[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1468]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Class III Gaming Compacts.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State 
Compacts between the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Comanche Nation, Miami 
Tribe and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 27, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Policy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice 
of the approved Tribal State compacts for the purpose of engaging in 
Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
through his delegated authority, has approved the Class III gaming 
compacts between the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Comanche Nation, Miami 
Tribe and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma. 
These Compacts authorize Indian tribes to engage in certain Class III 
gaming activities, provides for certain geographical exclusivity, 
limits the number of gaming machines at existing racetracks, and 
prohibits non-tribal operation of certain machines and covered games.

Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-1468 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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