SUMMARY: In accordance with the January 20, 2009, memorandum
``Regulatory Review,'' signed by Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, we, the
U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, withdraw our
proposed rule published January 29, 2009, to establish regulations for
hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means
related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in Alaska during the
2010-11 and 2011-12 regulatory years.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont, CA. The human remains
were removed from Kern County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and in the physical custody of
the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA. The human
remains were most likely removed from Grant County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest,
Santa Fe, NM, and in the possession of the Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human
remains were removed from site BJ 74 (LA 38962), Sandoval County, NM.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary
object in the control of the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force,
Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, and in the physical custody of the
University of California, Santa Barbara, Repository for Archaeological
and Ethnographic Collections, Santa Barbara, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed from the Vandenberg Air Force
Base, Santa Barbara County, CA.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and
trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2010-11 and 2011-12
regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board completes the biennial
process of revising subsistence hunting and trapping regulations in
even-numbered years and subsistence fishing and shellfish regulations
in odd-numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place
during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and
traditional use determinations during the applicable biennial cycle.
When final, the resulting rulemaking will replace the existing
subsistence wildlife taking regulations, which expire on June 30, 2010.
This rule would also amend the customary and traditional use
determinations of the Federal Subsistence Board and the general
regulations on subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.
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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 Paimiut
Corporation.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning various
amendments to the National Indian Gaming Commission regulations. The
proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on December 22,
2008 (73 FR 78242). The NIGC is extending the comment period to March
9, 2009.
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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 Calista
Corporation for lands located in the vicinity of Platinum, Alaska.
Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the
Anchorage Daily News.
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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 Bean Ridge
Corporation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: 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 Russian Mission
Native Corporation.
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SUMMARY: The proposed rule modifies various Commission regulations to
reduce reporting burdens on tribes, update costs for background
investigations, clarify definitions and regulatory intent, and update
audit requirements to consolidate and reflect industry standards.
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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 will be issued to Sealaska Corporation.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a) (3), that
the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted final annual fee
rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.057% (.00057) for tier 2 for calendar
year 2008. These rates shall apply to all assessable gross revenues
from each gaming operation under the jurisdiction of the Commission. If
a tribe has a certificate of self regulation under 25 CFR part 518, the
final fee rate on class II revenues for calendar year 2008 shall be
one-half of the annual fee rate, which is 0.0285% (.000285).
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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 St. George Tanaq
Corporation.
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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.
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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: 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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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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.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the surface estate in certain lands
for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will
be issued to Kugkaktlik Limited.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC,
and in the possession of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul
and Bemidji, MN. The human remains were removed from an unknown
location on the White Earth Reservation, Mahnomen County, MN.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc.
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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 will be issued to Tanacross, Incorporated.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the First Amendment to
the Tribal-State Compact between the Spokane Tribe and the State of
Washington.
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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.
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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.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items, for which the University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR, have
joint responsibility, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items, for which the University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR, have
joint responsibility, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains for which the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District,
Portland, OR, have joint responsibility. The human remains were removed
from property that would be later designated Army Corps of Engineers
land within the Bonneville Lock and Dam Project area, Wasco County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects for which the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR, have joint
responsibility. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from sites on Army Corps of Engineers land within the The
Dalles Lock and Dam Project area, Wasco County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects for which the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR, have joint
responsibility. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from a site on Army Corps of Engineers land within the John Day
Dam project area, Klickitat County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
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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 Chinuruk
Incorporated.
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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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Katyaak Corporation.
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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 Calista
Corporation for lands located in the vicinity of Newtok and Chefornak,
Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the
Anchorage Daily News.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Kivalina Sinuakmeut
Corporation.
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SUMMARY: This rule supersedes certain specified sections of the current
Minimum Internal Control Standards and replaces them with a new part
titled Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II Gaming. Since
the implementation of Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS), it
became obvious that the MICS require technical adjustments and
revisions so that they can effectively protect tribal assets, while
still allowing tribes to utilize technological advances in the gaming
industry. This rule applies only to Class II games.
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SUMMARY: The rule adds a new part to the Commission's regulations
establishing technical standards for Class II games--bingo, lotto,
other games similar to bingo, pull tabs, and ``instant bingo''--that
are played using ``electronic, computer, or other technologic aids'' as
parts of a Class II gaming system. The rule establishes a process for
ensuring the integrity of such games and aids--examination by an
independent testing laboratory and approval by the tribal gaming
regulatory authority--before being made available to the public for
play in a tribal gaming operation. The standards will assist tribal
gaming regulatory authorities and operators in ensuring the integrity
and security of Class II gaming and the accountability of Class II
gaming revenue. The standards will also provide guidance to equipment
manufacturers and distributors of Class II gaming systems.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission is withdrawing the
proposed Classification standards published in the Federal Register on
October 24, 2007. (72 FR 60483.)
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission is withdrawing the
proposed modification to the definition of ``Electronic or
electromechanical facsimile'' published in the Federal Register on
October 24, 2007. (72 FR 60482.)
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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 The Kuskokwim
Corporation, Successor in Interest to Lower Kalskag Incorporated.
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.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, that meet the
definition of ``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the San Diego
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, that meet the definitions of
``unassociated funerary objects'' or ``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the San Diego
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, that meet the definition of
``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the San Diego Museum
of Man, San Diego, CA, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' or ``objects of cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Kootenai National Forest, Libby, MT,
that meet the definition of ``objects of cultural patrimony'' under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the San Diego Archaeological Center, San
Diego, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from archeological sites CA-SDI-8629 and CA-SDI-8639H in San
Diego County, CA.
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This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C 3003 (d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary
object in the possession of the San Diego Archaeological Center, San
Diego, CA. The human remains and associated funerary object were
removed from archeological sites CA-SDI-6669 (SDM-W-230) and CA-SDI-
5669, San Diego County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK, and in the possession of the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human remains were removed
from Chief Cove Island, Kodiak Island, AK.
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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.
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SUMMARY: This publishes notice of the 2008 Class III Gaming Compact
between the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho taking effect.
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This notice lists programs or portions of programs that are
eligible for inclusion in Fiscal Year 2009 funding agreements with
self-governance tribes and lists programmatic targets according
to section 405(c)(4) of the Tribal Self-Governance Act.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Napaaktukmeut Corporation.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird
hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations,
off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to
tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service
or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under
established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season
bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and
habitat conditions.
FULL TEXT
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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribal Liquor Control Ordinance published in the Federal Register May
19, 1994. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Calista
Corporation for lands located on Nunivak Island, Alaska. Notice of the
decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.
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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.
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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 will be issued to Doyon, Limited.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Akuliuk Corporation.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is proposing this rule to comply
with the requirements of the Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights
Settlement Act. The Settlement Act requires that the operating
agreement negotiated with the States of California and Nevada for the
operation of Truckee River Reservoirs (the five Federal reservoirs in
the Truckee River basin) be promulgated as a Federal Regulation.
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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: 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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
FULL TEXT
SUMMARY: This rule prescribes special early season migratory bird
hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations,
off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This responds to tribal
requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter ``Service'' or
``we'') recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under
established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season
bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and
habitat conditions.
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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: 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 Pedro Bay
Corporation.
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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 Iqfijouaq
Company.
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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 will be issued to Alakanuk Native Corporation.
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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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB) collects information
to identify and revise listings for the Source Directory of American
Indian and Alaska Native Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses
(Source Directory). In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, the IACB has submitted a request for renewal of approval of this
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
and requests public comments on this submission.
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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: 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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Deering Ipnatchiak
Corporation.
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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 Kikiktagruk
Inupiat Corporation.
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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.
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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.
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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: 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 Saint Michael,
Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the
Nome Nugget.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe,
NM, that meets the definition of ``sacred object'' under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe,
NM, that meet the definition of ``sacred objects'' and ``objects of
cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe,
NM, that meet the definition of ``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe,
NM, that meet the definition of ``sacred objects'' and ``objects of
cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe,
NM, that meet the definition of ``sacred object'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum (Burke Museum), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and in
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
four prehistoric archeological sites within the boundaries of San Juan
Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, and in the
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, San Juan Island
National Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA. The human remains were
removed from a prehistoric archeological site within the boundaries of
San Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, WA.
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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.
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SUMMARY: On June 19, 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the
Service) and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT)
(collectively the Parties) signed an annual funding agreement (AFA)
under the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. The Tribal Self-
Governance Act provides for the Secretary of the Interior (the
Secretary) to negotiate and enter into an AFA with a tribe
participating in Self-Governance, authorizing the tribe to plan,
conduct, consolidate, and administer programs, services, functions, and
activities, or portions thereof (Activities), administered by the
Secretary, which are of special geographic, historical, or cultural
significance to that tribe. This includes such Activities within the
National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS).
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the subsurface estate in certain lands
for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will
be issued to The Aleut Corporation.
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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.
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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.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision adjusting the entitlement granted to the Native
village of Chickaloon by Section 12(a) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act will be issued to Chickaloon Moose Creek Native
Association, Inc. The adjustment is made pursuant to Sec. 12(a)(3) of
the Act of January 2, 1976, and Section 4(a) of the Act of October 4,
1976.
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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 St. George Tanaq
Corporation.
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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.
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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 will be issued to Chuloonawick Corporation.
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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.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
WA. The human remains were removed from Yachats, Lincoln County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession and
control of the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, Department of
Anthropology, Hilo, HI. The human remains were removed from Hawai`i
Island, HI.
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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 The Kuskokwim
Corporation, Successor in Interest to Upper Kalskag, Incorporated.
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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.
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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.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'' or
``Commission''), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, is
seeking reinstatement of the approval for collection of information for
the following information collection activities: (1) Compliance and
Enforcement under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); (2) Privacy
Act Procedures; (3) Approval of Class II/Background Investigation
Tribal Licenses; (4) Management Contract Regulations; (5) Freedom of
Information Act Procedures; (6) National Environmental Policy Act
Procedures; (7) Annual Fees Payable by Indian Gaming Operations; (8)
Issuance of Certificates of Self Regulation to Tribes for Class II
Gaming; (9) Minimum Internal Control Standards. These information
collections have expired.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the surface estate for conveyance
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to
Atqasuk Corporation.
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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 Koyuk Native
Corporation.
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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 Tulkisarmute
Incorporated.
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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 Kongnikilnomuit
Yuita Corporation.
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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 Dot Lake Native
Corporation.
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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 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).
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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: 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 Sanak
Corporation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the University of New
Hampshire, Durham, NH, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Hastings, NE. The
human remains were removed from Douglas County, NE.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession and
control of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI. The human remains were
removed from Lanai Island, HI.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at Phillips Academy, Andover,
MA. The human remains were removed from Barnstable County, MA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Maricopa County, AZ.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of
the inventory of human remains in the possession of the Texas
Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX. The human remains were removed from the Spiro site, 41LF42,
LeFlore County, OK.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA. The human remains were removed
from Allamakee and Clayton Counties, IA.
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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.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University, Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Douglas County, OR.
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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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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of The Nelson Gallery
Foundation, Kansas City, MO, that meets the definition of ``sacred
object'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the
Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK, and in
the possession of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, and Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, AK. The human
remains were removed from St. Lawrence Island, AK.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
object in the possession of the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary object were
removed from New York State.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from mound sites in Fulton County, IL.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from a mound site in central Illinois.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from mound sites in central Illinois.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of San Francisco State University, Department
of Anthropology, San Francisco, CA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Marin County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum (Burke Museum), Seattle, WA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Guss Island, San Juan County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Seton Hall
University Museum, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, that meet
the definition of ``sacred objects'' and ``objects of cultural
patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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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 will be issued to The Aleut Corporation.
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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.
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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.
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SUMMARY: These final regulations provide two mechanisms to authorize
take under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act) by
certain persons who have been authorized under the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) to take bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden
eagles (Aquila chrysaetos).
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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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board announces the
proposed extension of a public information collection and seeks public
comments on the provisions thereof.
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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 Far West
Incorporated.
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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 Hungwitchin
Corporation.
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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).
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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: 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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation Inc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are issuing
a final rule to amend the regulations for the Federal List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife at 50 CFR 17.11 by designating bald
eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Sonoran Desert area of central
Arizona as threatened under the authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (Act). We are also reinstating and clarifying the
former special rule at 50 CFR 17.41 that applied to threatened members
of this species. This action revises the CFR to reflect a March 6,
2008, court order.
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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: 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 Cully Corporation
Inc.
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SUMMARY: Final regulations for valuing gas produced from Indian leases,
published August 10, 1999, require MMS to determine major portion
prices and notify industry by publishing the prices in the Federal
Register. The regulations also require MMS to publish a due date for
industry to pay additional royalty based on the major portion prices.
This notice provides the major portion prices for the 12 months of
2006.
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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is announcing its intent
to establish an Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
(Committee). The Committee will develop specific recommendations
regarding proposed revisions to the existing Indian Oil regulations for
oil production from Indian leases, especially the major portion
valuation requirement. The Committee will include representatives of
parties who would be affected by a final rule. The MMS solicits
comments on this initiative and requests interested parties to nominate
representatives for membership on the Committee.
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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.
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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 NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc. for lands located in the vicinity of Ambler, Alaska.
Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Arctic
Sounder.
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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.
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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.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the California Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento, CA. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Butte County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Mesa County, CO; Navajo County, AZ; San Juan County, NM;
and an unknown location.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle Creek, MI. The human remains were
removed from Jemez Indian Reservation, Sandoval County, NM.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects of the Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle Creek, MI. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an
island near Metlakatla, AK.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
Michigan Technological University Department of Social Sciences
Archaeology Laboratory, Houghton MI. The human remains were removed
from the Gros Cap Cemetery (20MK6) in Moran Township, Mackinac County,
MI.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University, Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location in Hawaii.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Harney County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location in Kodiak Island, AK.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location in Western Kentucky.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Yakima County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location, possibly from North
Dakota, South Dakota, or Montana.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Stutsman County, ND.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession and control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Socorro County, NM.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 13th Coast Guard
District, Seattle, WA, and in the possession of Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human remains were
removed from Chiefs Island and Gregory Point, Coos County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State
Office, Denver, CO. and in the possession of the Museum of Western
Colorado, Grand Junction, CO. The human remains were removed from
Garfield County, CO.
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SUMMARY: On January 25, 2008, the Fish and Wildlife Service published a
Federal Register Notice (73 FR 4617) announcing the availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed Land
Exchange in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, and the
beginning of a 60-day comment period. In response to numerous requests
from Tribal Governments, non-governmental organizations, and the
general public we are reopening the comment period for an additional 30
days. We will consider these public comments when revising the
document.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and
trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2008-09 and 2009-10
regulatory years. These regulations have been subject to an annual
public review cycle, but starting in 2008 the Federal Subsistence
Management Program will provide a public review process for subsistence
hunting and trapping regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence
fishing and shellfish regulations in odd-numbered years. The Program
will also address customary and traditional use determinations during
the applicable biennial cycle. This cycle adjustment does not affect
the public's ability to submit special action requests or requests for
reconsideration, as outlined in the regulations. When final, the
resulting rulemaking will replace the subsistence wildlife taking
regulations, which expire on June 30, 2008. This rule would also amend
the customary and traditional use determinations of the Federal
Subsistence Board and the general regulations on taking of wildlife.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would establish regulations for fishing
seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish
and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
regulatory years. These regulations have been subject to an annual
public review cycle, but starting in 2008 the Federal Subsistence
Management Program will provide a public review process for subsistence
hunting and trapping regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence
fishing and shellfishing regulations in odd-numbered years. The Program
will also address customary and traditional use determinations during
the applicable biennial cycle. This cycle adjustment does not affect
the public's ability to submit special action requests or requests for
reconsideration, as outlined in the regulations. When final, the
resulting rulemaking would replace the subsistence fish and shellfish
taking regulations that will expire on March 31, 2009. This rule would
also amend the customary and traditional use determinations of the
Federal Subsistence Board and the general regulations on taking of fish
and shellfish.
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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 Chignik River
Limited.
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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 Wales and Saint
Michael, Alaska.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the National Indian Gaming
Commission (NIGC) is no longer participating in the preparation of the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Big Sandy Casino and
Resort to be located in Fresno County, CA. The NIGC's federal action
that was being evaluated was approval of a management contract between
the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians (Tribe) and QBS, LLC. On
October 19, 2007 and at the request of the Tribe, the management
contract approval request was deemed withdrawn. As a result, the NIGC
no longer has a federal action that requires compliance with NEPA and
is therefore no longer participating in the preparation of the EIS for
the Big Sandy Casino and Resort.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving oil and gas for conveyance pursuant to
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended, will be issued to
Doyon, Limited. The oil and gas was reserved to the United States
pursuant to the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended and supplemented, in
Native allotment certificates issued for the lands described below:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SUMMARY: This provides notice of the Federal Subsistence Board's in-
season management actions to protect caribou populations in Unit 9D and
female deer populations in the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area
and Unit 4. These actions provide an exception to the Subsistence
Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, published in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2007. Those regulations established
seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means relating to the taking of
wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2007-08 regulatory year.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Tihteet' Aii,
Inc.
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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: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM), are concurring with the Crow Tribe's certification that it has
abated or reclaimed all coal-related abandoned mine land (AML) problems
on Crow lands.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Amerind
Foundation Museum, Amerind Foundation, Inc., Dragoon, AZ, that meet the
definition of ``objects of cultural patrimony'' and ``sacred objects''
under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Maryhill Museum
of Art, Goldendale, WA, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Science Museum of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, that meet the definition of ``sacred objects''
under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army, Installation Management Agency-Army
Reserve Office, Arlington, VA, and in the physical custody of the
University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT.
The human remains were removed from Fort Douglas, Salt Lake County, UT.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Skagit County, WA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup,
WA. The human remains were removed from an unknown area of Western
Oregon.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of The
University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Gila
River Indian Community near Sacaton, AZ.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Portage County, WI.
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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: 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 Oscarville Native
Corporation.
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AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2) (C)), the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the issuance of the Notice of Availability of the final
General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), publish this
notice to list programs or portions of programs that are eligible for
inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding agreements with self-governance
tribes, and to list programmatic targets under section 405(c)(4) of the
Tribal Self-Governance Act.
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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.
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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.
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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 Sitnasuak Native
Corporation.
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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 Chugach Alaska
Corporation for lands located in the Prince William Sound, Alaska.
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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 Koyuk Native
Corporation.
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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: 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 Nelson Lagoon
Corporation.
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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.
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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 purpose of this notice is to inform the public of class
III gaming ordinances approved by the Chairman of the National Indian
Gaming Commission.
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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 Alaska Peninsula
Corporation, Successor-in-Interest to Meshik Incorporated.
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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 Shishmaref Native
Corporation.
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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 Nunamiut
Corporation, Inc. for the Native village of Anaktuvuk Pass.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is
publishing migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations in Alaska for
the 2008 season. This proposed rule establishes regulations that
prescribe dates when harvesting of birds may occur, species that can be
taken, and methods and means excluded from use. These regulations were
developed under a Co-management process involving the Service, the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and Alaska Native representatives.
These regulations enable the continuation of customary and traditional
subsistence uses of migratory birds in Alaska. The rulemaking is
necessary because the regulations governing the subsistence harvest of
migratory birds in Alaska are subject to annual review. This rulemaking
enacts region-specific regulations that go into effect on April 2,
2008, and expire on August 31, 2008.
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SUMMARY: This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest
limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for
subsistence uses during the 2008-09 regulatory year. The rulemaking is
necessary because Subpart D is subject to an annual public review
cycle. This rulemaking replaces the fish and shellfish taking
regulations included in the ``Subsistence Management Regulations for
Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D--2007-08 Subsistence Taking of Fish
and Wildlife Regulations,'' which expire on March 31, 2008.
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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: 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 will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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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: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that
the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted preliminary annual
fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.057% (.00057) for tier 2 for
calendar year 2008. These rates shall apply to all assessable gross
revenues from each gaming operation under the jurisdiction of the
Commission. If a tribe has a certificate of self-regulation under 25
CFR part 518, the preliminary fee rate on class II revenues for
calendar year 2008 shall be one-half of the annual fee rate, which is
0.0285% (.000285)
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, that meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary
objects'' or ``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO, that meets the definition of
``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in possession of the Department of Anthropology and Ethnic
Studies, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. The human
remains and associated funerary object were removed from Washoe County,
NV.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural
History (Hastings Museum), Hastings, NE. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Howard, Merrick, Nance,
Platte, and Webster Counties, NE.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Hastings, NE. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the Franklin, Harlan, and Webster Counties,
NE.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Texas Department of Transportation,
Austin, TX. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Titus County, TX.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from sites within
the boundaries of the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, San Xavier Indian
Reservation, and Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation in Maricopa, Pima,
and Pinal Counties, AZ.
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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: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska
Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicated below.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service published a document in the Federal
Register of January 28, 2008, concerning meetings for the NPS
Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program within the Alaska Region.
The notice was incomplete. This notice corrects omissions from the
January 28, 2008 notice.
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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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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Alaska State
Museum, Juneau, AK, which meets the definition of ``object of cultural
patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, that meet the definition of
``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession and
control of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
The human remains were removed from Pima County, AZ.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
and in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an
archeological site in Channel Islands National Park, Ventura County,
CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Maricopa County, AZ, and an unknown location in Arizona.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Kern
County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, and Ventura Counties, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, Los Angeles,
CA. The human remains were removed from Kern and Kings Counties, CA,
and an unknown location probably in the interior of California.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, Los Angeles,
CA. The human remains were removed from Tulare County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Squaw Valley, Placer or Plumas County, CA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, Las Animas, CO. The human
remains were removed from La Plata County, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC),
Tallahassee, FL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the Irene Mound site in Chatham County, GA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, UT and Utah
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt
Lake City and Vernal, UT, and in the possession of the Utah
Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Box Elder and Uintah
Counties, UT.
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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: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice of the decision
approving lands for conveyance to Bay View Incorporated, pursuant to
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, was published in the Federal
Register on February 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 28). The notice
contained an error in the land description.
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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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Notice is here given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee). The Review Committee will meet on May 15-16, 2008, at the
F.K. Bemis International Conference Center on the Campus of St. Norbert
College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115-2099. Meeting sessions
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each day.
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The National Park Service is soliciting nominations for three
members of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint one member
from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian
organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders. This
particular appointee must be a traditional Native American religious
leader. The Secretary of the Interior will also appoint two members
from nominations submitted by national museum organizations and
scientific organizations.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Saint Louis
Science Center, Saint Louis, MO, that meet the definition of ``sacred
objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession and
control of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
The human remains were removed from Pima County, AZ.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Arapahoe and Weld Counties, CO.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI. The
human remains were removed from Hawaii Island, HI.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Meagher County, MT.
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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: 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 Bay View
Incorporated.
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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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SUMMARY: The rule adds new sections and a new part to the Commission's
regulations that require tribes to adopt and enforce standards for
facility licenses. These standards will help the Commission ensure that
each place, facility or location where class II or class III gaming
will occur is located on Indian lands eligible for gaming as required
by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The rules will ensure that gaming
facilities are constructed, maintained and operated in a manner that
adequately protects the environment and the public health and safety.
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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.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.4(e), the National Park Service has
prepared, and hereby announces the availability of, a Finding of No
Significant Impact for the General Management Plan/Environmental
Assessment, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma.
The Findings of No Significant Impact includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other alternatives considered, the basis for
the decision, a description of the environmentally preferable
alternative, a finding of no impairment of park resources and values, a
listing of measures to minimize environmental harm, an overview of
public involvement in the decision-making process, and a floodplains
statement of findings.
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SUMMARY: The NPS announces the SRC meeting schedule for the following
areas: Aniakchak National Monument, Cape Krusenstern National Monument,
Denali National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park, Gates of the Arctic
National Park, Lake Clark National Park, and Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park. The purpose of each meeting is to develop and continue
work on NPS subsistence hunting program recommendations and other
related subsistence management issues. Each meeting is open to the
public and will have time allocated for public testimony. The public is
welcomed to present written or oral comments to the SRC. Each meeting
will be recorded and meeting minutes will be available upon request
from each Superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks
after each meeting. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII,
Section 808 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,
Pub. L. 96-487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) estimated budget request for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2008 includes $11,581,766 for the Indian Health Service (IHS)
Loan Repayment Program (LRP) for health professional educational loans
(undergraduate and graduate) in return for full-time clinical service
in Indian health programs.
This program announcement is subject to the appropriation of
funds. This notice is being published early to coincide with the
recruitment activity of the IHS, which competes with other Government
and private health management organizations to employ qualified health
professionals.
This program is authorized by Section 108 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. The IHS
invites potential applicants to request an application for
participation in the LRP.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM and in the possession of
the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Tularosa Cave, Catron County, NM.
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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 National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning
Classification Standards for Bingo, Lotto, Other Games Similar to
Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo as Class II Gaming When Played
Through an Electronic Medium Using ``Electronic, Computer, or Other
Technologic Aids.'' The proposed rule was published in the Federal
Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60483). The NIGC is extending the
comment period to March 9, 2008.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning the
Definition for Electronic or Electromechanical Facsimile. The proposed
rule was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR
60482). The NIGC is extending the comment period to March 9, 2008.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning Minimum
Internal Control Standards for Class II Gaming. The proposed rule was
published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60495).
The NIGC is extending the comment period to March 9, 2008.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning
Technical Standards for Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids
Used in the Play of Class II Games. The proposed rule was published in
the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60508). The NIGC is
extending the comment period to March 9, 2008.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists programs or portions of programs that are
eligible for inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding agreements with
self-governance tribes and lists programmatic targets.
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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 Goldbelt,
Incorporated.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving the surface estate in certain lands
for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will
be issued to Tanalian, Incorporated.
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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 Department of the Interior (Department) proposes to amend
its regulations by adding a new part to codify its NEPA procedures
currently in the Departmental Manual (DM). This proposed regulation
contains Departmental policies and procedures for compliance with NEPA,
Executive Order (E.O.) 11514, E.O. 13352 and the Council on
Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations. By converting the
Departmental NEPA procedures from the DM to new regulations that are
consistent with NEPA and the CEQ regulations, the Department intends to
promote greater transparency in the NEPA process for the public and
enhance cooperative conservation.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human
remains were removed from Larsen Bay, AK.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Amerind
Foundation Museum, Amerind Foundation, Inc., Dragoon, AZ, that meet the
definition of ``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, which meet the definitions of ``sacred object'' and ``object of cultural
patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Ontario County, NY.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Hastings Museum),
Hastings, NE. The human remains were removed from the Cass, Franklin,
Nance, Sarpy Counties, NE and Republican County, KS.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Hastings Museum
of Natural and Cultural History (Hastings Museum), Hastings, NE that
meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR that meet the
definition of ``sacred objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of The University Museum, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Springs, Howard,
Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Ouachita, Scott, and Yell Counties,
AR.
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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.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Morongo Band of Mission
Indians.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amended Tribal-State
Compact between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of
Luiseno Indians.
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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: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is amending the existing
regulations regarding valuation, for royalty purposes, of oil produced
from Indian leases. These amendments will clarify and update the
existing regulations.
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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Crow Tribe
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Crow
Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
(SMCRA or the Act). The Crow Tribe has requested concurrence from the
Secretary of the Department of the Interior with its certification of
completion of all coal-related reclamation objectives. If the Secretary
concurs with the certification, the Crow Tribe intends to request AMLR
funds to pursue projects in accordance with section 411 of SMCRA
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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.
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SUMMARY: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee will conduct a meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, January
8, 2008 to provide comments on the proposed rule regarding the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains [43 CFR 10.11].
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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 Koliganek Natives
Limited.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal--State
Compact between the State of Montana and the Fort Belknap Tribe.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal--State
Compact between the State of Washington and the Tulalip Tribe.
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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 extends the period for comments on the burden,
estimates or any other aspects of the information collection
requirements for the proposed Class II game classification standards
(72 FR 60483) published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the period for comments on the burden,
estimates or any other aspects of the information collection
requirements of the proposed Class II technical standards (72 FR 60508)
published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007.
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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 lists programs or portions of programs that are
eligible for inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding agreements with
self-governance tribes and lists programmatic targets pursuant to
section 405(c)(4) of the Tribal Self-Governance Act.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the American Museum
of Natural History, New York, NY, that meets the definitions of
``sacred object'' and ``object of cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ
that meet the definition of ``objects of cultural patrimony'' under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR that meet the
definition of ``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the period for comments on the proposed
definition for electronic or electromechanical facsimile (72 FR 60482),
Class II game classification standards (72 FR 60483), Class II
technical standards (72 FR 60495), and Class II minimum internal
control standards (72 FR 60508) published in the Federal Register on
October 24, 2007.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person
is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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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: 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 The Kuskokwim
Corporation, Successor in Interest to Aniak Limited.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists programs or portions of programs that are
eligible for inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding agreements with
self-governance tribes and lists programmatic targets pursuant to
section 405(c)(4) of the Tribal Self-Governance Act.
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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: This notice provides the name of individuals who have been
appointed to serve as members of the Department of the Interior
Performance Review Board.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Wallowa--Whitman National Forest, Baker City, OR and in the
possession of the Thomas Burke Memorial State Museum of Washington
(Burke Museum), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Idaho County,
ID and Wallowa County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker City, OR. The human remains were
removed from Wallowa County, OR.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, which meet the definitions of ``sacred
object'' and ``object of cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, which meets the definitions of ``sacred
object'' and ``object of cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items in
the possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI that meet
the definition of ``objects of cultural patrimony'' under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Adams and Fulton Counties, IL, and unknown
sites in Illinois and Indiana.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of The State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lawrence, and Luzerne Counties,
PA.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
The human remains were removed from Morton County, ND.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
The human remains were removed near Perryville, Washington County, RI.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MS. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Alligator Mounds Site, Bolivar
County, MS.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Tularosa Cave, Catron
County, NM.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of The
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA and in the physical custody of the
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Honaunau, HI. The human
remains were removed from the Hawaiian Islands.
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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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