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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND RATIFYING AN OFF-TRACK WAGERING COMPACT WITH THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government in behalf of the Cherokee people;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;
WHEREAS, gaming and related industry conducted by instrumentalities of the Nation as authorized under federal and Cherokee law has been an important economic development for the Nation;
WHEREAS, dividends to the Nation from these activities have provided severely needed health, housing, education, human services, and infrastructure for the Nation;
WHEREAS, the Nation will significantly benefit by operating under the terms of a State-Tribal Off-Track Wagering Compact pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. ยง270 1 et seq.;
WHEREAS, intergovernmental compacts are required to be ratified by the Council of the Cherokee Nation under Legislative Act 15-01.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the Principal Chief is hereby authorized to execute the State-Tribal Off-Track Wagering Compact on behalf of the Cherokee Nation, and to submit the compact as required by federal law for approval.