Gary W. Donald 

Chairman 

Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council 

P.O. Box 16 

Nett Lake, MN 55772 

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Dear Chairman Donald: 

This letter responds to your submission of the revised Bois Forte Gaming Ordinance that 

was approved by the Tribal Council on December 30,2003, amending the ordinance to 

allow Class I1 non-banking card games within a licensed facility in conformity with state 

laws and regulations and in conformity with the MICS set out by the NIGC. This letter 

constitutes an approval of the amended regulations. 

Thank you for submitting the amendment for 

staff and I look forward to working with you 

Chairman 

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Resolution # 70.-2004 

WHEREAS, the Bois Forte Band ofthe Minnesota Chippewa Tribe is a federally-recognized Indian 

tni org& under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1 934 and operating under the 

Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tni, and 

WHEREAS, the lawful body of the Band is the Reservation Tribal Council and it is 

authorized to regulate gaming activities within the territory of the Band; and 

WHEREAS, on August 27, 1993, the Reservation Tni Council adopted Ordinance No. 43-94 

(the ''Gaming Ordinance*) and that ordiice was approved by the Chairman of the 

National Indian Gaming Commission, which published notice of said approval in the 

Federal Register on January 18, 1994; and 

WHEREAS, the Reservation Tni Council hss determined that it is in the best interests of the 

Band to amend the Gaming Ordinance to include express authority for Class KI nonbanking card games permitted by law in the state of Minnesota; and 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Article III of the Bois Forte Gaming Ordinance is 

hereby amended by adding the following: 

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Class II non-Banking Card Games Permitted by Law in the State of Minnesota. Non-banking 

card games may be played witbin a licensed gaming hcility, provided that they are played in 

conformity with the following rules and regulations: 

1. Minnesota Laws and Regulations. Non-banking card games may only be played 

in conformity with Minnesota state laws and regulation regarding hours or periods of 

operation of such card games and limitations on wagers or pot sizes in such card 

games. 

2. Conformity with Minimum InternalContmlStandards. Non-banking cardgames 

must be played and supervised inconformity with the minimum internal control 

standards ofthe National Indian Gaming Commission appearing at 25 C.F.R Part 542 

(2003), and as maybe amended in the fbture, and under Minimum Intd Control 

Standards for such card games adopted by the Bois Forte Resemition Tni Council. 
Resolution No. 70-2004 

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman is hereby authorized to submit the amendment 

to the National Indian Gaming Commission for approval. 

Certification 

We do hereby cert* that the foregoing resolution was duly presented and enacted upon by a vote 

of - 3 for, A against, 0 abstaining, at a special meeting of the Bois Forte Reservation 

Tribal Council, a quorum being present, held on December 30,2003, at the Lake Vermilion Sector 

of Bois Forte Band, Minnesota. 

Chairman 

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awd C. Morrison, Sr. 

Secretary-Treasurer