Bureau of Indian Affairs – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 (Act), Congress approved a final settlement of multiple claims the Hopi Tribe had against the United States. Under the Act, Congress authorized the Hopi Tribe to acquire up to 500,000 acres of land in northern Arizona to be taken into trust, including private land purchased from willing sellers and interspersed State trust land held by the State of Arizona located within the exterior boundaries of the purchased private land. The Hopi Tribe purchased 161,423.58 acres of private land from willing sellers, which are held in trust by the United States. Additionally, together with the State of Arizona, the Hopi Tribe has identified for acquisition an additional 110,759.17 acres of interspersed State trust lands. At the request of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice has initiated proceedings to condemn the interspersed State trust lands identified by the Hopi Tribe and the State of Arizona under the authority of section 6 of the Act and applicable Federal law. The parcels to be condemned and then taken into trust are described below.

This notice announces the approval by operation of law of Tribal-State gaming compacts (Compacts) governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities between the State of California and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Table Mountain Rancheria, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California.

This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 199.73 acres, more or less, an addition to the reservation of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas.

The Office of Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a March 1, 2025, deadline for Indian tribes/consortia to submit completed applications to begin participation in the tribal self-governance program in fiscal year 2026 or calendar year 2026.

Pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Act), as amended, for each of the Department of the Interior (Department) bureaus other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this notice lists programs or portions of programs eligible for inclusion in self-governance funding agreements with Indian Tribes, and Fiscal Year 2025 programmatic targets for each of the non-Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) bureaus in the Department of the Interior (Department), pursuant to title IV of the Act, as amended. Revisions to this list are based upon feedback received in Tribal Consultations in January 2023 on what information would be most helpful to Indian Tribes seeking ways to develop collaborative arrangements in the co-stewardship of Federal lands and waters.

The Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire in trust 397.77 acres, more or less, of land known as the Elk Run Site in the City of Pine Island, Olmstead County, Minnesota for gaming and other purposes.

This notice publishes the current list of 574 Tribal entities recognized by and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) by virtue of their status as Indian Tribes.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.

This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 79.21 acres, more or less, an addition to the reservation of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe, Oklahoma.

The Department of the Interior (Department) has accepted retrocession to the United States of partial criminal jurisdiction over the Skokomish Nation from the State of Washington.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan Leasing Ordinance under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act). With this approval, the Tribe is authorized to enter into agriculture, business, residential, wind and solar, public, religious, and recreational leases without further BIA approval.

This notice publishes amendments to the Prairie Island Indian Community's Liquor Control Ordinance. This Ordinance amends and supersedes the existing Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Community Liquor Control Ordinance, adopted on July 10, 1992, by Resolution Number 92-84; and amended on October 14, 1992, by Resolution Number 92- 118.

The Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire in trust 13.79 acres, more or less, of land consisting of three parcels, known as the Lower Highway 89 Project, in Coconino County, Arizona, for the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah for gaming and other purposes.

This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 68.17 acres, more or less, an addition to the reservation of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.

The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that the group known as the Salinan Tribe of Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties has filed a documented petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe with the Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs. The Department seeks comment and evidence from the public on the petition.

The Department of the Interior (Department) proposes new regulations that provide a framework to prevent the export for sale in foreign countries of Native American cultural items that are held in violation of current Federal laws; to repatriate such items from individuals and organizations having such items; and to improve coordination among Federal agencies, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations seeking to prevent the export and sale, and support the repatriation, of such items. The proposed rule would establish an export certification system, set forth procedures for detention and repatriation of items subject to the rule, establish a framework for voluntary return of items subject to the rule, and establish interagency and Native working groups.

This notice publishes the approval of the Addendum to Tribal- State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Reservation in Minnesota for Class III Card Games.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.

This notice announces the extension of the Class III gaming compact between the Alturas Indian Rancheria and the State of California.

This notice publishes the approval of the Sixth Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact for Class III Gaming between the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe and the State of Washington.

The Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire 480.46 acres, more or less, of land in trust for the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California.

The Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire .838 acres, more or less, of land in trust for the Jamul Indian Village of California.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.

This notice publishes the approval by operation of law the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal State Compact for Class III Gaming between the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and the State of Washington governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities.