SEP 8 2000 

Daniel W. Hester, Esq. 

Fredericks, Pelcyger & Hester, LLC 

Chritopher Plaza 

1075 South Boulder Road, Suite 305 

Louisville, Colorado 80027 

Dear Mr. Hester: 

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

review and approve the revised tribal gaming ordinance adopted by Resolution No. 00-82 

on August 14,2000, by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Tribe). 

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

(IGRA). Such approval does not constitute approval of specific games. It is important to 

note that the gaming ordinance is approved for gaming only on Indian lands as defined in 

the IGRA, over which the Tribe exercises jurisdiction. 

Thank you for submitting the revised gaming ordinance of the Tribe for review and 

approval. Please inform the Tribe of this action. The NIGC staff and I look forward to 

working with you and the Tribe in implementing the IGRA. 

Sincerely yours,_ 

Montie R. Deer 

Chairman 

1441 L STREET, N.W. 9M FLOOR WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 EL: 202-632-7003 FAX: 202-632-7066 
Resolution No. 00-82 

CERTIFICATE 

The undersigned, Antone Minthorn and Rosemary Narcisse, hereby certifL that they are the Chairman and 

Secretary, respectively, of the Board of Trustees, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, that at a duly called and held meeting of said Board at the Board Room of the Tribal 

Government Office, Mission, Oregon, on the 14& day of August, 2000, a quorum of said Board was 

present and the following Resolution was regularly moved, seconded, and adopted by a vote of 6 to L, - 0 abstaining. 

RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation (Confederated Tribes) by the authority in Article VI of the 

Confederated Tribes' Constitution and Bylaws adopted on November 4, 1949 and 

approved of the Secretary of Interior on December 7,1949; AND 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section l(d) of the Confederated Tribe's Constitution, the Board of 

Trustees has the authority 'to promulgate and edorce ordinances governing the conduct of 

all persons and activities within the boundaries of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

providing for the procedure of the Board of Trustees, and carrying out any powers herein 

confi:rred upon the Board of Trustees"; AND 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees initially approved the Tribal Gaming Ordinance by Resolution 94- 

14 on February 22, 1994, which Code has been amended on several occasions and which 

Code has been approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) as required 

by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); AND 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees approved an Amended Tribal Gaming Code by Resolutions 99-102, 

adopted on December 15, 1999, and Resolution 00-40, adopted on May 15,2000, which 

Amended Tribal Gaming Codes were submitted to the NIGC for their review and approval 

as required by IGRA; AND 

WHEREAS, by letter dated August 7,2000, the NIGC has submitted several comments to the Amended 

Tribal Gaming Code approved by the Board of Trustees by Resolution 00-40, which 

comments must be addressed in the Code in order to receive NIGC approval; AND 

WHEREAS, the changes to the Tribal Gaming Code required to address the NIGC comments do not 

substantially alter the authority or intent of the Tribal Gaming Code that has been 

previously approved by the Board of Trustees; NOW THEREFORE BE IT 
Resolution 00-82: Amended Gaming Code 

August 14,2000 

Page 2 of 2 

RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees does hereby approve the following amendments to the Tribal 

Gaming Code: 

v" 1. Sedion 4B(19) shall be revised as follows: 

(19) "Key Employee" shall have the meaning as set forth in 25 C.F.R. 4 502.14 

and shall include all those employees de£ined as Low Securrty Employees and 

High Security Employees herein. 

Jz. Section 13A(2)is amended by adding a new subparagraph (s) as follows: 

(s) Current business and residence telephone numbers. 

3. Section 14A(2) shall be revised as follows: 

(2) The Tribal Gaming Commission shall submit to the NIGC, along with the 

background investigation report referenced in Section 14A(1), a copy of the 

completed License application required under Sedion 13A(2), and a copy of the 

License eligibihty determination made under Section 13A of this Code; AND BE 

IT FINALLY 

RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees does hereby direct its Chairman to submit the Tribal Gaming 

Code with the above referenced amendments to the NIGC for its review and approval as 

required by IGRA; 

AND, that said Resolution has not been modified, amended or repealed and is still in fill force and effed. 

Dated this 14& day of August,, 2000. 

ATTEST: 

Board of Trustees 

Rose Mary ~argse, Secretary 

Board of Trustees