SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the National Indian Gaming
Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the
City of Plymouth as cooperating agencies, intends to file a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the USEPA for the approval
of a 228.04-acre trust acquisition and casino project in the City of
Plymouth and unincorporated Amador County, California, and that the
FEIS is now available for public review. The purpose of the proposed
action is to establish a land base and help provide for the economic
development of the Tribe.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs, in cooperation with the Seminole
Tribe of Florida (Tribe), intends to prepare an environmental impact
statement for the Tribe's proposed 47 acre trust
acquisition and subsequent construction of a mixed-use development in
Broward County, Florida. The project site may include, but is not
limited to, a variety of proposed land uses such as a hotel, commercial
retail uses, fitness and entertainment facilities, and related employee
parking. The purposes of the proposed action are to consolidate the
Tribe's land holdings surrounding the existing Coconut Creek Casino
into one contiguous trust property, to improve the Tribe's economy, and
to help Tribal members attain economic self sufficiency. This notice
also announces a public scoping meeting to identify potential issues
and content for inclusion in the environmental impact statement.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Enterprise Rancheria of Estom
Yumeka Maidu Tribe (Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Yuba County, California as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's proposed Gaming Facility
and Hotel Fee-to-Trust Acquisition Project to be located within
unincorporated Yuba County, California, and that the FEIS is now
available for public review.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono
Indians (Tribe), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans),
Madera Irrigation District, City of Madera, National Indian Gaming
Commission (NIGC), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's proposed 305-acre trust
acquisition and casino-resort project in unincorporated Madera County,
just north of the City of Madera, California, and that the FEIS is now
available for public review.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians (Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC),
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Sonoma County, and City of Cloverdale as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's proposed 70
acre Fee-to-Trust and Resort Casino Project to be located within Sonoma
County, California, and that the DEIS is now available for public
review and comment. This notice provides a 75-day public comment period
and thereby grants an automatic 30-day extension to the normal 45-day
public comment period.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the Compact between the
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and the State of Nevada.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approved Compact between the
Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that
the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs (PDAS-
IA) has determined the Shinnecock Indian Nation is entitled to be
acknowledged as an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. This
notice is based on a determination that affirms the reasoning,
analysis, and conclusions in the Proposed Finding (PF). The petitioner
satisfies the seven mandatory criteria for acknowledgment set forth in
the applicable regulations, and therefore, meets the requirements for a
government-to-government relationship with the United States. This
notice is the Final Determination (FD). Based on the limited nature and
extent of comment and consistent with prior practices, the Department
did not produce any detailed report or other summary under the criteria
pertaining to this FD.
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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the deadline by which applications
must be received for eligible individuals to be listed on the roll that
will be used as the basis for distributing the judgment funds awarded
by the Indian Claims Commission to the Western Shoshone Identifiable
Group of Indians in Docket No. 326-K.
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SUMMARY: Indian Affairs will conduct consultation meetings with Indian
tribes to obtain oral and written comments concerning draft regulations
to implement the Buy Indian Act. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice for details.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the following information
collections to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal: (1)
Electrical Service Application, 25 CFR 175, OMB Control Number 1076-
0021; and (2) Water Request, 25 CFR 171, OMB Control Number 1076-0141.
Current approvals for the collections expire August 31, 2009.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Department of
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) as co-lead agencies; and the Mandan, Hidatsa
and Arikara (MHA) Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as
cooperating agencies, intend to file a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) with the EPA for the proposed Clean Fuels Refinery, and that the FEIS is now available for public
review. The proposed Federal actions are: (1) The taking into trust of
469 acres of fee land by the BIA in support of the MHA Nation's
proposal to construct and operate a clean fuels refinery and produce
buffalo forage; and (2) the issuance by the EPA of a Clean Water Act,
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Discharge (NPDES)
permit for the discharge of treated wastewater from the proposed
refinery.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published a document in the
Federal Register of August 18, 2009, concerning the Assistant
Secretary-Indian Affairs proclaiming approximately 147 acres as the
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indian Reservation. The
document contained an error in the legal description.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published a document in the
Federal Register of August 19, 2009, advising the public that the BIA
as Lead Agency, in cooperation with the Spokane Tribe of Indians
(Tribe), intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for
a proposed mixed-use development and corresponding master plan for a
145-acre parcel of trust land adjacent to the City of Airway Heights,
Spokane County, Washington. The DATES section of that notice contained
incorrect dates; therefore, this notice republishes the content of the
notice of August 19, 2009 with corrected dates.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Kaw Nation Alcohol Control
Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates and controls the possession, sale,
and consumption of liquor within the tribal lands. The tribal lands are
located in Indian country and this Ordinance allows for possession and
sale of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries. This Ordinance
will increase the ability of the tribal government to control the
community's liquor distribution and possession, and at the same time
will provide an important source of revenue for the continued operation
and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: This notice is published pursuant to a court order and relates
to restoration of the Wilton Miwok Rancheria, its members, and Dorothy
Andrews, and the Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria. See
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for details.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the reserved mineral estate in certain
lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act and Sec. 12(b)(3) of the Act of January 2, 1976, will be issued to
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Soboba Band of Luise[ntilde]o
Indians (Tribe), City of San Jacinto and U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) as cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's
proposed 534.91 acre trust acquisition and subsequent
construction of a hotel/casino project to be located within the City of
San Jacinto, Riverside County, California, and that the DEIS is now
available for public review and comment. This notice provides a 75-day
public comment period and thereby grants a 30-day extension to the
normal 45-day public comment period.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the 2009 Amendments to the
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (``Tribe'') and
the State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14, Articles I
and II. This amended Code of Ordinances was last published on May 8,
1998 (63 FR 25516). Chapter 14 of the Code regulates and controls the
possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community's trust lands specified in Attachment A of
Article II. The Code allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic
beverages within Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community trust lands.
This Code will increase the ability of the tribal government to control
the distribution and possession of liquor within its reservation and at
the same time will provide an important source of revenue and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Economic Development proclaimed approximately
38.23 acres, more or less, to be added to the Muckleshoot Reservation,
Washington.
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SUMMARY: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is correcting its previous
Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians'
renewed application for a Proposed Fee-to-Trust Acquisition and Casino-
Hotel Project in San Bernardino County, California. The corrections
include adding cooperating agencies, reducing the acreage proposed for
acquisition, and changing certain project details to reflect a smaller
proposed development.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes Fort Sill Apache Tribe Alcohol Control
Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates and controls the possession, sale,
and consumption of liquor within the tribal lands. The tribal lands are
located in Indian country and this Ordinance allows for possession and
sale of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries. This Ordinance
will increase the ability of the tribal government to control the
community's liquor distribution and possession, and at the same time
will provide an important source of revenue for the continued operation
and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Economic Development proclaimed approximately
351.8363 acres, more or less, to be added to the Pueblo of Laguna
Reservation (Laguna), New Mexico.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Tulalip Tribe's
Liquor Control Ordinance published in the Federal Register September
16, 1977 (42 FR 46612). The amendment regulates and controls the
possession and consumption of liquor within the tribal lands. The
tribal lands are located in Indian country and this amended Ordinance
allows for possession of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries.
This Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal government to
control liquor sales, possession and consumption by the community and
its members.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Bean Ridge
Corporation.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic
Development made a final agency determination to acquire approximately
22.00 acres of land into trust for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe,
Washington on December 12, 2008. This notice is published in the
exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1. The
duties of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs were delegated to the
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development
on May 23, 2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of Self-Governance (OSG)
establishes a March 2, 2009, deadline for Indian tribes/consortia to
submit completed applications to begin participation in the tribal
self-governance program in fiscal year 2010 or calendar year 2010.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments from
the public on a renewal of an information collection from Indian tribes
participating in and Indian tribes seeking to participate in the Tribal
Self-Governance, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
information collected under OMB Clearance Number, 1076-0143, will be
used to meet reporting requirements of the Tribal Self-Governance Act
and implement requirements for entry into a pool of qualified
applicants to be selected to begin participation in Tribal Self-
Governance. The information collection requirements are periodically
reviewed because the number of Indian tribes participating in Tribal
Self-Governance increases over time and the number of Indian tribes
requesting to be selected to begin participation in Tribal Self-
Governance may vary over time. This action is being taken to make sure
that the requirements are not burdensome.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior is extending the deadline from
December 8, 2008, to January 23, 2009, for tribes to nominate
individuals for membership on the No Child Left Behind Negotiated
Rulemaking Committee. This committee will work with the Department of
the Interior to develop recommendations for proposed regulations
regarding the BIE-funded school facilities as required by the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001.
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SUMMARY: This rule establishes procedures for Indian tribes and States
to submit Tribal-State compacts and compact amendments, governing the
conduct of class III gaming activities on the tribe's Indian lands
located within that State, for review and approval by the Secretary of
the Interior.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Ordinance of the Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The Ordinance regulates and controls the
possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Shingle Springs
Indian Rancheria tribal land. The tribal land is located on trust land
and this Ordinance allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic
beverages. This Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within
their tribal land, and at the same time will provide an important
source of revenue and strengthening of the tribal government and the
delivery of tribal services.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends several Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
and Office of the Secretary regulations related to Indian trust
management in the areas of probate, probate hearings and appeals,
tribal probate codes, and life estates and future interests in Indian
land. This rule allows the Secretary to further fulfill his fiduciary
responsibilities to federally recognized tribes and individual Indians
and to meet the Indian trust management policies articulated by
Congress in the Indian Land Consolidation Act (ILCA), as amended by the
American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (AIPRA).
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns, or has an interest
in, irrigation projects located on or associated with various Indian
reservations throughout the United States. We are required to establish
irrigation assessment rates to recover the costs to administer,
operate, maintain, and rehabilitate these projects. We request your
comments on the proposed rate adjustments.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the First Amendment to
the Tribal-State Compact between the Spokane Tribe and the State of
Washington.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Division of Performance
and Accountability (DPA), will conduct tribal consultation meetings to
obtain oral and written comments on proposed BIE Special Education
Policies and Procedures. The proposed policies and procedures are
available at http://www.enan.bia.edu under the ``News and
Announcements'' section of the Web site or by calling the individual in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This publishes notice of an Amendment to a Compact between the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the State of Michigan providing
for the conduct of Tribal-State Class III gaming by the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians taking effect.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) as joint lead agencies, with the Crow Tribe of Indians, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), as cooperating agencies, intend to file a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the EPA for the proposed
extension of the existing Absaloka mine onto the Crow Indian
Reservation and for related federal and state permitting actions. This
notice also announces that the BIA will simultaneously issue its Record
of Decision (ROD) for approval of the Westmoreland Resources, Inc.
(WRI) lease with the Crow Tribe for the South Extension coal lease
tract on the Reservation, and the approval of all surface use
agreements between WRI and the allottee surface owners in the South
Extension tract. The FEIS and ROD are now available for public review.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic
Development made a final agency determination to acquire approximately
11.24 acres of land into trust for the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
of California on September 8, 2008. This notice is published in the
exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1. The
duties of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs were delegated to the
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development
on May 23, 2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This publishes notice of the 2008 Class III Gaming Compact
between the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho taking effect.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Control Code of the Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. The Code regulates and controls the
possession, sale, and consumption of liquor within the tribal lands.
The tribal lands are located in Indian Country and this Code allows for
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries.
This Code will increase the ability of the tribal government to control
the tribe's liquor distribution and possession, and at the same time
will provide an important source of revenue for the continued operation
and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Joint Business Council of the
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, Bureau of Land Management
and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), intends to file a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with EPA for the proposed coal
bed natural gas and conventional gas development project, and that the
FEIS is now available to the public.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) is seeking
comments on the American Indian Population and Labor Force Report as we
prepare to reinstate the collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The Indian Employment, Training and Related
Services Demonstration Act (Act) of 1992 requires the Secretary to
develop, maintain and publish, not less than biennially, a report on
the population by gender, income level, age, and availability for work.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Sixth Amendment to
and Extension of the Agreement between the Crow Tribe of Montana and
the State of Montana concerning Class III Gaming.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: On July 2, 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposed a
rule to establish procedures for Indian tribes and States to submit
Tribal-State compacts and compact amendments, governing the conduct of
class III gaming activities on the tribe's Indian lands located within
that State, for review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior
(see 73 FR 37907). This notice extends the comment period for that
proposed rule by 20 days, to September 22, 2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Jicarilla Apache Nation Amended
Liquor Ordinance. The amended Ordinance regulates and controls the
possession, sale, and consumption of liquor within the Jicarilla Apache
Nation. The Nation is located on trust land and this amended Ordinance
allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the
exterior boundaries of the Jicarilla Indian Reservation. This amended
Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal government to control
the distribution and possession of liquor within their Reservation and
at the same time will provide an important source of revenue and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: Notice is given that the State of Oklahoma and the Quapaw
Tribe of Oklahoma (O-GAH-PAH) Off-Track Wagering Compact is considered
approved and is in effect.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a request for approval and renewal of
information collections, OMB Control No. 1076-0017, Financial
Assistance and Social Service Program application form 5-6601.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that approximately 4,137.00
acres, more or less, was proclaimed to be an addition to the Jicarilla
Apache Nation Reservation, New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Bureau of Indian Affairs regulation
governing the Courts of Indian Offenses (otherwise known as CFR Courts)
and the Law and Order Code. CFR Courts administer justice where Indian
tribes retain exclusive jurisdiction over Indians but where tribal
courts have not been established to exercise that jurisdiction. This
final rule updates the list of Indian tribes for which Courts of Indian
Offenses are established and for which the law and order provisions of
the regulations apply. This final rule also clarifies jurisdictional
limitations; adds offenses for drug abuse, abuse of psychotoxic
substances, child abuse, prostitution, and family violence; and
increases maximum penalties for various offenses.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Bering Straits
Native Corporation for lands located in the vicinity of Council and
Shaktoolik, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four
times in the Nome Nugget.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is
extending the date of issuance of the Record of Decision and reopening
the comment period originally announced on May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31143)
for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cowlitz
Indian Tribe's Proposed 151.87-acre fee-to-trust transfer, reservation
proclamation, and casino-resort project, in Clark County, Washington.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, with the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians (Tribe) as a cooperating agency, intends to gather information
necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a
proposed 79 acre fee-to-trust acquisition and casino and
hotel project to be located within the City of Cloverdale's Sphere of
Influence, in an unincorporated area of Sonoma County, California. The
purpose of the proposed action is to help promote tribal economic
development, self-sufficiency, and a strong tribal government. This
notice also announces a public scoping meeting to identify potential
issues, concerns and alternatives to be considered in the EIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposes to establish
procedures for Indian tribes and States to submit Tribal-State compacts
and compact amendments, governing the conduct of class III gaming
activities on the tribe's Indian lands located within that State, for
review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for Adult Education Annual Report Form OMB 1076-0120 is
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Bureau of Indian
Education is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to a final rule that was
published May 20, 2008 (73 FR 29354). The regulation relates to gaming
on trust lands acquired after October 17, 1988.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Spokane Tribe of Indians
(Tribe), intends to file a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the proposed Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) for the
Spokane Indian Reservation, Washington, with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and that the FEIS is now available to the public.
The proposed action would update the Tribe's existing IRMP, in order to
continue long term resource management.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of
the Guidiville Indian Rancheria Liquor Control Ordinance. The Ordinance
regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor
within the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian
Rancheria tribal land. The tribal land is located on trust land. This
Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal government to control
the distribution and possession of liquor within their tribal land, and
at the same time will provide an important source of revenue and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the National Indian Gaming
Commission and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupe[ntilde]o Indians
(Tribe) as cooperating agencies, intends to gather information
necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Tribe's renewed application for a proposed 45-acre fee-to-trust
transfer and casino and hotel project to be located in San Bernardino
County, California. The BIA did not approve the original application as
submitted, hence published a Notice of Cancellation of work on the EIS
on May 19, 2008, in the Federal Register (73 FR 28841).
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This is a notice that the Department of the Interior has
received a petition from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas for the
tribal reassumption of jurisdiction over Indian child custody
proceedings. The petition is under review by, and may be inspected at,
the address listed in the ADDRESSES section.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns or has an interest in
irrigation projects and facilities located on various Indian
reservations throughout the United States. We are authorized to
establish rates to recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain,
and rehabilitate those facilities. We are notifying you that we have
adjusted the irrigation assessment rates at several of our irrigation
projects and facilities for operation and maintenance.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for the renewal of a tribal
enrollment information collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The information, collected under OMB Control No. 1076-
0165, will be used to establish that the applicants meet the
eligibility requirements to share in the Western Shoshone judgment fund
distribution.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), the Department of the Interior
(Department) gives notice that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
(AS-IA) proposes to determine that the Biloxi, Chitimacha Confederation
of Muskogees, Inc. (BCCM), c/o Randy Verdun, 114 Retreat Drive, Bourg,
Lousiana 70343, is not an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal
law.
This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does
not satisfy all seven of the criteria set forth in Part 83 of Title 25
of the Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR part 83), specifically
criteria 83.7(b), 83.7(c), 83.7(d), and 83.7(e), and therefore, does
not meet the requirements for a government-to-government relationship
with the United States.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), the Department of the Interior
(Department) gives notice that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
(AS-IA) proposes to determine that the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, c/
o Charles Verdin, P.O. Box 416, Montegut, Louisiana 70377, is not an
Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law.
This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does
not satisfy all seven of the criteria set forth in Part 83 of Title 25
of the Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR Part 83), specifically
criteria 83.7(b), 83.7(c), and 83.7(e), and therefore, does not meet
the requirements for a government-to-government relationship with the
United States.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe (Tribe),
National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Federal Highway
Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Department of
Transportation, Clark County, Clark County Sheriff's Office, Cowlitz
County, City of La Center, City of Vancouver, City of Ridgefield, Port
of Ridgefield, City of Woodland and City of Battle Ground as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the
Tribe's proposed 151.87-acre fee-to-trust transfer, reservation
proclamation, and casino-resort project in Clark County, Washington.
The proposed action would include approval by the NIGC of a gaming
management contract. The FEIS is now available to the public and is
part of the administrative process that evaluates tribal applications
that seek to have the United States take land
into trust pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 465, 25 CFR part 151, and 25 U.S.C.
2719(b)(1)(B).
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is submitting the information
collection, titled the Bureau of Indian Education Higher Education
Grant Application Form, OMB Control 1076-0101, for
reinstatement. The Higher Education Grant Application Form needs to be
reinstated because it expired during the renewal process.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary and the Associate Deputy Secretary made a
final agency determination to acquire approximately 13,003.89 acres in
trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. This notice is
published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of
the Interior to the Deputy Secretary by 209 Departmental Manual 2.1 and
delegated by the Deputy Secretary to the Associate Deputy Secretary
under authority of Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (64
Stat. 2162), as amended.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs of the Department of
the Interior is providing guidance and direction to Office of Federal
Acknowledgment (OFA) staff for managing recurring administrative and
technical problems in processing petitions for Federal acknowledgment.
This guidance and direction does not amend the acknowledgment
regulations at 25 CFR part 83.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is publishing regulations
implementing section 2719 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
IGRA allows Indian tribes to conduct class II and class III gaming
activities on land acquired after October 17, 1988, only if the land
meets certain exceptions. This rule articulates standards that the BIA
will follow in interpreting the various exceptions to the gaming
prohibitions contained in section 2719 of IGRA. It also establishes a
process for submitting and considering applications from Indian tribes
seeking to conduct class II or class III gaming activities on lands
acquired in trust after October 17, 1988.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is publishing regulations
implementing section 2719 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
IGRA allows Indian tribes to conduct class II and class III gaming
activities on land acquired after October 17, 1988, only if the land
meets certain exceptions. This rule articulates standards that the BIA
will follow in interpreting the various exceptions to the gaming
prohibitions contained in section 2719 of IGRA. It also establishes a
process for submitting and considering applications from Indian tribes
seeking to conduct class II or class III gaming activities on lands
acquired in trust after October 17, 1988.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Greenville Rancheria's proposed Trust Acquisition and Casino
Project, to have been located in Tehama County, California. The EIS is
no longer needed because the Greenville Rancheria has not submitted a
complete land acquisition application per 25 CFR 151 and has ceased
pursuing activity on the EIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Lower Lake Rancheria's proposed casino and hotel project, to have
been located in Oakland, California. The EIS is no longer needed
because the Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation has not submitted a
complete land acquisition application per 25 CFR 151 and has ceased
pursuing activity on the EIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Hannahville Tribe of Potawatomi
Indians' Hotel and Casino Project in Romulus, Michigan. The EIS is no
longer needed because the Department of the Interior has decided not to
accept the land into trust, on the basis that the proposed action did
not adequately meet criteria for trust acquisition in 25 CFR 151.3;
151.10(b); 151.10(c); and 151.11(b).
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupe[ntilde]o Indians and
the Big Lagoon Rancheria's Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino-Hotel
Project, to have been located in San Bernardino County, California. The
EIS is no longer needed because the Department of the Interior has
decided not to accept the land into trust, on the basis that the
proposed action did not adequately meet criteria in 25 CFR 151.3;
151.10(b); 151.10(c); and 151.11(b) for trust acquisition.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior's Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs (AS-IA) is forming a Tribal Energy Policy Advisory Committee
(Committee) of tribal officials and Federal representatives to provide
advice on implementing regulations promulgated under the Indian Tribal
Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005 (Act) and other
Indian energy resource development matters. The AS-IA is requesting
nominations to the Committee for tribal representatives of federally
recognized Indian tribes from all of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
regions except Alaska (the Act does not include Alaska).
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 631.05 acres of land into trust
for the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of California on March 14, 2008. This
notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by
209 Departmental Manual 8.1.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 254 acres of land into trust for
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria of California on April 18,
2008. This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) is extending by 30 days the public comment period for the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Absaloka Mine
Crow Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval, Mine Development
Plan and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions, announced in the
Federal Register on March 21, 2008 (73 FR 15189). The closing date for
public comments announced in the March 21, 2008, notice was May 5,
2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary to
provide assistance to Indian tribes for use in developing and
sustaining the managerial and technical capacity needed to develop
energy resources on Indian land, and to properly account for resulting
energy production and revenues. In furtherance of this goal, the
Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic
Development is soliciting proposals from tribes and tribal energy
resource development organizations. The Department will use a
competitive evaluation process to select several proposed projects to
receive an award.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for the 25 CFR part 256, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) Housing Improvement Program, OMB Control
1076-0084, is being submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget for
reinstatement. The collection expired during the renewal process.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting this
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for
reinstatement of the Indian Child Welfare Annual Report form. The
information collected will aid the BIA in fulfilling requirements of
law. This reinstatement meets the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Form 4432, Verification of Indian
Preference for Employment in the BIA and the Indian Health Service
(IHS), OMB Control Number 1076-0160, has been submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The BIA is now seeking comments on the
subject proposal.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for the Adult Education Annual Report Form, OMB 1076-0120,
requires renewal. The current Adult Education Annual Report Form, with
no appreciable changes, will be submitted after the comment period to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C.
350(c)(2)(A). The Department of the Interior is soliciting public
comments on the renewal.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This publishes notice of an Amendment to the 1998 Class III
Gaming Compacts between the State of Michigan and the Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
taking effect.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Ione Band of Miwok Indians
(Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission, City of Plymouth,
California, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), intends to
file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the
proposed 228.04 acre trust acquisition and construction of casino
project to be located within the City of Plymouth in Amador County,
California and that the DEIS is now available for public review. This
notice provides a 75-day public comment period and thereby grants a 30-
day extension to the normal 45-day public comment period. This notice
also announces a public hearing to receive comments on the DEIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This rule would consolidate requirements governing the
Employment Assistance Program and the Adult Vocational Training
Program. These programs assist Indian people to obtain job skills and
to obtain and retain permanent employment. Combining these regulations
will be consistent with changes to the Department's budget, which has
combined these two regulations into one line item.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the
renewal of OMB 1076-0094, Law and Order on Indian Reservations which
concerns marriage and dissolution of marriage in a Court of Indian
Offenses. This collection will expire in August 2008.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Office of Indian
Energy and Economic Development (IEED) will hold an all-day public
information session on April 29, 2008, concerning the final regulations
authorizing Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERA). These final
regulations provide the process under which a tribe may apply for, and
the Secretary of the Interior may grant, authority for an Indian tribe
to review and approve leases and business agreements and grant rights-
of-way for specific energy development activities on tribal lands
through an approved TERA. The regulations also cover processes for
implementation of TERAs, including periodic review and evaluation of a
tribe's activities under a TERA, enforcement of TERA provisions, and
administrative appeals. The regulations also include a process for a
tribe to voluntarily rescind a TERA.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the
information collection: 25 CFR part 243, Reindeer in Alaska. The
information collected under this program is related to the Alaska
Native reindeer industry and applies to non-natives who own, or want to
own reindeer in Alaska. It is used solely to monitor and regulate the
possession and use of Alaskan reindeer by non-Natives in Alaska. This
collection needs renewal.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the General Services
Administration (GSA), Greater Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas, has
transferred approximately 790.70 acres, of excess property, more or
less, in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, to the Secretary of the Interior,
to be held in trust for the benefit and use of the Cherokee Nation.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the current list of 562 tribal entities
recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs by virtue of their status as Indian tribes. The list is
updated from the notice published on March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648).
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 0.94 acres of land into trust
for the Skokomish Indian Tribe of Washington on March 14, 2008. This
notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by
209 Departmental Manual 8.1.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an Approval of the Amendment to Interim
Compact between the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation
and the State of Montana regarding Class III Gaming on the Rocky Boy's
Reservation.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that date for the public
hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed
Absaloka Mine Crow Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval,
Mine Development Plan and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions,
announced in the Federal Register on March 21, 2008, (73 FR 15189) was
incorrect. The correct date for the public hearing is April 23, 2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will be conducting tribal
consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments on potential
facility management commercial activities and to determine whether
these facility management activities should be: provided by a private
sector provider through a contract; by government personnel through a
letter of obligation; or by a public reimbursable source through a fee-
for-service agreement within Indian Country. The proposed topic is the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 standard study on
the facilities management within BIA/BIE. The intended effect of the A-
76 study is to review and select which facilities management functions
will be considered for competition. The intended results are to improve
performance, become more efficient through the A-76 process, and reduce
overall program cost. The potential issues set forth will be described
in a tribal consultation booklet issued prior to the meetings by BIA/
BIE.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo
Indians (Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Contra Costa
County, and California Department of Transportation, intends to file a
final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for the proposed approval of a 29.87 acre
fee-to-trust transfer and gaming development project in Contra Costa
County, California, and that the FEIS is now available to the public.
In addition to the trust acquisition for gaming purposes, the proposed
action includes approval by the NIGC of a gaming management contract.
The FEIS is part of the administrative process that evaluates tribal
applications that seek to have the United States take land into trust
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 465 and 25 CFR part 151.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Surface Transportation and Uniform
Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, and as authorized by the Secretary
of Transportation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to make
funds available to federally recognized Indian tribes on an annual
basis for implementing traffic safety projects, which are designed to
reduce the number of traffic crashes, death, injuries, and property
damage within Indian Country. All project applications received will be
reviewed and selected on a competitive basis. This notice informs
Indian tribes that grant funds are available and that information
packets are being mailed to all tribal leaders on the latest Tribal
Leaders list that is compiled by the BIA. A copy of the Application
Packet can also be obtained by contacting the BIA Indian Highway Safety
Office.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 10.2 acres of land into trust
for the Puyallup Tribe of Washington on March 14, 2008. This notice is
published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of
the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209
Departmental Manual 8.1.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) as joint lead agencies, with the Crow Tribe of Indians, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), as cooperating agencies, intend to file a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the proposed
extension of the existing Absaloka mine onto the Crow Indian
Reservation and for related Federal and state permitting actions; and
that the DEIS is now available for public review. The purpose of the
proposed action is to maximize the economic benefit from the coal trust
resource by continuing to provide benefits to the Crow Tribe, including
royalty, tax income and employment; as well as allow Westmoreland Resources Inc. (WRI) to continue to access
coal resources, owned by the Crow Tribe, for the sale to customers
using it for electric power generation. This notice also announces a
public hearing to receive comments on the DEIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Enterprise Rancheria of Estom
Ymeka Maidu Tribe (Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Yuba County, California, as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's proposed Gaming Facility
and Hotel Fee-to-Trust Acquisition Project to be located within
unincorporated Yuba County, and that the DEIS is now available for
public review. This review is part of the administrative process that
evaluates tribal applications that seek to have the United States take
land into trust pursuant to 25 CFR part 151. We will consider public
comments carefully prior to deciding whether to approve or disapprove
this application. This notice also announces a public hearing to
receive comments on the DEIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor and Beverage Code (Code) of
the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The Code regulates and controls the
possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Muscogee Creek
Nation Indian Country (Tribal Lands) as defined by Federal law. The
Code allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within
the Tribal Lands. The Code will increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within
their jurisdiction and at the same time will provide an important
source of revenue and strengthening of the tribal government and the
delivery of tribal services.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(l)(2), notice is hereby given that
the Department of the Interior (Department) declines to acknowledge the
group known as the Steilacoom Tribe of Indians (STI) of 1515 Lafayette
Street, P.O. Box 88419, Steilacoom, Washington 98388, c/o Mr. Danny
Marshall, as an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. This
notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does not satisfy
four of the seven mandatory criteria for acknowledgment, specifically
Sec. Sec. 83.7(a), 83.7(b), 83.7(c), and 83.7(e), as defined in 25 CFR
part 83. Consequently, the STI does not meet the requirements for a
government-to-government relationship with the United States.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of five Amendments to the Class
III Gaming Compacts (Amendments) between the state of Oregon and the
Burns-Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians, the Coquille Tribe of Indians, the Klamath Tribes, and
the Siletz Indians of Oregon.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is promulgating
final regulations providing that Indian tribes, at their discretion,
may enter into business agreements and leases for energy resource
development and grant rights-of-way for pipelines or electric
transmission or distribution lines on tribal land without the
Secretary's review and approval. Indian tribes entering into such
business agreements, leases, and grants of rights-of-way must execute
them under an approved tribal energy resource agreement (TERA) between
the Secretary and the tribe. These final regulations provide the
process under which a tribe may apply for, and the Secretary may grant,
authority for an Indian tribe to review and approve leases and business
agreements and grant rights-of-way for specific energy development
activities on tribal lands through an approved TERA. The regulations
also cover processes for implementation of TERAs, including periodic
review and evaluation of a tribe's activities under a TERA, enforcement
of TERA provisions, and administrative appeals. The regulations also
include a process for a tribe's voluntarily rescinding a TERA.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, with the National Indian Gaming
Commission, the City of Calexico and the Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay
Indians (Tribe) as cooperating agencies, intends to gather information
necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a
proposed 60.8-acre fee-to-trust transfer and casino project in
Calexico, Imperial County, California. This notice also announces a
public scoping meeting to identify potential issues, concerns and
alternatives to be considered in the EIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed taking into federal trust of land in
Sullivan County, New York, for the Stockbridge--Munsee Community Band
of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin (Tribe). The Tribe proposed to develop
and operate a Class III gaming facility and associated facilities on
the trust property. The EIS is no longer needed because the Department
of the Interior has decided not to accept the land into trust, on the
basis that the proposed action did not adequately meet criteria in 25
CFR 151.3; 151.10(b); 151.10(c); and 151.11(b) for trust acquisition.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Trust Acquisition of an Initial Reservation for the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in the Town of Mashpee, Barnstable County, and
Town of Middleboro, Plymouth County, MA, Including a Gaming Facility at
the Middleboro Property
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of Amendment II of the
Amended and Restated Class III Gaming Compact between the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the State of Oregon.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
is revising the regulation governing irrigation projects under its
jurisdiction.
The purpose of the revision is to provide consistent administration;
establish the process for updating practices, policies, and procedures
for the administration, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of
irrigation projects; and provide uniform accounting and recordkeeping
procedures.
This regulation has also been rewritten in plain English as
mandated by Executive Order 12866. It also addresses several issues
that the prior regulation did not cover.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments from
the public on the renewal of a tribal enrollment information collection
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collected
under OMB Control Number 1076-0165 will be used to establish that the
applicants meet the eligibility requirements to share in the Western
Shoshone judgment fund distribution authorized by the Act of July 7,
2004, Public Law 108-270.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, with the cooperation of the Oneida
Indian Nation of New York (Nation), the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation, Madison County, New York, and Oneida
County, New York as cooperating agencies, intends to file a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for the requested transfer of parcels owned by
the Nation to the United States in trust for the Nation, and that the
FEIS is now available to the public. The subject lands are located
within Oneida and Madison Counties, New York. The FEIS is part of the
administrative process that evaluates tribal applications that seek to
have the United States take land into trust pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 465
and 25 CFR Part 151. The purpose of the proposed action is to help
provide for the Nation's cultural and social preservation, expression
and identity, political self-determination, self-sufficiency, and
economic growth by providing a tribal land base and homeland over which
the Nation exercises tribal sovereignty.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon (Tribes), the Oregon Department of
Transportation, the City of Cascade Locks, the Port of Cascade Locks,
Hood River County and the Federal Highway Administration as cooperating
agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for a proposed 25-acre trust acquisition and resort and casino project
to be located within the City of Cascade Locks, Hood River County,
Oregon, and that the DEIS is now available for public review. Public
review of the DEIS is part of an administrative process designed to
evaluate tribal applications that seek to have the United States to
take land into Federal trust pursuant to 25 CFR part 151. Reviewers are
advised that we will consider public comments carefully prior to
deciding whether to approve or disapprove this application. This notice
also extends the normal 45-day public comment period to 90 days in
order to accommodate heightened public interest in this proposed
action, and it announces five public hearings to receive comments on
the DEIS.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono
Indians (Tribe), California Department of Transportation, Madera
Irrigation District, City of Madera, National Indian Gaming Commission
and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as cooperating
agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
with the EPA for the proposed 305 acre trust acquisition and the
construction of a hotel/casino project to be located in unincorporated
Madera County, just north of the City of Madera, California, and that
the DEIS is now available for public review. Public review of the DEIS
is part of an administrative process designed to evaluate tribal
applications that seek to have the United States to take land into
Federal trust pursuant to 25 CFR part 151. Reviewers are advised that
we will consider public comments carefully prior to deciding whether to approve or disapprove this application.
This notice also announces a public hearing to receive comments on the
DEIS.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 203.5 acres of land into trust
for the Elk Valley Rancheria of California on January 4, 2008. This
notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by
209 Departmental Manual 8.1.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 6,883.54 acres, more or less,
to be added to the Pueblo of Laguna Reservation (Laguna), New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns, or has an interest
in, irrigation facilities located on various Indian reservations
throughout the United States. We are required to establish rates to
recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain, and rehabilitate
those facilities. We request your comments on the proposed rate
adjustments.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act is soliciting comments
on the Financial Assistance and Social Service program application
forms in order to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
clearance. This information collection request is cleared under OMB
control number 1076-0017 and expires on July 31, 2008.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is seeking comments from the
public on a renewal of an information collection, Verification of
Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and the Indian Health
Service (IHS), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The BIA is
now seeking comments from interested parties to renew the clearance.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amendment to the
Tribal--State Compact between the State of California and the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments in
preparation for the renewal of the Indian Child Welfare Annual Report.
The information collected will aid BIA in fulfilling the requirements
of the law. This renewal meets the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The Bureau is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Compact between the
Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes to amend its regulations
governing the Courts of Indian Offenses (otherwise known as CFR
Courts). This amendment will clarify the authority of the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs to establish the courts, the jurisdiction of
the courts, its relationship to tribal governments and the Department
of the Interior, and to provide those courts with an updated code of
laws.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Morongo Band of Mission
Indians.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of
Luiseno Indians.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay
Nation.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Soboba Band of Luise[ntilde]o
Indians (Tribe), intends to gather information necessary for preparing
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed fee-to-trust
land acquisition and casino and hotel project (Proposed Action) located
within the City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, California. The
purpose of the Proposed Action is to improve the tribal economy in
order to better enable the Tribe to provide governmental services, perform governmental functions,
create jobs and career opportunities for tribal members and develop
programs that would assist tribal members to attain economic self-
sufficiency. This notice also announces a public scoping meeting to
identify potential issues, alternatives and content for inclusion in
the EIS.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal--State
Compact between the State of Montana and the Fort Belknap Tribe.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal--State
Compact between the State of Washington and the Tulalip Tribe.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Secretary of
the Interior is publishing final regulations addressing homeliving
programs administered under the Bureau of Indian Education-funded
school system.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), the Department of the Interior
(Department) notice is hereby given that the Assistant Secretary,
Indian Affairs (AS-IA) proposes to determine that the Juaneno Band of
Mission Indians (Petitioner 84B, JBB), c/o Joe Ocampo, 1108
East Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California 92701, and c/o Bud Sepulveda,
P.O. Box 25628, Santa Ana, California 92799, is not an Indian tribe
within the meaning of Federal law. Due to the group's recent internal
leadership conflict, this notice is addressed to both individuals who
claim to be its leader. The Department has not addressed this dispute
in this proposed finding (PF). These individuals hopefully will resolve
this conflict by the time of the final determination (FD).
This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does
not satisfy all seven of the criteria set forth in Part 83 of Title 25
of the Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR part 83), specifically
criteria 83.7(a), 83.7(b), 83.7(c), and 83.7(e), and therefore, does
not meet the requirements for a government-to-government relationship
with the United States.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), the Department of the Interior
(Department) gives notice that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
(AS-IA) proposes to determine that the Juane[ntilde]o Band of Mission
Indians, Acjachemen Nation (JBA, Petitioner 84A), c/o Anthony
Rivera, Jr., 31411-A La Matanza Street, San Juan Capistrano, California
92675, is not an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law.
This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does
not satisfy all seven of the criteria set forth in Part 83 of Title 25
of the Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR part 83), specifically
criteria 83.7(a), 83.7(b), 83.7(c), and 83.7(e), and therefore, does
not meet the requirements for a government-to-government relationship
with the United States.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Ordinance of the Karuk Tribe
of California. The Ordinance regulates and controls the possession,
sale and consumption of liquor within the Karuk tribal lands. The land
is located on trust land and this ordinance allows for the possession
and sale of alcoholic beverages within the Karuk Tribe of California
tribal lands. This ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within
their reservation and at the same time will provide funds for the
continued operation and strengthening of the Karuk tribal government
and the delivery of tribal government services.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 78.26 acres, more or less, as
the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian Reservation for the
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is planning to reinstate
the Home-living Programs and School Closure and Consolidation, OMB
Control Number 1076-0164 as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This collection expired during the renewal process because the 30-day
notice was not published before the expiration date. The reinstatement
will ensure we can continue to operate the residential program of the
No Child Left Behind Act. This notice replaces the notice published
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (72 FR 56373).
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State Compact
between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, in cooperation with the Joint Business Council of the Eastern
Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes (JBC), Bureau of Land Management
and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), intends to file a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) at EPA for the proposed coal bed
natural gas and conventional gas development project, and that the DEIS
is now available for public review. The purpose of the proposed action is to
meet the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes' need to maximize
their economic benefit from this trust resource. This notice also
announces a public hearing to receive comments on the DEIS.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is seeking comments from the
public on an extension of an information collection from persons
seeking proof of American Indian or Alaska Native blood, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collected under OMB
Control Number 1076-0153 will be used to establish that the applicants
meet requirements for official recognition as an American Indian or
Alaska Native for purposes of eligibility determination and
participation in programs administered through the U. S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for the Housing Assistance Application requires renewal. The proposed
information collection requirement, with no appreciable changes,
described below will be submitted to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget for review after a
public comment period as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Bureau is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) intends to file a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (FPEIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the
proposed Coeur d'Alene Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plan
(IRMP), Coeur d'Alene Reservation, Idaho, and that the FPEIS is now
available to the public. The FPEIS analyzes the impacts of four
alternative approaches to managing the natural, environmental and
cultural resources of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. The purpose of the
proposed action, approval of the tribe's implementation of the IRMP for
a period of 20 years, is to protect and sustain these resources.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is submitting the
information collection, titled the BIE Higher Education Grant Program
Annual Report Form, OMB Control Number 1076-0106, and the BIE Higher
Education Grant Application Form, OMB Control Number 1076-0101 for
approval. The Higher Education Annual Grant Report Form and the Higher
Education Grant Application need to be renewed.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the Tribal-State Class III
Gaming Compact between the State of New Mexico and the Pueblo of
Laguna.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Pueblo of Tesuque Liquor Control
Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates and controls the possession, sale
and consumption of liquor within the Pueblo of Tesuque Indian
Reservation. The Reservation is located on trust land and this
Ordinance allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages
within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo of Tesuque Indian
Reservation. This Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within
their reservation and at the same time will provide an important source
of revenue and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery
of tribal services.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Colorado River
Tribal Health and Safety Code, Article 2, Liquor, Chapter 6, Sections
2-601 through 620. The Code regulates and controls the possession, sale
and consumption of liquor within the Colorado River Tribe's
Reservation. The land is located on trust land and this Code allows for
the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within Colorado River
Tribe's Reservation. This Code will increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within
their reservation and at the same time will provide an important source
of revenue and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of
the Interior has made a final determination to acquire real property
``in trust'' for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is announcing the
availability of a Model Tribal Probate Code with comments entitled
``Model Tribal Probate Code.'' BIA issues notices to inform tribes,
Indians, and other interested persons about important policies,
procedures, and related decisions, and these notices serve to provide
guidance to tribes and BIA personnel. This notice provides guidance to
tribes considering the creation and adoption of a Tribal Probate Code
containing provisions applicable to trust and restricted property and
includes a copy of the ``Model Probate Code with Comments.''
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are
reopening the comment period on the draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Desert Rock Energy Project and the
Navajo Mine Extension Project, San Juan County, New Mexico, for an
additional 30 days. The Notice of Availability of the DEIS, published
by in the Federal Register by the BIA on June 20, 2007 (72 FR 34035),
and by the EPA on June 22, 2007 (72 FR 34463), announced a closing date
for comments of August 20, 2007.
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SUMMARY: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary to
provide development grants to Indian tribes and tribal energy resource
development organizations for use in developing or obtaining the
managerial and technical capacity needed to develop energy resources on
Indian land, and to properly account for resulting energy production
and revenues. In furtherance of this goal, the Department of the
Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development is
soliciting proposals from tribes and tribal energy resource development
organizations. The Department will award several grants of up to
$50,000 each for this program.
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UMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs is
seeking comments on the renewal of the Job Placement and Training
(Adult Vocational Training and Direct Employment) Information
Collection. This action is being taken due to the impending expiration
of the existing data collection. This action will allow the Department
on-going collection of data required by statute, regulation and policy.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the Tribal-State Class III
Gaming Compact between the State of New Mexico and the Pueblo of
Isleta, Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of San Felipe,
Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of
Taos, Pueblo of Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(l)(2), notice is hereby given that
the Department of the Interior (Department) declines to acknowledge the
group known as the St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont
(SSA), P.O. Box 276, Swanton, Vermont 05488, c/o Ms. April Merrill, as
an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. This notice is based
on a determination that the petitioner does not satisfy four of the
seven mandatory criteria for acknowledgment, specifically 83.7(a),
83.7(b), 83.7(c), and 83.7(e), as defined in 25 CFR part 83.
Consequently, the SSA petitioner does not meet the requirements for a
government-to-government relationship with the United States.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education is announcing that the Advisory Board for
Exceptional Children will hold its next meeting in Denver, CO. The
purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA) on Indian
children with disabilities.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Navajo Nation, U.S. Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) as cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the proposed
Desert Rock Energy and Navajo Mine Extension projects. The purpose of
the proposed action is to help meet the economic development needs of
the Navajo Nation. This notice also announces a series of public
hearings to receive comments on the DEIS.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in
certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,
will be issued to Bering Straits Native Corporation.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State Compact
for Class III Gaming Amendments between the State of Washington and the
Chehalis Confederated Tribes, Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Hoh Indian Tribe, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Kalispel
Tribe of Indians, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Lummi Indian Nation, Makah
Nation, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nooksack
Indian Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Puyallyup Tribe of Indians,
Quileute Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation, Samish Indian Nation,
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Skokomish Indian
Tribe, Snoqualmie Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe,
Suquamish Tribe, Swinomish Tribe, Tulalip Tribes, Upper Skagit Tribe,
and the Yakama Nation.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), the
Bureau of Indian Education requests nominations of individuals to serve
on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Education (Advisory Board). The
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will consider nominations received in
response to this Request for Nominations, as well as other sources. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for this notice provides committee
and membership criteria.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, is proposing to renew the No Child Left Behind
Act Regulations, 25 CFR parts 30, 37, 39, 42, 44 and 47, OMB Control
Number 1076-0163.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, is planning to renew the No Child Left Behind
Regulations, 25 CFR parts 36 and 47, OMB Control Number 1076-0164.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs published in the Federal Register
of April 2, 2007, a notice informing the public that the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately
63.52 acres, more or less, as the Jena Band of Choctaw Reservation for
the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians of Louisiana (Jena Band). The land
description as published contained an error. This action corrects that
error.
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In notice document E7-7558 beginning on page 19950 in the issue of
Friday, April 20, 2007, make the following correction:
On page 19954, in the table titled ``Southwest Region Rate Table,''
in the fourth column in the last entry, ``150.00'' should read
``15.00''.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State Compact
for Class III Gaming between the Spokane Tribe and the State of
Washington.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the extension of
agreement between the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the State of Montana
concerning Class III gaming, with the incorporated amendments.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Control Ordinance of the
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribe). The Ordinance regulates and controls
the possession, sale, and consumption of liquor within the tribal
lands. The tribal lands are located in Indian country and this
Ordinance allows for possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within
their boundaries. This Ordinance will increase the ability of the
tribal government to control the community's liquor distribution and
possession, and at the same time will provide an important source of
revenue for the continued operation and strengthening of the tribal
government and the delivery of tribal services.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns, or has an interest
in, irrigation facilities located on various Indian reservations
throughout the United States. We are authorized to establish rates to
recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain, and rehabilitate
those facilities. We are notifying you that we have adjusted the
irrigation assessment rates at several of our irrigation facilities for
operation and maintenance.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 56.50 acres, more or less, as
an addition to the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 5,696.64 acres, more or less,
as an addition to the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 651.6965 acres, more or less,
located in Tract B, and Lot 16 as indicated in Exhibit A, attached to
the Warranty Deed, approved April 10, 2003, as an addition to the
Pueblo of Laguna Reservation (Laguna).
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 30.754 acres, more or less, to
be added to the Pueblo of Laguna Reservation (Laguna), New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is giving public notice of the
act of Congress which has conveyed certain fee properties into trust
and proclaimed reservation status for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of
the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation of
Montana (Tribe). This amendment brings the existing Liquor Ordinance of
the Tribe which regulates and controls the possession, sale and
consumption of liquor within the Tribe's reservation into conformance
with state law. The Liquor Ordinance allows for possession and sale of
alcoholic beverages within the Tribe's Indian reservation, and
increases the ability of the tribal government to control the Tribe's
liquor distribution and possession. At the same time it will provide an
important source of revenue for the continued operation and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education is announcing that the Advisory Board for
Exceptional Children will hold its next meeting in Miami, FL. The
purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA) on Indian
children with disabilities.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 63.52
acres, more or less, as the Jena Band of Choctaw Reservation for the
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians of Louisiana (Jena Band).
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the Tribal-State Compact
between the State of Oklahoma and Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Control Ordinance of the
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma (Tribe). The Ordinance regulates and
controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the
tribal lands of the Tribe. The tribal lands are located in Indian
country and this Ordinance allows for possession and sale of alcoholic
beverages within their exterior boundaries. This Ordinance will
increase the ability of the tribal government to control the
community's liquor distribution and possession, and at the same time
will provide an important source of revenue for the continued operation
and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians Liquor Control Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates and controls
the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indian's tribal land. The tribal land is located on
trust land and this Ordinance allows for the possession and sale of
alcoholic beverages within the exterior boundaries. This Ordinance will
increase the ability of the tribal government to control the
distribution and possession of liquor within their tribal land
strengthen the tribal government. At the same time, it will provide an
important source of revenue and the improve delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting this information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review
and renewal. The collection is: 25 CFR 162 Leases and Permits, 1076-
0155.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the current list of 561 tribal entities
recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs by virtue of their status as Indian tribes. The list is
updated from the notice published on November 25, 2005 (70 FR 71194).
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval of the compact between the
Sovereign Indian Nation of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and the
Sovereign State of Iowa.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the Tribal-State Gaming
Compact for regulation of Class III gaming between the Cow Creek Band
of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the State of Oregon.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the amendment to the
Tribal-State Compact for regulation of Class III gaming between the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the State of
Oregon.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs Indian tribes that grant funds are
available through a Competitive Grant Program and that the Office of
Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) is soliciting
applications from eligible interested entities. To encourage greater
tribal participation in this initiative, IEED is offering grants to
assist federally-recognized Indian tribes in preparing tribal plans
designed for participation in Public Law 102-477.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of
North Dakota (Tribe). This amendment brings the existing Liquor
Ordinance of the Tribe which regulates and controls the possession,
sale and consumption of liquor within the Tribe's reservation into
conformance with a change in state law. The Liquor Ordinance allows for
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and increases the
ability of the tribal government to control the Tribe's liquor
distribution and possession. At the same time it will provide an
important source of revenue for the continued operation and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is amending its regulations
governing the compilation of rolls of Indians in order to open the
enrollment application process for the Western Shoshone Identifiable
Group of Indians. The enrollment application process will give
individuals an opportunity to file applications to share in the Western
Shoshone judgment fund distribution authorized under the Western
Shoshone Claims Distribution Act of July 7, 2004.
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SUMMARY: The Associate Deputy Secretary made a final agency
determination to acquire approximately 3.519 acres of land into trust
for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma on February 9, 2007. This notice is
published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of
the Interior to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information
collection, titled 25 CFR 103, Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and Interest
Subsidy Program, OMB Control Number 1076-0020 for renewal.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for Documented Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe
is submitted to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget for extension.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget the information
collection found in the general Probate of Indian Decedents' Estates,
Except for Member of the Five Civilized Tribes regulations. The purpose
of this data collection is to ensure that Probate regulations are
administered for the benefit of individual Indians and any persons
having claims against an Indian decedent's estate.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting this information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and renewal. The collection is: 25 CFR 151 Land Acquisitions,
OMB Control Number 1076-0100.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection, titled
Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 166, OMB Control Number 1076-0157, for renewal.
The purpose of this data collection is to collect information for 25
CFR 166 General Grazing Regulations as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(l)(2), notice is hereby given that
the Department of the Interior (Department) has determined that the
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc., P.O. Box 1048, Mashpee,
Massachusetts, 02649, is an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal
law. This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner
satisfies all seven mandatory criteria set forth in 25 CFR 83.7, and
thus meets the requirements for a government-to-government relationship
with the United States.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with Hannahville Tribe of Potawatomi
Indians (Tribe) as a cooperating agency, intends to gather information
necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a
proposed hotel and casino project to be located on 9.8 acres of a 24.8
acre parcel owned by the Tribe in Romulus, Michigan.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to OMB the
information collection, titled Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing
Regulations Permits, OMB Control Number 1076-0162 for renewal; or, for
review and approval. The purpose of this data collection is to collect
information for 25 CFR Part 161 Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing
Regulations as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the
proposed renewal of the information collection, Leases and Permits,
1076-0155. This action is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2006, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the
Office of the Secretary proposed to amend several of their regulations
related to Indian trust management (see 71 FR 45173). The rule proposes
to address Indian trust management issues in the areas of probate,
probate hearings and appeals, tribal probate codes, life estates and
future interests in Indian land, the Indian land title of record, and
conveyances of trust or restricted land. The proposed rule also
includes an ``Application for Consolidation by Sale'' form that is
associated with one of these amendments. On November 1, 2006, the BIA
and the Office of the Secretary reopened the comment period for an
additional 60 days to January 2, 2007 (see 71 FR 64181).
This notice reopens the comment period an additional 45 days to
March 12, 2007. The BIA and Office of Secretary again are extending the
comment period by 45 days to ensure that all interested parties,
including tribes and individual Indians, have the opportunity to review
the proposed rule and prepare their comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Pueblo of Pojoaque Liquor Control
Act. The Act regulates and controls the possession, sale and
consumption of liquor within the Pueblo of Pojoaque Indian Reservation.
The reservation is located on trust land and this Act allows for the
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the exterior
boundaries of the Pueblo of Pojoaque Indian Reservation. This Act will
increase the ability of the tribal government to control the
distribution and possession of liquor within their reservation, and at
the same time will provide an important source of revenue and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection
request for review and renewal by the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
collection is: Gaming on Trust Lands Acquired after October 17, 1988,
OMB Control Number 1076-0158.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education is announcing that the Advisory Board for
Exceptional Children will hold its next meeting in Washington, DC. The
purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA) on Indian
children with disabilities.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Control Ordinance of the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan (Tribe). The Ordinance
regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor
within the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Reservation. This
reservation is described as ``all lands, the title to which is held in
trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians; and * * * all lands * * * part of the Tribe's
reservation.'' This ordinance, however, applies only to the Tribe's
reservation lands within the State of Michigan. This Ordinance allows
for possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the Pokagon Band
of Potawatomi Indians Reservation, and increases the ability of the
tribal government to control the Tribe's liquor distribution and
possession. At the same time it will provide an important source of
revenue for the continued operation and strengthening of the tribal
government and the delivery of tribal services.
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This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) will be holding an additional public hearing to receive
comments on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the
proposed fee-to-trust transfer of Oneida Indian Nation of New York land
in Oneida and Madison Counties, New York. This notice also reminds the
public that the public comment period for the DEIS has been extended to
February 22, 2007, as announced in the Federal Register on January 5,
2007, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and in local media
by the BIA. The EPA's original notice of availability for the DEIS and
the BIA's supplement to the EPA notice, both of which were published in
the Federal Register on November 24, 2006, announced a closing date for
comments of January 8, 2007.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Amendment to the Tribal-State gaming
compact between the State of California and the Quechan Tribe of the
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is considered approved and is in effect.
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SUMMARY: This document reopens the comment period for the proposed rule
published on December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70335), which establishes
procedures that an Indian tribe must follow in seeking to conduct
gaming on lands acquired after October 17, 1988.
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