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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 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.
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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 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).
FULL TEXT
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.
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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.
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 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).
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 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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
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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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
FULL TEXT
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.
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 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.
FULL TEXT
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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