Tag: Navajo gambling compact
Navajo gambling compact headed for Legislature
December 30, 2013
Albuquerque Journal – A proposed new gambling agreement between the Navajo Nation and the state was met in the 2013 legislative session with complaints about the last-minute timing and a cascade of other questions and concerns. The proposal will be back again in 2014, and it doesn’t appear the welcome will be any warmer. But the nation says it intends to stick with what it has negotiated, at least for now. “We love our compact,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate Lorenzo Bates. “On our side of the street, this is how we want to do business,” he said. The agreement…