OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With a deadline for new Oklahoma gaming compact looming, a Native American tribe has warned the federal government that it might take legal action to avoid disruption to tribal casino operations in the state.

Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Department of the Interior — the federal agency that oversees tribal gaming — insisting that his tribe's gaming compact with Oklahoma automatically renews Jan. 1, despite Gov. Kevin Stitt's attempts to renegotiate the terms.

"(Any) attempt to disrupt our Tribal government gaming operations would pr...