Leaders with Oklahoma’s powerful Native American gaming are voicing frustration with the state’s Republican governor. He caught them off guard recently with plans to force a renegotiation for a bigger piece of the billions of dollars Tribal gaming revenue.

A Cherokee Nation citizen himself, Gov. Kevin Stitt suggested in an editorial Monday in the Tulsa World the compacts between the state and the tribes should be reevaluated since the industry has matured.

Under the deal, tribes are given the exclusive right to operate more than 120 casinos across Oklahoma. They paid nearly $139 million to the state last year on roughly $2.3 billion in revenue from games covered under the agreements.

But tribal leaders said Wednesday those fees don’t include millions of dollars tribes invest in health care, education and infrastructure that benefit all Oklahomans.

Read more about the Oklahoma Tribal gaming revenue dispute at OKC Fox.