# Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (44 FR 7235)

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Federal Register, Vol. 44, No. 26—Tuesday, February 4, 1979—Notices: Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (44 FR 7235–7237)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
INDIAN TRIBAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES
Delegation of Authority
January 31, 1979.  This notice is published in exercise of authority delegated by the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs under 5 U.S.C. 2 and 9, and 230 DM 1 and 2.  Notice is hereby given in accordance with 25 CFR 54.6(b) by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the tribal entities that have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. The United States recognizes its trust responsibility to these Indian entities and, therefore, acknowledges their eligibility for programs administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The listed entities are not necessarily eligible for programs administered by other Federal Agencies. The list of eligible Alaskan entities will be published at a later date.
INDIAN TRIBAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Acoma Pueblo of New Mexico Agua-Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Palm Springs), Agua-Caliente Indian Reservation, California Ak Chin Indian Community, Maricopa, Ak Chin Reservation, Arizona Alabama-Quassarte Creek Tribal Town, Oklahoma Alturas Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Arapahoe Tribe of Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Augustine Reservation, California Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin Barona Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Barona Reservation, California Bay Mills Indian Community, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians, California Big Bend Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California Big Lagoon Rancheria of Smith River Indians, California Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians, Big Pine Reservation, California Blackfeet Tribe, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony, California Burns Paiute Indian Colony, Oregon Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Cabazon Reservation, California
Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of Colusa Rancheria, California Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma Cahuilla Band of Mission Indian, Cahuilla Reservation, California Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, California Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Campo Reservation, California Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Capitan Grande Reservation, California Cayuga Nation of New York Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians, California Chemehuevi Tribe, Chemehuevi Reservation, Arizona Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma Cochiti Pueblo of New Mexico Cocopah Tribe of Arizona Coeur D'Alene Tribe, Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians, California Colorado River Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada & Utah Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Cortina Rancheria of Wintun Indians, California Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Covelo Indian Community of the Round Valley Reservation, California Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, California Creek Nation of Oklahoma Crow Tribe of Montana Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Duckwater Reservation, Nevada Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of California Ely Indian Colony, Nevada Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians, California
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana Fort Bidwell Indian Community, Paiute Indians of the Port Bidwell Reservation, California Fort Independence Indian Community, Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, Fort McDermitt Reservation, Nevada Fort McDowell, Mohave-Apache Indian Community, Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Gila River Indian Community, Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians, California Hannahville Indian Community of Michigan Havasupai Tribe, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona Hoh Indian Tribe, Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington Hoopa Valley Tribe of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California Hopi Tribe of Arizona Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Hopland Rancheria, California Hualapai Tribe, Hualapai Reservation, Arizona Inaja & Cosmit Reservation (Diegueno Indians), California Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Islete Pueblo of New Mexico Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, California Jemez Pueblo of New Mexico Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona Kalispel Indian Community, Kalispel Reservation, Washington Karok Tribe of California Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California Kaw Tribe of Oklahoma Keweenaw Bay Chippewa Indian Community, L'Anse Reservation, Michigan Kialegee Tribal Town of Creek Indians, Oklahoma Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Kootenai Tribe of Idaho La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, La Jolla Reservation, California La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, La Posta Indian Reservation, California Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Colony, Nevada Lookout Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Los Coyotes Reservation, California Lovelock Paiute Tribe, Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota Lower Elwha Tribal Community, Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington Lower Sioux Indian Community, Lower Sioux Reservation, Minnesota Lummi Tribe, Lummi Reservation, Washington Makah Tribe, Makah Indian Reservation, Washington Manchester Band of Pomo Indians, Manchester-Pt. Arena Rancheria, California Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Manzanita Reservation, California Menominee Tribe, Menominee Reservation, Wisconsin Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Mesa Grande Reservation, California Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Miccosukee Tribe of Florida Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake), Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, Mille Lacs Band, White Earth Band) Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma Montgomery Creek Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Morongo Reservation, California Muckleshoot Tribe, Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington Nambe Pueblo of New Mexico Navajo Tribe of Arizona, New Mexico & Utah Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho Nisqually Indian Community, Nisqually Reservation, Washington Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana Northwestern Band of Shoshonei Indians of Utah (Washakie) Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Oneida Nation of New York Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Reservation, Wisconsin Onondaga Nation of New York Osage Tribe of Oklahoma Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Oklahoma Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community, Bishop Colony, California Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Fallon Reservation, Nevada Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community, Lone Pine Reservation, California Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Pala Reservation, California Papago Tribe of Arizona Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Payson Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Pechanga Reservation, California Penobscot Tribe of Maine
Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma Picuris Pueblo of New Mexico Pit River Tribe, X-L Ranch Reservation, California Pojoaque Pueblo of New Mexico Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Port Gamble Indian Community, Port Gamble Reservation, Washington Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians of Kansas Prairie Island Sioux Indian Community, Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota Puyallup Tribe, Puyallup Reservation, Washington Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California Quileute Tribe, Quileute Reservation, Washington Quinault Tribe, Quinault Reservation, Washington Ramona Reservation, California Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Red Cliff Reservation, Wisconsin Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada Resighini Rancheria, Coast Indian Community of Yurok Indians, California Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Rincon Reservation, California Roaring Creek Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Rumsey Rancheria of Wintun Indians, California Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Sac & Fox Tribe of Missouri in Kansas Sac & Fox Tribe of Oklahoma Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of the Isabella Reservation, Michigan Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Salt River Reservation, Arizona San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona San Felipe Pueblo of New Mexico San Ildefonso Pueblo of New Mexico San Juan Pueblo of New Mexico San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians, San Manual Reservation, California San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Indians, San Pasqual Reservation, California Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico Santa Ana Pueblo of New Mexico Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico Santa Rosa Indian Community, Santa Rosa Rancheria, California Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Santa Rosa Reservation Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, Santa Ynez Reservation, California Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Santa Ysabel Reservation, California Santee Sioux Tribe, Santee Reservation of Nebraska Santo Domingo Pueblo of New Mexico Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribe of Michigan Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Seminole Tribe of Florida Seneca Nation of New York Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota (Prior Lake)
Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract) of Miwok Indians, California Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Shoalwater Bay Reservation, Washington Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota Skokomish Tribe, Skokomish Reservation, Washington Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians, Utah Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, Soboba Reservation, California Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Mole Lake Band, Wisconsin Southern Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington Squaxin Island Tribe, Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation, Wisconsin St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Reservation, North & South Dakota Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Indian Community, Wisconsin Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Summit Lake Reservation, Nevada Suguamish Indian Tribe, Port Madison Reservation, Washington Susanville Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit River & Washoe Indians of California Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Swinomish Reservation, Washington Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Sycuan Reservation, California Table Bluff Rancheria of California Table Mountain Rancheria of Yokut Indians of California TaosPueblo of New Mexico Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians, Nevada (Battle Mountain, Elko & South Fork) Tesuque Pueblo of New Mexico Thlopthlocco Creek Tribal Town of Oklahoma Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Torres-Martinez Reservation, California Tule River Tribe, Tule River Reservation, California Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Tuolumne Rancheria, California Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Turtle Mountain Reservation, North Dakota Tuscarora Nation of New York Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, 29 Palms Reservation, California United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma
Upper Lake Band of Pomo Indians of Upper Lake Rancheria, California Upper Sioux Indian Community, Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah Ute Mountain Tribe, Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah Utu Utu Gwaiti Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California Viejas Baron Long Capitan Grande Band of Digueno Mission Indians, Viejas Reservation, California Walker River Paiute Tribe, Walker River Reservation, Nevada Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville & Washoe Ranches) White Mountain Apache Tribe, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona Wichita Tribe of Oklahoma Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska Winnebago Tribe of Wisconsin
Winnemucca Indian Colony, Nevada Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma Yakima Tribes of the Yakima Reservation, Washington Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Yavapai-Apache Indian Community, Camp Verde Reservation, Arizona Yavapai-Prescott Tribe, Yavapai Reservation, Arizona Yerington Paiute Tribe of Nevada (Campbell Ranch) Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada Yurok Tribe of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California Zia Pueblo of New Mexico Zuni Pueblo of New Mexico
For additional information contact Patricia Simmos, Division of Tribal Government Services, Branch of Tribal Relations, 1951 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20245, telephone number, 202-343-4045.
    FORREST J. GERARD.
       Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 79-3979 Filed 2-5-79, 8:45 am]

## Notes

* 1 2 Includes within its meaning Indian tribes, bands, villages, groups and pueblos as well as Eskimos and Aleuts.
* ↑ Formatting error in Federal Register where Acoma listed as a continued entry of the Absentee-Shawnee.

## Reference

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