[Federal Register: February 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 32)]
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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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