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Box 43, LLB, 3, Annex A, Standard Shelf [Aisle: 2, Section: 3, Shelf: 5], MS--00092, Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming, Series II.

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Research collected on Oklahoma including correspondence regarding Wild Ball Bingo; Onöndowága and Haudenosaunee (Seneca-Cayuga Nation); Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Tsitsistas and Iñunaina (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma); Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, Diamond Game Enterprises v. National Indian Gaming Commission, et al. court opinion, summaries of class III gaming and banking card games, and notes, 1995, 2001
  2. Research on economic development including William N. Thompson's testimony to NGISC, journal article, and newspaper articles, 1993-1998
  3. Newspaper articles regarding NIGA, national politics, law, Native American gaming, IGRA amendments, and other topics, approximately 1993-2001
  4. Research on United States v. 162 Megamania Gambling Devices including court opinion, essay on electronic skills games, National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) alternate proposed rule on gaming classifications, newspaper article, and postcards, 1998-2000
  5. Briefing on class III gaming procedures, Spilde's notes, agenda, and summary, 1999
  6. Statements, opposing position statements, talking points, draft letter from Native American caucus, Senate appropriations committee member list, correspondence, and S. 1572 congressional record, 1997-1998
  7. Federal register; State of Florida and State of Alabama v. United States of America, United States Department of the Interior, and Bruce Babbitt court opinion; press release; and memos, 1999
  8. NCAI newsletters and memos, 1998-1999
  9. Bylaws, general summaries, schedule, invoice, flier, phone lists, resume, and email correspondence, 1994, 1998-2001
  10. Interview transcript with Tracy Burris, chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, approximately 1999-2000
  11. Memos and press releases from the NIGA/NCAI task force, NIGA, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, the Department of the Interior, US Congress, and the National Governors Association, 1998-1999
  12. Sampson, Donald G., "Optimizing Gaming Operations and Amenities in Casino Planning and Development" report; and American Energy Solutions, Inc., "The Power Move: New Tribal Energy Options in a Deregulating Environment" report, 1995, 1997
  13. Senate Interior Appropriations voting records (blank), notes, and memos from Dorsey and Whitney LLP, 1998-1999
  14. Tracy Burris testimony; report on the Oklahoma Charity Games Act; report on gaming classifications by the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, Diamond Game Enterprises v. National Indian Gaming Commission, et al. court opinion; correspondence; and notes, 1999-2003
  15. Class II and class III gaming definitions; memos and press releases from NIGA, NIGC, the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce Tribe), and the Nuciu (Southern Ute Indian Tribe); federal register; NIGC proposal; summary of gaming classification laws; and newspaper articles, 1999-2001
  16. Draft amendment, summaries of opposing views, and US v. the Spokane Tribe of Indians court opinion, 1998
  17. Richard G. Hill's testimony before the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on the NIGC proposal to amend IGRA, 1997 June 10
  18. Correspondence and notes from Dorsey and Whitney LLP, 1998
  19. Position statement on Nevada and California gaming interests; and collection of quotes about IGRA amendments, Enzi amendment, mediation, secretarial procedures and other topics relating to Native American government to federal government relationships, approximately 1997-2001
  20. Essay on sovereignty by Spilde, fact sheets on bills relating to Native American issues in the 107th Congress, executive summary, guide to Native American government gaming, and fact sheet on suicide, approximately 1997-2001
  21. S. 1572 congressional record, HR 3094 congressional record, draft amendments to Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), congressional records, and excerpts from laws concerning class III gaming, 1998-1999
  22. Photographs from meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997 January
  23. Collection of NGISC testimonies by Michael J. Anderson, Thomas F. Gede, David Kwail, W. Ron Allen, Dale Phillips, Raymond C. Scheppach, and Mary V. Thomas, 1998-1999
  24. List of member nations, and incomplete list of Native American casinos, 1998, 2000