Correction: Daniel Little is not a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. He is the manager of national governmental affairs for the tribe.
The National Indian Gaming
Commission could soon have a third member.
President Barack Obama named Daniel J.
Little, an employee of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal
Nation of Connecticut, to serve on the commission. The comment period on the appointment closes on March 29.
George Skibine, a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma,
serves as acting chair of the NIGC. Steffani A. Cochran, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma,
serves as permanent vice chair.
Skibine started his post on October 2. He has said he will stay for seven months, so his appointment is due to expire in early May.
Obama has yet to name a permanent chair for the NIGC, which oversees the $27 billion Indian gaming industry.
Get the Story:Obama nominates Pequot man to fill NIGC seat (Indian Country Today 3/9) Federal Register Notice:
Proposed Appointment to the National Indian Gaming Commission (February 25, 2010)