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Class II gaming as defined at 25 U.S.C. Section 2703(7)(A), and by the regulations promulgated by the National Indian Gaming Commission at 25 C.F.R. Section 502.3, and Class III gaming as defined at 25 U.S.C. Section 2703(8), and by the regulations promulgated by the National Indian Gaming Commission at 25 C.F.R. Section 502.4 (as published in the Federal Register at 57 FR 12382 through 12393, April 9, 1992) are hereby authorized to be conducted on “Indian lands” as defined at 25 U.S.C. Sections 2703(4) and 2719, including the property identified as the “Yreka Property” in the letter dated October 12, 2004, to former Karuk Tribal Attorney Bradley G. Bledsoe Downes from the [former] Acting General Counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Penny J. Coleman. This land consists of four (4) parcels acquired by the Tribe on April 28, 1997, and accepted into trust on March 27, 2001. The total acreage of these four (4) parcels is 200.2 acres and the prior owner of each is identified as “Holm” – the four (4) parcels contain, respectively, 20 acres, 60.2 acres, 100 acres and 20 acres, and they are located within the “Karuk Tribal Housing Authority Land” at Yreka, California. Three (3) additional parcels were identified in the Coleman advisory opinion letter of October 12, 2004, but they will not be used for gaming. They were accepted into trust on March 27, 2001, and are described as follows: Bowers parcel of 0.77 acres, acquired by the Tribe on July 24, 1997; Bowers/Borg parcel of 0.87 acres, acquired by the Tribe on September 12, 1997; and, Bowers parcel of 0.86 acres, acquired by the Tribe on September 12, 1997. [Res. 11-R-121, 10/14/2011; Res. 03-R-36 § 3, 5/4/2003.]