JAN 2 9 2001 

Sam Nixon 

Executive Director 

Fort McDowell Tribal Gaming Office 

P.O. Box 17891 

Fountain Hills, AZ 

Fax: (480) 837-6526 

Re: Approval of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation's Gaming Ordinance 

Amendment 

Dear Mr. Nixon: 

This letter responds to your request to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) 

for the review and approval of the amended Tribal Gaming Ordinance Of The Fort 

McDowell Yavapai Nation, received in this office on December 27, 2006. The 

amendment was approved by the Tribal Council in a duly noticed Special Meeting on 

December 12,2006 via Resolution No. Ft. McD. 2006-97. 

This letter constitutes approval of your submission under the Indian Gaming Regulatory 

Act (IGRA). It is important to note that the gaming ordinance is approved for gaming 

only onefined inthe IGRA, over which the Tribe exercises jurisdiction. 

ded ordinance for review and approval. The NIGC 

ing to work with you in implementing the IGRA. 

Chairman 

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RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION GAMING ORDINANCE 4% 

THEREBY AMENDING THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AS CHAPTER 18 OF THE FORT 

MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION LAW AND ORDER CODE 

I Resolution No. Ft. McD. 2006. 9 7 

WHEREAS, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tribal Council ("Tribal Council") is the governing body of the 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ("Nation"); and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council is authorized to enact and enforce ordinances regulating gaming activities; and 

WHEREAS, the Nation has entered into a Gaming Compact ("Compact") with the State of Arizona; and 

WHEREAS, the Compact requires specific provisions be included in the Nation's Gaming Ordinance 

("Ordinance"); and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council has previously enacted a Gaming Ordinance pursuant to resolution number 2006- 

4 1 and submitted enacted ordinance to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC); and, 

WHEREAS, the NIGC refused to approve said gaming ordinance unless and until it included and complied with 

language and provisions provided by the federal agency. 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Nation amends the proposed Gaming Ordinance as Chapter 

18 of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Law and order Code; 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amended Ordinance shall be effective immediately and notice of the 

amended Ordinance shall be submitted to the Arizona Department of Gaming ("ADOG") and the 

National lndian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") as required. 

CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to the authority contained in Article V, Section 13(A)(1), (2), (3), & (15). and (B)(1)&(2) of the 

Constitution of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ratified by the Tribe on October 19, 1999 and approved 

by the Secretary of the Interior on November 12, 1999, the foregoing Resolution No. 2006-97 was 

adopted this /Z day of D CC~~W ,2006 at a Council Meeting held at Fort McDowell at which a 

quorum of zmembers w:e present, 2 absent, by a vote of 3 for and opposed and 

abstained. 

Pansy ~h&as, Secretary Date: /+/A 4