By First Class Mail 

Paul W. Shagen, Lead Attomey 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin 

13394 W Trepania Road 

Hayward, WI 54843 

Re: Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin 

ordinance amendments 

Dear Mr. Shagen: 

This letter responds to your request for the National Indian Gaming Commission 

to review and approve amendments enacted by Resolution No. 11-34, which adopted a 

definition for "Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation" and sets forth the authority of the Tribal 

Governing Board to license tribal gaming enterprises. 

Thank you for bringing these amendments to our attention. The ordinance is 

approved as it is consistent with the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 

and the NIGC's regulations. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Staff 

Attomey Dawn Esther Dittler at 202-420-9229. 

Tracie Stevens 

Chairwoman 

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RESOLUTION NO. 11-34 

RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO 

LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR 

CHIPPEWA INDIANS AMENDED GAMING CODE OF 1995 

WHEREAS, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin 

("Tribe") is a federally recognized Indian tribe organized pursuant to the 

provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934,25 U.S.C. 5 461, el. seq.; and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board serves as the governing body of Tribe pursuant to 

Article 111, Section 1 of the Tribe's Constitution; and 

WHEREAS, in accordance with the authority conferred under Article V, Sections l(c), (e) and 

(n) of the Tribe's Constitution, the Tribal Governing Board enacted Resolution 95- 

63 thereby approving the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians Amended Gaming Code (the "Gaming Ordinance"); and 

WHEREAS, through a letter dated September 19, 1995 Nation Indian Gaming Commission 

("NIGC") Chairman, Harold A. Monteau, approved the Gaming Ordinance in 

accordance with the provisions of Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; 25 US.C. § 

2701, el. seq.; and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that any amendment to the Gaming 

Ordinance must be in compliance with the procedures of Chapter IX of the 

Gaming Ordinance and the laws of the Tribe; and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board believes that amendments to the Gaming Ordinance are 

necessary to ensure definitional consistency; and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the 

Tribe to amend the Gaming Ordinance in accordance with the foregoing. 
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Tribal Governing Board hereby amends the 

Gaming Ordinance as follows: 

o CHAPTER 11, DEFINITIONS, Paragraph 18 defining "Tribal lands" is deleted in 

its entirety and replaced with the following: 

18. "Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation" means: 

a. All lands within the limits of the Tribe's Reservation as established 

by Secretarial Order of March 1, 1873; and 

b. All lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States 

for the benefit of the Tribe or individual or held by the Tribe or 

individual subject to restriction by the United States against 

alienation. 

CHAPTER IV, TRIBAL GAMES, Paragraph 1 (excluding Subparagraphs (a) 

through 0)) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: 

1. The Tribal Governing Board may license enterprises to conduct the 

following games on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation: 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Tribal Governing Board hereby authorizes and directs 

the Officers of the Tribe, and their designees, to do and perform such deeds and acts, and lo 

execute such further documents as necessary or convenient to obtain approval of the foregoing 

amendment to the Gaming Ordinance and to effectuate the purposes and intentions of this 

resolution. 

CERTIFICATION 

1, the undersigned, as SecretaryITreasurer hereby certify (a) that pursuant to Chapter IX of the 

Gaming Ordinance, the Tribal Governing Board provided the amendments proposed in the 

foregoing resolution to the Tribal Gaming Commission at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to 

said meeting of the Tribal Governing Board; (b) that the Tribal Governing Board is composed of 

seven (7) members of whom 5 being present constituted a quorum at a meeting thereof, duly 

called, convened and held on this 23rd day of May, 2011; (c) that consistent with Chapter IX oC 

the Gaming Ordinance, the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an 

affirmative vote of seated Tribal Governing Board members as follows: 4 in favor, 0 

against, 2 abstaining, and (d) that said resolution had not been rescinded or amended in any 

way.