In Today's Federal Register

MONDAY, JULY 1, 2002

The following documents of note were published in today's Federal Register.

Federal Acknowledgment of the Historical Eastern Pequot Tribe
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announces its decision to acknowledge the historical Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut.

The document contains a summary of the tribe's satisfaction of seven mandatory federal recognition criteria. Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb signed the final determination on June 24.

Separate from this document is a 198-page document prepared by BIA researchers that explains more fully the issues and evidence used to evaluated the petitions of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe.

The decision becomes final within 90 days.

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