[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6986]


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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: This notice publishes approval of the Tribal-State Compacts 
between the State of Oklahoma and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the 
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 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), 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. These Compacts authorize the 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe 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.

    Dated: March 25, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-6986 Filed 4-7-05; 8:45 am]
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