Exhibit 31.1


RIVER ROCK ENTERTAINMENT AUTHORITY(A Governmental Instrumentality of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians)

RIVER ROCK ENTERTAINMENT AUTHORITY CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


|I, Norman Runyan, certify that:
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|   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                     
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|   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                      
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|5. | The registrant's other certifying officer and
      I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
      over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
      of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
    functions):
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|   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
      in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
      which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
      to record,
process,
summarize and report financial information; and                                                                                             
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
      management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
    internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Date: November 14, 2005

|By: | /s/ Norman Runyan                                                        
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|    | Norman Runyan                                                            
|    | Chief Operations Officer (acting in place
    of Chief Executive Officer)



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