[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4005]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Gaming
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Gaming Compacts Taking Effect.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of
1988 (IGRA), Pub. 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 (casino)
gambling on Indian reservations. The Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior, through his delegated authority,
is publishing the Tribal-State Compacts between the following Tribes
and the State of Michigan executed on December 3, 1998: The Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians, the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa
Indians, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and the Nottawasepi
Huron Band of Potawatomi. By the terms of IGRA these Compacts are
considered approved, but only to the extent the compacts are consistent
with the provisions of IGRA.
DATES: This action is effective February 18, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Indian
Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
20240, (202) 219-4066.
Dated: February 9, 1999.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-4005 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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