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Matching Actions To Words: The Promotion Of Tribal Soivereignty Through Negotiated Rulemaking, Joseph M. Cottle

Joseph M Cottle

On May 25, 2006, the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) proposed a new definition concerning bingo games and new classification standards for Class II games. The proposed rules likely will require Native American tribes to eliminate their Class II games or enter tribal-state negotiations to conduct Class III games. The process of proposing these rules deprived tribes of sovereignty since the tribes were not able to participate in the drafting of the proposed rules, the rules shift many Class II games to Class III games with weighty economic and political costs to tribes, and the ability to object to game …