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April 3, 2006

Lael Echo-Hawk

Reservation Attorney

Office of the Tulalip Tribes Reservation Attorney
6700 Totem Beach Road

Tulalip, Washington 98271

RE: The Tulalip Tribes’ Amended Gaming Ordinance 55
Dear Ms. Echo-Hawk:

This letter is in response to your request that the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
review and approve the Tulalip Tribes’ Amended Gaming Ordinance 55, Resolution No. 2006-
20 (Ordinance Amendment), adopted January 6, 2006. This letter constitutes such approval
under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). The amendment does not conflict with the
IGRA. The Ordinance Amendment is approved for gaming only on Indian lands, as defined in
the IGRA, over which the Tulalip Tribes exercise jurisdiction.

a for submitfing the Ordinance Amendment for review and approval. The NIGC staff

cc: Lena Hammons, TGA Director

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THE TULALIP TRIBES
Resolution No. |

Tulalip Gaming Ordinance § 55 Section 3 (b)4 Amendment

WHEREAS the Board of Directors is the governing body of the Tulalip Tribes under the
Constitution and Bylaws of the Tribe approved by the United States Commissioner of
Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior on January 24, 1936, pursuant to the Act
of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, 25 U.S.C. §476); and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, pursuant to Tulalip Constitution Article VI, Section
1 is empowered to enact laws governing gaming activities on Tulalip lands; and

WHEREAS, the Tulalip Tribes conducts Class II & III gaming on the Tulalip
Reservation to generate governmental revenue pursuant to the Tribes’ inherent
sovereignty and the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C.
Section 2701 et. seq.; and

WHEREAS, the Tulalip Tribes Class III gaming operations are conducted in conformity
with the Tulalip-State of Washington Class II] gaming compact entered into under the
framework of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and

WHEREAS, the Tulalip Gaming Agency (“TGA”) is the regulatory body tasked with
regulating Class III gaming at the Tulalip Gaming Organization; and

WHEREAS, neither the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act nor the Tulalip-State of
Washington Class III Gaming Compact require a TGA inspector to be present in a Class
Il gaming facility; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of The Tulalip
Tribes that Ordinance 55 Section 3(b)4 be hereby amended as follows (additions
indicated by italics):

Section Three. Regulatory Commission, Agency and Function. (b) TGA. 4.
Reporting of Violations.

A TGA Inspector shall be present in the Class JI] Gaming Facility during all
hours of the Gaming Operation, and shall have immediate access to any and all
areas of the Gaming Operation for the purpose of (1) physically safeguarding the
assets of the Gaming Operation, and (2) ensuring compliance with the Gaming
regulatory provisions of this Ordinance. Any violation(s) of the provisions of this
Ordinance, by the TGO, a Gaming Employee, Entity, or any person on the
premises whether or not associated with the TGO shall be reported immediately to
the TGA except for non-Gaming regulatory violations such as environmental,
health, safety, food, beverage and other non-Gaming matters, which shall be


reported to the appropriate TGO or Tribal government officials regulating these
areas.

ADOPTED by the Board of Directors ofthe Tulalip Tribes of Washington at a regular
meeting assembled on the _ of el , 2005, with a quorum
present, bya voteof__(p for and QD against.

THE TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON

Stanley A hard Chairman

ATTEST:
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Marie Zackuse, Secretary

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