FEB 13 2001 

David C. Bonga 

In-house Counsel 

Kalispel Tribe of Indians 

Box 39 

Usk, WA 99 180 

Dear Mr. Bonga: 

This letter is in respon+ to your request for the National Indian Gaming 

Commission (NIGC) to rebiew and approve three tribal resolutions amending the 

Kalispel Gaming Code: Kjilispel Resolution No. 2000-66, adopted July 26, 2000; 

Kalispel Resolution No. 2q100-67, adopted July 26, 2000; and Kalispel Resolution 

No. 2000-77, adopted ~dtember 12, 2000. The original gaming ordinance was 

approved September 26, '1997. The resolutions amending the ordinance were 

received in this office on Jiinuary 3,2001. 

This letter constitutes approval of your submission under the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act (IGRA). It is important to note that the gaming ordinance is 

approved for gaming on19 on Indian lands, as defined in the IGRA, over which 

the Tribe has jurisdiction. 

Thank you for submittin4 the resolutions for review and approval. The NIGC 

staff and I look forward ko working with you and the Tribe on future gaming 

issues. 

Sincerely, 

M&KO! 

Montie R. Deer 

Chairman 

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KALISPEL RESOLUTION NO. 2000-& 

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RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Kalispel Business Committee is the duly Constituted governing body of the Kalispel 

Tribe by the authority of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Kalispel Tribe; and, 

WHEREAS, under the Constitution and By-Laws of the Tribe, the Kalispel Business Committee is 

charged with the duty of protecting the health, security and general welfare of the Kalispel 

Tribe and all reservation residents; and, 

WHEREAS, the Tribe has adopted Chapter 1 1 - Kalis~el Tribe Amended Gaming Ordinance of the 

Kalispel Law and Order Code; and, 

WHEREAS, the Tribe has determined that the Tribal Gaming Ordinance needs to be updated; and, 

WHEREAS, the modification to Chapter 11 is considered to be insignificant. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kalispel Tribal Business Committee approves deleting 

",Nighthawk Services," fFom section 1 1-8.01 LICENSING PROCEDURE. 

CERTIFICATION 

The foregoing RESOLUTION was adopted by the Kalispel Business Committee 

at a meeting held on the &day of Jut-'/ ,2000, at the Tribal Office on the 

Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington, with the required quorum 

Present by a vote of &FOR and LAGAINST. 

GLEN NENEMA, &~URMAN 

KALISPEL BUSINESS COMMlTTEE 

(TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2002) 

CURT 

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HOLMES, SECRETARY 

KALISPEL BUSINESS COMMITTEE 

(TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2003) 

BOX 39 USK, WA 99180 PHONE (509) 445-1147 FAX (509) 445-1705 

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KALISPEL RESOLUTION NO. 2000- 6 7 

RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Kalispel Business Committee is the duly Constituted governing body of the Kalispel 

Tribe by the authority of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Kalispel Tribe; and, 

WHEREAS, under the Constitution and By-Laws of the Tribe, the Kalispel Business Committee is 

charged with the duty of protecting the health, security and general welfare of the Kalispel 

Tribe and all reservation residents; and, 

WHEREAS, the Tribe has adopted Cha~ter 11 - Kalispel Tribe Amended Gaming Ordinance of the 

Kalispel Law and Order Code; and, . 

WHEREAS, the Tribe has determined that the Code needs to be updated so that the Code does not 

conflict with the Kalispel Tribe's Gaming Compact with the State of Washington, that has 

been approved by the Tribal Business Committee, Secretary of Interior and the 

Governor of Washington State; and, 

WHEREAS, the modifications to Chapter 11 are considered to be not significant. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kalispel Tribal Business Committee approves 

changing the age from 2 1 to 18 in sections 1 1-1 1.02 SECURITY and 1 1-13.01 OPERATION. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 1 1 - 13.0 1 OPERATION (B) is amended to read: 

B. Persons between the age of eighteen and twenty one years of age may patronize and 

participate in Class 111 gaming activities offered by the Tribe in its gaming facility, so long 

as such patrons do not purchase or consume alcoholic beverages on the premises. 

CERTIFICATION 

The foregoing RESOLUTION was adopted by the Kalispel Business Committee 

at a meeting held on the &day of& 2000, at the Tribal Office on the 

Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington, with the required quorum 

Present by a vote of &FOR and OAGAlNST. 

KALISPEL BUSINESS COMMITTEE 

(TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2002) 

CURT HOLMES, SECRETARY 

KALISPEL BUSMESS COMMITTEE 

(TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2003) 

BOX 39 USK, WA 99180 PHONE (509) 445-1147 FAX (509) 445-1705 
KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS 

KALISPEL RESOLUTION NO. 2000- 7'7 

RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Kalispel Business Committee is the duly Constituted governing body 

of the Kalispel Tribe by the authority of the Constitution and By-Laws 

for the Kalispel Tribe; and, 

WHEREAS, under the Constitution and By-Laws of the Tribe, the Kalispel Business 

Committee is charged with the duty of protecting the health, security and . 

general welfare of the Kalispel Tribe and all reservation residents; and, 

WHEREAS, the Kalispel Tribe adopted a Gaming Code in the late 1980's prior to 

.Passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988; and, 

WHEREAS, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians has attempted to modify the original Kalispel 

Law and Order Code to reflect recent changes in the.law; and, 

WHEREAS, the Tribe has determined that errors recently found in the Gaming Code 

have not been significant. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kalispel Tribe adopts the following 

Correction to Chapter 1 1, Section 1 1-1 1.02 Security that provides for a 

Change of age from twenty-one to eighteen regarding the age of a security 

employee or a gamer player. The wording of the section shall read as 

follows: 

Licensees shall provide for their in house security PROVIDED that such security 

Personnel are approved by the Board. 

Gaming or employment in gaming is prohibited for persons under 18. 

A. A person under the age of eighteen (1 8) years shall not: 

1. Play, or be allowed to play, any licensed game. 

2. Loiter, or be licensed to loiter, in or about any roo111 or premises 

wherein any licensed game is operated. 

BOX 39 USK, WA 99180 PHONE (509) 445-1147 FAX (509) 445-1705 

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3. Be employed as a gaming employee. 

B. Ally licensee, employee, dealer or other person(s) who violates or permits 

the violations of any of the provisions of this section and any person, 

under eighteen (1 8) years of age, who violates any of the provisions of this 

section is guilty under this Ordinance and shall be prosecuted in the Tribal 

Court, or Washington State Court for non-Indians. 

C. In any prosecution or other proceeding for the violation of any of the 

provisions of this section, it is no excuse for the licensee, employee, dealer 

or other person to plead that he believes the person to be eighteen (18) 

years old or over. 

CERTIFICATION 

The Kalispel Business Committee adopted the foregoing RESOLUTION 

at a meeting held on the ,Q- day of Srb/, ,2000, at the Tribal 

office on the Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington, with 

the required quorum present by a vote of 2 FOR and n_ AGAINST. 

GLEN NENEMA, CI-~AIRMAN CURT HOLMES, SECRETARY 

KALISPEL BUSINESS COMMITTEE KALISPEL BUSINESS COMIMITTEE 

( TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2002) ( TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2003)