[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17427-17428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of Approved Amended Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the Amended Gaming 
Compact between the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe and the State of 
North Dakota; the Amended Gaming Compact between the Spirit Lake Nation 
and the State of North Dakota; the Amended Gaming Compact between the 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the State of North Dakota; the Amended 
Gaming Compact between the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation and the State of North Dakota; and the Amended Gaming 
Compact between the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the 
State of North Dakota.

DATES: Effective Date: March 21, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, 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. 
2701(d)(3)(B), 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. On 
January 24, 2013, the State of North Dakota (State) and five Tribes, 
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, the 
Spirit Lake Tribe, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South 
Dakota, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation 
and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, 
(Tribes) submitted Amended Class III Tribal-State Compacts for review 
and approval. The Compacts expand Class III gaming on tribal trust 
lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of the Tribes' 
reservations, which are in compliance with the IGRA. The term of the 
Compacts runs for 10 years from the date of this notice.

    Dated: March 12, 2013.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-06446 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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