Anderson, David W., chief executive officer, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 36, 216 46 96 Harjo, Susan Shown, executive director, National Congress of American ............ Hon. John W. Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 15, 59 Panel consisting of: Hon. Mark M. Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 16, 66 Stanley G. Jones, chairman, Tulalip Tribes of Washington. 50, 103 Powless, Mark, chairman, National Task Force on Indian Gaming.. Norman M. Crooks, tribal chairman, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 51, 112 52, 221 ... 39, 76 APPENDIX TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1984 Additional material submitted for the hearing record from: U.S. Department of the Interior: Prepared statement of Hon. John W. Fritz, U.S. Department of Justice: Prepared statement of Hon. Mark M. Richard, National Task Force on Indian Gaming: 1. Prepared statement of Mark Powless, chairman 2. Paper entitled "Outline of Written Testimony on H.R. 4566" 59 66 76 78 3. A draft amendment to be offered in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4566.... National Tribal Chairmen's Association: Prepared statement of Newton 888 89 96 Tulalip Tribes of Washington: 1. Prepared statement of Stanley G. Jones, Sr., chairman... 103 2. Paper entitled "Tulalip Revisions to H.R. 4566, With Brief Explana- 111 Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Indians: 1. Prepared statement of David G. Ramirez, chairman, tribal council 112 2. Attachment 1: Article entitled "Pascua Yaqui Reservation: Arizona 125 3. Attachment 2: Document showing Federal budget cuts, 1982-85, in 127 4. Attachment 3: Report from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Depart- Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Indians-Continued 5. Attachment 4: Bingo ordinance of Pascua Yaqui Tribe, passed December 1982. 6. Attachment 5: Business lease/management agreement between the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Pan American Management Co., December 30, 1983. 7. Attachment 6: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona temporary restraining order and order to show cause, Pan American Management Co. v. the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.... Page 130 134 180 8. Attachment 7: Letter from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to William Harris, dated May 11, 1984, outlining management agreement between Pascua Yaqui Tribe and VAL-DEL, Inc 191 9. Attachment 8: Preliminary injunction, Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. VALDEL Inc., May 29, 1984. 193 10. Attachment 9: Legal documents and correspondence between Pascua Yaqui Tribe and VAL-DEL, Inc.. 194 Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians: Prepared state- 216 1. Prepared statement of Norman M. Crooks, tribal chairman (with attachments).... 221 2. Attachment 1: Document entitled "Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Bingo Ordinance," adopted April 1, 1982. 3. Attachment 2: Document entitled "Management Agreement By and Between the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the New England Entertainment Co.," April 10, 1982.. 4. Attachment 3: Paper entitled "Memorandum of Agreement Between Little Six Enterprises and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community," June 21, 1983.. 5. Attachment 4: Document entitled "Management Agreement By and Between the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the Little Six Enterprises," July 8, 1983.. 6. Attachment 5: A table showing allocation of bingo profits received and expended, May 1983-May 1984.. 7. Attachment 6: Chart entitled "Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Commu- 9. Attachment 8: Chart showing a summary of Little Six Bingo employ- 10. Attachment 9: Chart showing Little Six bingo management Additional statements and correspondence were also received from: 237 242 257 260 277 278 279 280 281 282 294 296 297 298 Colorado River Indian Tribes, Anthony Drennan, Sr., chairman 299 305 Hubert H. Humphrey III, attorney general, State of Minnesota 307 Oneida Tribal Law Office, Oneida, WI., Gerald L. Hill, tribal attorney. 317 320 1. Prepared statement.... 322 2. Letter from Roberta Gaines to Hon. Norman D. Shumway, dated May 8, 1984, protesting Indians building bingo parlor.... 325 3. Letter from Ken Deaver, chairman, Board of Supervisors, Jackson, CA, to Hon. Norman D. Shumway, dated June 12, 1984, protesting Indians conducting high-stakes bingo operation 327 INDIAN GAMBLING CONTROL ACT TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1984 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2218, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Bill Richardson presiding. Mr. RICHARDSON. The committee will be in order. I apologize for getting started a little late. Today the committee will be taking testimony from the administration and Indian witnesses on H.R. 4566 relating to gambling on Indian reservations. Without objection, a copy of the bill, background, and section-by-section analysis, will be made a part of the record at this point in the proceedings. [The bill, H.R. 4566; background information; and a section-bysection analysis follow:] 98TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4566 To establish Federal standards and regulations for the conduct of gambling activities within Indian country, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 18, 1983 Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. McNULTY, and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs A BILL To establish Federal standards and regulations for the conduct 1 of gambling activities within Indian country, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Indian Gambling Control 4 Act". 5 6 ས SEC. 2. The Congress finds that (1) numerous Indian tribes have become engaged in or have licensed gambling activities in Indian coun 7 8 try as a means of generating tribal governmental rev 9 enues; 2 (2) Federal courts have held that Indian tribes have the exclusive right to regulate gambling activity which is not prohibited by Federal law and which is conducted within a State which does not, as a matter of public policy, prohibit such gambling activity; (3) some Indian tribes have expressed concern about their ability to continue to regulate or operate gambling activities free from the influence of organized crime, racketeers, professional gamblers, and those who would defraud or otherwise attempt to exert corrupt influence upon them; (4) existing Federal law does not provide clear standards or regulations necessary to insure the orderly conduct of gambling activities within Indian country; (5) a principal goal of Federal Indian policy is to promote tribal economic development, tribal self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments; and (6) tribal operation and licensing of gambling activities is a legitimate means of generating revenues for governmental operations and programs. SEC. 3. Congress hereby declares that the establishment 22 of Federal standards for gambling activities in Indian country 23 is necessary to meet the concerns which have been raised 24 about such activities and to protect such activities as a means 25 of generating needed tribal revenues. |