Bureau of Indian Affairs December 2024 – 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.

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.

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.

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.