Andrew W. Baldwin 

Baldwin & Crocker, P.C. 

P.O. Box 1229 

Lander, WY 82520-1229 

RE: Gaming; Ordinance Amendment 

Dear Mr. Baldwin: 

This letter responds to your request on behalf of the Northern Arapaho Tribe for 

the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) to review and approve the 

Tribe's amendment to its gaming ordinance. The amendment to the gaming 

ordinance was adopted by the Northern Arapaho Business Council Resolution 

2008-9884. This proposed amendment makes three changes: 

(1) The Secretarial Procedures require that before the Tribe may offer a 

new Class 111 game for play, it must notify NIGC of applicable 

internal controls, employee training, game rules, etc. The 

Procedures require that this be done at least 60 days before play 

begins, unless the Tribe and NIGC agree to a shorter period. The 

Northern Arapaho Gaming Authority and the NIGC staff agree 

that 30 days is sufficient for this notification and the ordinance has 

been amended accordingly 

(2) The maximum term of a gaming license i.s extended from 12 

months to 24, though the Northern Arapaho Gaming Agency 

retains authority to impose shorter periods for specific types of 

licenses. 

(3) Gaming employees must have a license. :Nan-gaming employees 

are not licensed but must have a work permit if they work at any 

facility where authorized gaming occurs or is supervised or 

administered (i.e. a cashier at a convenience store that has slot 

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machines). Under the previous ordinance, the Tribal Gaming 

Commj.ssion (TGC) could not issue a work permit to a person with 

any felony conviction. The proposed amendment allows the TGC to 

issue a work permit to those with felony convictions if they pass a 

suitability determination and the TGC finds that issuance would 

not pose a risk to the integrity of the gaming operation. The 

requirements for suitability determinations related to gaming 

licenses remain unchanged. 

This letter constitutes approval under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 

25 U.S.C. 5 2701 ef seq., of this amendment to the Tribe's gaming ordinance. 

Thank you for submitting the amendment for review and approval. If you have 

any questions, please contact Staff Attorney Jennifer Ward at (202) 418-9814. 

Chairman 
KESOLUTION ENACTING ,' 

AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTI-DERN ARAPAHO GAMING CODE 

NORTHERN ARAPAHO BUSINESS COUNCIL 

WIND RNER RESERVATION 

ETEETE, WYOMING 

RESOLUTION KO. 2008-98 84 

WIaREAS, the Nortllern Arapaho Business Council is the duly elected governing body of the Northern 

Arapaho Tribe; and 

WHEREAS, the development :md proper regulation of tribal gaming as a form of economic development 

is of utmost importance to the Northern Arapaho Tribe and its members; and 

WHEREAS, the Northern Arapaho Business Council enacted the Ganing Code of the Northern Arapaho 

Tribe in 1995 and has enacted certain arncr~drnents thereto from time to time atid the same have been 

approved by the National Indian Ganing Commission; and 

WEREAS, certain amendmesits to the Northern Arapaho Gaming Clode, attached hereto, would improve 

the Code and its regulation of tribal gaming and would benefit the Northern Arapaho Tribe and tlie 

gaming public; and 

WHEREAS, approval of the attached amendments by the National Indian Gaming Commission would be 

in the best interests of the Northern Arapaho Tribe and the gaming public; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Northern Arapaho Business Council hereby approves 

and enacts the attached amendments to the Gaming Code of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, eflective on the 

date said ame~tdrnenfs are approved by the National Indian Ganzing C:omrnission; and 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Chairman is authorized and directed to sign this resolution and 

that the Northern Arapaho Business Council hereby requests prompt approval of said amendments to the 

Gaming Code by the National India11 Gaming Commission. 

CEKTIFICATION 

The undersigned, as Chairman of the Northern Arapaho Business Council, hereby certifies that the 

Northern Arapaho Business Council consists of six (6) members and that four (4) members were present 

cotlstituting a quorum, at a duly called meeting of the Northern Arapal~o Business Council held on 

January 15,2008, and that the foregoing resolution was adopted by a vote of four (4) members FOR, zero 

(0) members AGAINST, Chairrnan voting, and that the foregoing resaiution has not been rescinded or 

amended in any way. 

DONE AT ETI-ETE, WYOMING, THIS 1 S~ DAY OF JANUARY, 2.008. 

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~or+I&&rn ~r&aho Business Council 

%,an ~ohpn, Secretary 

Northern rapaho Business Council