Barbara Keyser-Collier Receives Bruce Longhorn Leadership Award

National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr., presented the Bruce Longhorn Leadership in Regulation Award to Barbara Keyser-Collier at the 2009 National Indian Gaming Commission/Regulators Conference, held at the Cherokee Hard Rock Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 30, 2009.

“Chairman Stevens told the crowd, “Barbara represents the best of what Tribal gaming regulators do: dedication, professionalism, and integrity. As an independent arm of the Indian gaming industry, those who hold the responsibility of regulation are a great part of the reason we have been the gaming industry that has succeeded, accountable and untarnished.”

The Award is named after Bruce Longhorn, a member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma known for his honesty, integrity, fairness and willingness to help others. The award is given each year by NIGA to a person that exhibits these attributes.

Barbara Kyser-Collier is the Executive Director of the Quapaw Tribal Gaming Agency and is serving her third term as Secretary for the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators. Barbara, also serves as the Chairperson of the Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Regulators Association, the regulator’s organization she was instrumental in forming.

Stevens also said, “Through her commitment to see success, not only in her community at Quapaw, but for all of Oklahoma and throughout Indian country, Barbara has stepped up used her tremendous talents to help move the responsibilities of regulation forward.”