Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. announced that the Nahata Dziil Chapter [Web Site] in Arizona will be the first tribal casino site.
Other games sites are on the way, a spokesperson for Shirley said. They include Shiprock, New Mexico, under a deal with Lee Iacocca and his Full House Resorts company.
The tribe is still building up its gaming regulatory division that will oversee the casinos.
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Shirley: First casino will be in Ariz. (The Farmington Daily Times 1/24)
Nahata Dziil gets casino
(The Gallup Independent 1/23)
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Navajo Nation chooses casino site in Arizona
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