I think the Governor made some good comments in his testimony about that nowhere in the Land Replacement Act does the O'odham Nation have the right to game on its lands placed into trust under the Land Replacement Act, let alone outside aboriginal territory.
Grijalva discusses the limitations of the O'odham Nation's gaming rights under the Land Replacement Act.
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