[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2787]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts.

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SUMMARY: Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 
(IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved 
Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands. The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, has 
approved the Tribal-State Compacts between the Ak-Chin Community, 
Cocopah Indian Tribe, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Fort Mojave Indian 
Tribe, Gila River Indian Community, Hualapai Indian Tribe, Havasupai 
Indian Tribe, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Navajo Nation, Pascua 
Yacqui Tribe, Quechan Indian Tribe, Salt River Prima-Maricopa Indian 
Community, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tohono O'odham Nation, Tonto Apache 
Tribe, White Mountain Apache Tribe, and Yavapai-Apache Nation and the 
State of Arizona.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 
20240, (202) 219-4066.

    Dated: January 24, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-2787 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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