FEB 20 I997 

Nancy Bear 

Chairperson 

Kickapoo ~ribe in Kansas 

P.O. Box 271 

Horton, KS 66439-0271 

Dear Chairperson Bear: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve 

the amendment to the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas1 tribal gaming 

ordinance submitted on January 17, 1997. The amendment was 

adopted by Resolution No. KT97-13 on January 15, 1997. The 

ordinance was approved by the Chairman of the National Indian 

Gaming Commission (NIGC) on July 15, 1994. The amendment does 

not require approval'by the NIGC because the amendment addresses 

issues not raised in the IGRA or the NIGC1s regulations. 

Under the IGRA and the regulations of the NIGC, the Chairman 

is directed to review ordinances and amendments with respect to 

the requirements of the IGRA and the implementing regulations. 

Thus, the scope of the Chairman's review and approval is limited 

to the requirements of the IGRA and the NIGC regulations. 

Provisions other than those required under the IGRA or the NIGC 

regulations that may be included in a tribal ordinance are not 

subject to review and approval. 

Thank you for submitting the Kickapoo tribe in Kansasv 

amendment for review. If you have questions or require further 

assistance, please contact Jessica Roff at (202) 632-7003. 

Sincerely yours, 

Ada E. Deer 

Acting Chairperson 

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Office: 9 13-486-2 13 1 Fax: 9 131486-280 1 

RESOLUTION NO. KT97- 13 

RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Kickapoo Tribe adopted a constitution and bylaws and federal charter 

under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (25 U.S.C. 261 et seq.) and is empowered to engage in 

Class III gaming under said organic documents, the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and 

the TribaVState Gaming Compact, and 

WHEREAS the Kickapoo Tribe has established the Golden Eagle Casino as a Class III 

gaming facility on the Kickapoo Reservation and the tribe has operated and managed the casino 

since May, 1996, and 

WHEREAS, based on a review of casino's operations and its inter-relationship with the 

Tribal Gaming Commission, the Tribal Council believes that amendments to the Amended 

Kickapoo Nation Tribal Gaming Commission Ordinance are needed to foster a better relationship 

between the management of the casino and the Tribal Gaming Commission to allow the casino to 

fhnction in a more business-like manner. 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the Amended Kickapoo Nation Tribal 

Gaming Commission Ordinance 95-01 (approved by Resolution No. 96-39) is hereby amended to 

read as follows: 

1. In Section 2, by inserting a new Section 2 (q) that states "(q) "Tribal Council" means 

the Tribal Council of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas" after Section 2 (p). 

2. By striking the words "The Commission shall appoint an individual to serve as full time 

Executive Director" in the first sentence of Section 7 (d) and inserting "The Tribal Council shall 

appoint an individual to serve (at the discretion of the Tribal Council) as a full time Executive 

Director ." 
P.O. Box 27 1 Horton, KS 66439-027 1 

Office: 9 13-486-2 13 1 Fax: 9 131486-280 1 

CERTIFICATION 

The foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Kickapoo Tibal Council in a special session 

called for and by the Tnibal Chairprson, held on this fifteenth day of January 1997, at which 

seven (7) members were present, constituting the required quorum with six (6) voting for, zero 

(0) against, zero (0) abstaining, with the Chairperson not voting. 

MR/w*.. aNANC AR, Kichpoo Trihl Chi* 

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