Training Book - Level I - Mystic Lake

Section 2701 Declaration of Policy

1. To provide a statutory basis for the

operation of gaming by Indian tribes as a means of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government.

2. To provide a statutory basis for the

regulation of gaming by an Indian tribe adequate to shield it from organized crime and other corrupting influences, to ensure that the Indian tribe is the prime beneficiary of the gaming operation .

Declaration of Policy

3. To declare that the establishment of an independent Federal regulatory authority for gaming on Indian lands, Federal standards for gaming, and the National Indian Gaming Commission are necessary to meet congressional concerns regarding gaming and to protect such gaming as a means of generating revenue.

Homer Law, Chtd. 2006

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