MAY 1 9 2003 

Ronald Rosier 

Acting Tribal Attorney 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 

P.O. Box 17779 

Fountain Hills, AZ 85269-7779 

Dear Mr. Rosier: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve the amendment to the 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation's Gaming Ordinance submitted on February 20, 2003. 

The Nation by Resolution No. Ft.McD. 2003-14 adopted the amendment to the ordinance 

letter constitutes an approval of the amendment. 

and I look forward to working with you and the Fort 

future gaming issues. 

Chairman 

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RESOLUTION AMEN.DING THE FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION 

GAMING ORDINANCE 

Resolution No. Ft.McD. 2003-& 

WHEREAS, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (formally the "Fort McDowell 

Mohave-Apache Indian Community") is a federally recognized Indian tribe and 

sovereign government; and 

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

of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ("Nation"); and 

WHEREAS, the Nation wholly owns and operates the Fort McDowell Casino as a 

subordinate economic entity; and 

WHEREAS, in 1993 the Nation enacted a Gaming Ordinance to govern Tribal gaming 

activities at the Fort McDowell Casino located within the Nation's temtorial boundaries; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Nation and the State of Arizona have entered into a new gaming 

agreement titled "Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and State of Arizona Gaming Compact 

2002"; and 

WHEREAS, the new Gaming Compact authorizes a broader scope of gaming than the 

previous compact including increased slot machines and the game of Black Jack; and 

WHEREAS, the Nation's Gaming Ordinance currently references the former Gaming 

Compact which is now no longer valid and does not include the new scope of gaming 

authorized in the new Gaming Compact. 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tribal Council pursuant to its legislative 

authority hereby amends Section 2(h) of the Nation's Gaming Ordinance by deleting that 

section in its entirety and replacing it with the following section: 

h. "Compact" means the contractual agreement entitled the "Fort McDowell 

Yavapai Nation and State of Arizona Gaming Compact 2002" executed by 

the Nation and the State of Arizona on December 4, 2002." 
CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to the authority contained in Article V, Section 13(A)(2), (3), and (5) and (B)(l) 

and (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 was adopted this // day of h6ranr , 2003 at a 

Council Meeting held at Fort McDowell at which a quorum of f members were 

present, O absent, by a vote of L/ for and U opposed and abstained. 

Pansy ~hofi, Secretary 

Dr. ~lind~. Pattea, President 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 

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