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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001

Acoma Pueblo has made a $14 million casino back payment to the state of New Mexico, the first in an out-of-court settlement 10 tribes negotiated with Attorney General Patricia Madrid.

In total, the tribes have agreed to pay the state $91 million. The money comes from 1997 compacts that require the tribes to share 16 percent of slot revenues with the state.

New compacts approved by the Legislature cap the rate at 8 percent.

Pojoaque Pueblo and the Mescalero Apache Nation are opposing making back payments, saying the rate was too high and illegal.

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Tribes Begin Making Payments (AP 10/15)

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