March 29- 30, 2005

Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton St.
Denver, CO 80202
303.295.1234

Agenda

Closing Press Release

• Governors to Review “Historic” Discussions with Tribes on
  Indian Gaming, Consider Future Policy Recommendations (3/30/05)

Speakers Presentations and Remarks
(to be added as they are made available to WGA)

• Larry Landry, President & CEO of Landry, Creedon & Associates
• Steve Hillard, President and CEO, Council Tree Communications
• Mark Van Norman, Executive Director, National Indian Gaming Association
• Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Partner, Snell & Wilmer
• Tom Gede, Executive Director, Council Western Attorneys General

WGA Supplied Briefing Material

Speaker Bios

Background on Indian Gaming

• Gaming Timeline
• Summary of Recent News on Indian Gaming
• Indian Gaming Facts
• Gaming Revenue & Growth in Indian Gaming Revenue

Benefits to Tribes from Gaming

• Indian Gaming: Working For America -- National Indian Gaming Association
• Cabazon, The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Socioeconomic Consequences of American Indian Govrernmental Gaming: A Ten Year Review -- Harvard University

Land Into Trust for Gaming

• The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and “Off-Reservation” Indian Gaming Proposals: A Primer
• IGRA: Gaming On Lands Acquired After October 17, 1988, 25 U.S.C. 2719 [SEC. 20]
• Statement Of Aurene M. Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: 2003
• Approved Gaming and Gaming Related Acquisitions Since Passage of IGRA
• Acquiring Land Into Trust for Indian Tribes -- Larry E. Scrivner, Acting Director, Office of Trust Responsibilities, Bureau of Indian Affairs: 2003

Technology and the Future of Tribal Gaming

• The Class II Gaming Debate: The Johnson Act vs. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
  GAMING LAW REVIEW, Volume 8, Number 4, 2004
• National Indian Gaming Commission Class II Overview
• Conference of Western Attorneys General letter on Class II gaming

State Policy Position

• National Governors Association Policy Position on Indian Gaming

Briefing Material Supplied by Attendees

• “Landless” Tribes and Tribal Gaming in California -- John A. Maier, Senior Staff Attorney, California Indian Legal Services
• The Threat Of Reservation Shopping -- Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School
• United Southern and Eastern Tribes’s testimony on Rep. Pombo’s reservation shopping hearing -- attachment A -- attachment B
• Committee on Resources -- Oversight Hearing on a bill to amend the Indian Gaming
  Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming (3/17/05)
• House Resources Committee Chairman Pombo's bill on off-reservation gaming.
• INDIAN GAMBLING IN OHIO: WHAT ARE THE ODDS? -- Professor Blake A. Watson, University of Dayton School of Law
• Stop Tribal Casino Coalition -- American Land Rights Association, National Inholders Association
• Alert –Two Important Casino Meetings Coming Up -- American Land Rights Association, National Inholders Association
• Group seeks Indian equity, Los Angeles Daily News -- One Nation United
• THE FESTERING PROBLEM OF INDIAN “SOVEREIGNTY”, The American Enterprise -- One Nation United
• CT Governor Rell's letter to President Bush -- One Nation United
• Letter to Governors -- One Nation United
• Western States Sherrifs Association Resolution -- One Nation United
• http://www.unitedpropertyowners.org (United Propert Owners) -- American Land Rights Association
• http://www.onenationok.com (One Nation United) -- American Land Rights Association
• http://www.citizensalliance.org (Citizens Equal Rights Alliance) -- American Land Rights Association
• www.nocasinoinplymouth.org (Plymouth, California) -- American Land Rights Association
• www.speakupcitizens.com (Clark County, Washington) -- American Land Rights Association
• www.landrights.org (American Land Rights Association) -- American Land Rights Association