of approved Class III tribal gaming ordinances in the Federal Register is sufficient to meet the requirements of 25 U.S.C.
2710 (d) (2) (B). Beginning September 30, 2021, the NIGC will publish the notice of approved gaming ordinances quarterly, by March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year.
Every approved tribal gaming ordinance, every approved ordinance amendment, and the approval thereof, will be posted on the Commission’s website (www.nigc.gov) under General Counsel, Gaming Ordinances within five (5) business days of approval. Also, the
Commission will make copies of approved Class III ordinances available to the public upon request. Requests can be made in writing to the Office of General Counsel, National Indian
Gaming Commission, Attn: Tearanie McCain, C/O Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW, MS #1621, Washington, DC 20240.
The following constitutes a consolidated list of all Tribes for which the Chairman has approved tribal gaming ordinances authorizing Class III gaming or for which Class III gaming ordinances have been approved by operation of law.
1. Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Band of Mission Indians Indian of Oklahoma 11. Bay Mills Indian Community 2. Agua Caliente Band of 12. Bear River Band of Cahuilla Indians Rohnerville Rancheria 3. Ak-Chin Indian Community of 13. Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme the Maricopa Indian Reservation Maidu Indians 4. Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town 14. Big Lagoon Rancheria 5. Alturas Indian Rancheria 15. Big Pine Band of Owens Valley 6. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Paiute Shoshone Indians 7. Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of 16. Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Fort Peck Indian Reservation Western Mono Indians 8. Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians 17. Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians 9. Bad River Band of Lake 18. Bishop Paiute Tribe Superior Tribe of Chippewa 19. Blackfeet Tribe Indians 20. Blue Lake Rancheria of California 10. Barona Group of Captain Grande 21. Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Reservation 22. Buena Vista Rancheria of Me- 56. Confederated Tribes of the Warm Wuk Indians Springs Reservation 23. Burns Paiute Tribe 57. Coquille Indian Tribe 24. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians 58. Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 25. Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun 59. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians Indians of the Colusa Indian of Oregon Community 60. Cowlitz Indian Tribe 26. Caddo Nation of Oklahoma 61. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo 27. Cahto Indian Tribe of the Indians of California Laytonville Rancheria 62. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 28. Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians 63. Crow Indian Tribe of Montana 29. California Valley Miwok Tribe 64. Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma 30. Campo Band of Diegueno 65. Delaware Tribe of Indians Mission Indians 66. Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo 31. Catawba Indian Nation Indians of California 32. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe 67. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 33. Cher-Ae Heights Indian 68. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Community of the Trinidad Rancheria 69. Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the 34. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Wind River Indian Reservation 35. Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 70. Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians 36. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 71. Elk Valley Rancheria 37. Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma 72. Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada 38. Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 73. Enterprise Rancheria of the Indians Maidu Indians of California 39. Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky 74. Ewiiaapaayp Band of Boy’s Reservation Kumeyaay Indians 40. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana 75. Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes 41. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 76. Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria 42. Citizen Potawatomi Nation 77. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 43. Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians South Dakota 44. Cocopah Indian Tribe 78. Fond du Lac Band of Lake 45. Coeur d’Alene Tribe Superior Chippewa 46. Colorado River Indian Tribes 79. Forest County 47. Comanche Nation of Oklahoma Potawatomi Community 48. Confederated Salish and Kootenai 80. Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribes of the Flathead Reservation 81. Fort Independence Indian 49. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Community of Paiute Indians Yakama Nation 82. Fort McDermitt Paiute - 50. Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Shoshone Tribe of Nevada and Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Oregon 83. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 51. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 84. Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Reservation Arizona, California and Nevada 52. Confederated Tribes of the Colville 85. Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Reservation 86. Gila River Indian Community 53. Confederated Tribes of the Grand 87. Grand Portage Band of Ronde Community of Oregon Chippewa Indians 54. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 88. Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa of Oregon and Chippewa Indians 55. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 89. Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California 132. Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe 90. Grindstone Indian Rancheria of 133. Lower Sioux Indian Community Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California 134. Lummi Indian Tribe 91. Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians 135. Lytton Rancheria of California 92. Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake 136. Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of 93. Hannahville Indian Community the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria 94. Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin 137. Manzanita Band of Mission Indians 95. Hoopa Valley Tribe 138. Mashantucket Pequot Tribe 96. Hopland Band of Pomo Indians 139. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 97. Hualapai Indian Tribe 140. Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of 98. Huron Potawatomi, Inc. the Potawatomi Indians of Michigan 99. Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel of 141. Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico California Rancheria 100. Ione Band of Miwok Indians 142. Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 101. Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska 143. Mescalero Apache Tribe 102. Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma 144. Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 103. Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk 145. Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians Indians 104. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe of 146. Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Washington 147. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 105. Jamul Band of Mission Indians 148. Moapa Band of Paiute Indians 106. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians 149. Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma 107. Jicarilla Apache Nation 150. Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut 108. Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians 151. Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu 109. Kalispel Tribe of Indians Indians 110. Karuk Tribe 152. Morongo Band of Mission Indians 111. Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the 153. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Stewarts Point Reservation 154. Muscogee (Creek) Nation 112. Kaw Nation 155. Narragansett Indian Tribe 113. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 156. Navajo Nation 114. Kialegee Tribal Town 157. Nez Perce Tribe 115. Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas 158. Nisqually Indian Tribe 116. Kickapoo Tribe of Indians in Kansas 159. Nooksack Indian Tribe 117. Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma 160. North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians 118. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma of California 119. Klamath Tribes 161. Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 120. Klawock Cooperative Association River Indians 121. Kootenai Tribe of Idaho 162. Northern Cheyenne Tribe 122. Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 163. Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Superior Chippewa Indians Potawatomi 123. Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake 164. Oglala Sioux Tribe Superior Chippewa Indians 165. Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo of San Juan 124. Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake 166. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Superior Chippewa Indians 167. Oneida Nation of New York 125. La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians 168. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin 126. La Posta Band of Mission Indians 169. Osage Nation 127. Las Vegas Paiute Tribe 170. Otoe-Missouri Tribe of Indians 128. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 171. Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma 129. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 172. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop 130. Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Community Indians 173. Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 131. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 174. Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona 175. Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 219. Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians 176. Pauma Band of Mission Indians 220. Rosebud Sioux Tribe 177. Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 221. Round Valley Indian Tribe 178. Pechanga Band of Mission Indians 222. Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma 179. Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 223. Sac & Fox Tribe of Mississippi in 180. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Iowa Indians 224. Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 181. Pinoleville Band of Pomo Indians Kansas and Nebraska 182. Pit River Tribe 225. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 183. Poarch Band Creek Indians Michigan 184. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians 226. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian of Michigan Community 185. Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma 227. Samish Indian Tribe 186. Ponca Tribe of Nebraska 228. San Carlos Apache Tribe 187. Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe 229. San Manual Band of Mission Indians 188. Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation 230. San Pasqual Band of Diegueno 189. Prairie Island Indian Community Mission Indians 190. Pueblo of Acoma 231. Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut 191. Pueblo of Isleta Tribe 192. Pueblo of Jemez 232. Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 193. Pueblo of Laguna Indians 194. Pueblo of Nambe 233. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe 195. Pueblo of Picuris 234. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 196. Pueblo of Pojoaque Indians 197. Pueblo of San Felipe 235. Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians 198. Pueblo of Sandia 236. Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 199. Pueblo of Santa Ana 237. Seminole Tribe of Florida 200. Pueblo of Santa Clara 238. Seneca Nation of Indians of New York 201. Pueblo of Santo Domingo 239. Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma 202. Pueblo of Taos 240. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 203. Pueblo of Tesuque Community 204. Puyallup Tribe of Indians 241. Shawnee Tribe 205. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 242. Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo 206. Quapaw Tribe of Indians Indians 207. Quartz Valley Indian Community 243. Shingle Springs Band of Miwuk 208. Quechan Tribe of Fort Yuma Indian Indians Reservation 244. Shinnecock Indian Nation 209. Quileute Tribe 245. Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe 210. Quinault Indian Nation 246. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 211. Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Hall Indian Reservation of Idaho Chippewa Indians 247. Shoshone-Paiute Tribe of the Duck 212. Red Cliff, Sokaogon Chippewa and Valley Indian Reservation Lac Courte Oreilles Band 248. Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 213. Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Traverse Reservation 214. Redding Rancheria 249. Skokomish Indian Tribe 215. Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo 250. Smith River Rancheria Indians 251. Snoqualmie Tribe 216. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 252. Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians 217. Resighini Rancheria of Coast Indian 253. Sokaogon Chippewa Community Community 254. Southern Ute Indian Tribe 218. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 255. Sprite Lake Tribe Indians 256. Spokane Tribe of Indians 257. Squaxin Island Tribe 282. Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 258. St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Indians Wisconsin 283. United Auburn Indian Community 259. St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 284. Upper Sioux Community 260. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 285. Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 261. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Washington 262. Stockbridge-Munsee Community 286. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 263. Suquamish Tribe of the Port Madison 287. U-tu-Utu-Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of Reservation Benton Paiute Reservation 264. Susanville Indian Rancheria 288. Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians 265. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 289. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 266. Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission 290. Washoe Tribe of Nevada and Indians California 267. Table Mountain Rancheria 291. White Earth Band of Chippewa 268. Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians Indians of Nevada 292. White Mountain Apache Tribe 269. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town 293. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of 270. Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Oklahoma Berthold Reservation 294. Wilton Rancheria 271. Timbisha Shoshone Tribe 295. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 272. Tohono O’odham Nation 296. Wiyot Tribe of Table Bluff 273. Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Reservation 274. Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma 297. Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma 275. Tonto Apache Tribe 298. Yankton Sioux Tribe 276. Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla 299. Yavapai Apache Nation of the Camp Indians Verde Indian Reservation 277. Tulalip Tribes of Washington 300. Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe 278. Tule River Tribe 301. Yerington Paiute Tribe 279. Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana 302. Yocha-De-He Wintun Nation 280. Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 303. Yurok Tribe 281. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
E. Sequoyah Simermeyer Chairman
Kathryn Isom-Clause Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland Associate Commissioner
[FR Doc. 2021-10904 Filed: 5/21/2021 8:45 am; Publication Date: 5/24/2021]