31188 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 16, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Near-Reservation

Designations for California Tribes

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice is published in

exercise of authority delegated by the

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs. Pursuant to

25 CFR 20.1(r), notice is hereby given of

the near-reservation designations for

certain Indian tribal entities within the

States of California and Oregon

recognized as eligible to receive services

from the United States Bureau of Indian

Affairs (BIA).

DATES: These near-reservation

designations become effective on June

15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Blair, Chief, Human Services

Branch, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849

C Street, NW., MS–4660–MIB,

Washington, D.C. 20240, Telephone No.

(202) 208–2479.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 25 CFR part 20—

Financial Assistance and Social

Services Program, the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs designates the

following locales as ‘‘near-reservation’’

areas appropriate for the extension of

BIA financial assistance and/or social

services. 25 CFR part 20—Financial

Assistance and Social Services Program

regulations have full force and effect

when extending BIA financial assistance

and/or social services into these

designated ‘‘near-reservation’’ locations.

In the absence of officially designated

‘‘near-reservation’’ areas, such services

are provided only to Indian people who

live within reservation boundaries. The

tribes identified below are now

authorized to extend financial

assistance and social services to their

eligible tribal members (and their family

members who are Indian) who reside

outside the boundaries of a federally

recognized tribe’s reservation, but

within the areas designated below.

The locales listed below are those

designated for this purpose.

Tribe: Big Sandy Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Madera, Fresno and Kings in

the State of California.

Tribe: Big Valley Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Lake and Sonoma in the

State of California.

Tribe: Bishop Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mono and Inyo in the State

of California.

Tribe: Cedarville Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Modoc in the State of

California.

Tribe: Cortina Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Glenn, Colusa, Yolo and

Sacramento in the State of California.

Tribe: Dry Creek Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Sonoma in the State of

California.

Tribe: Fort Bidwell Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

county of Modoc in the State of

California. The counties of Lake and

Klamath in the State of Oregon.

Tribe: Greenville Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Plumas, Lassen, Shasta,

Tehama, Butte, Yuba and Sutter in the

State of California.

Tribe: Hopland Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino and Sonoma in

the State of California.

Tribe: Karuk Tribe of California

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Siskiyou, northeastern

Humboldt from State Highway 96

milepost HUM 28.61 north to the

Siskiyou County Line in the State of

California.

Tribe: Laytonville Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino, Lake and

Humboldt in the State of California.

Tribe: Mechoopda Indian Tribe of the

Chico Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Butte in the State of

California.

Tribe: Mooretown Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Butte in the State of

California.

Tribe: North Fork Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Madera, Mariposa and

Fresno in the State of California.

Tribe: Picayune Rancheria of the

Chukchansi Indians

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Fresno, Madera and

Mariposa in the State of California.

Tribe: Pinoleville Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake

and Napa in the State of California.

Tribe: Redding Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

county of Trinity and the western twothirds of Shasta in the State of

California.

Tribe: Redwood Valley Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino and Sonoma in

the State of California.

Tribe: Coast Indian Community of the

Resighini Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Del Norte in the State of

California.

Tribe: Bear River Band of Rohnerville

Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Humboldt and Del Norte in

the State of California.

Tribe: Round Valley Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Trinity, Mendocino, Lake

and Sonoma in the State of California.

Tribe: Scotts Valley Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma

and Contra Costa in the State of

California.

Tribe: Sherwood Valley Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Mendocino, Lake and

Sonoma in the State of California.

Tribe: Shingle Springs Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of El Dorado, Sacramento,

Placer and Yolo in the State of

California.

Tribe: Smith River Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Del Norte and Humboldt in

the State of California. The counties of

Curry, Josephine and Coos in the State

of Oregon.

Tribe: Susanville Indian Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Lassen in the State of

California.

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Tribe: Tule River Reservation

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Tulare in the State of

California.

Tribe: Tuolumne Rancheria

‘‘Near-reservation’’ location: The

county of Tuolumne in the State of

California.

Tribe: Yurok Tribe

‘‘Near-reservation’’ locations: The

counties of Humboldt and Del Norte in

the State of California.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State

Compacts.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),

Pub. L. 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the

Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in

the Federal Register, notice of approved

Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of

engaging in Class III gaming activities

on Indian lands. The Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority on May 5, 2000, has approved

the following Tribal-State Compacts

between the State of California and

California Indian Tribes:

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of

the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation,

Alturas Indian Rancheria,

Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of

California,

Blue Lake Rancheria,

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of

California,

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria,

Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of

Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation,

Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of

California,

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big

Valley Rancheria,

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop

Community of the Bishop Colony,

Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of

the Cabazon Reservation,

Cahto Indian Tribe of Laytonville Rancheria,

Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the

Cahuilla Reservation,

Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of

the Campo Indian Reservation,

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi

Reservation,

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of the Me-Wuk

Indians of California,

Resighini Rancheria (formerly known as the

Coast Indian Community of

Yurok Indians of the Resighini Rancheria),

Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the

Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa

Rancheria,

Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission

Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation,

Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of

California,

Elk Valley Rancheria,

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the

Sulphur Bank Rancheria,

Hoopa Valley Tribe,

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the

Hopland Rancheria,

Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of

California,

Jamul Indian Village of California,

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of

the La Jolla Reservation,

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the

Manchester-Point Area Rancheria,

Manzanita Band of the Diegueno Mission

Indians of the Manzanita Reservation,

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of

California,

Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of

California,

Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of

the Morongo Reservation,

Pala Band of the Luiseno Mission Indians of

the Pala Reservation,

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of

California,

Pechenga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of

the Pechenga Reservation,

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of

California,

Pit River Tribe, California,

Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian

Reservation,

Redding Rancheria,

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of

the Rincon Reservation,

Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of

California,

Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians

of California,

San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians

of the San Manual Reservation,

San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission

Indians of California,

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

of the Santa Rosa Reservation,

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission

Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians,

Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),

Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians

of California,

Smith River Rancheria,

Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of

the Soboba Reservation,

Susanville Indian Rancheria,

Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of

California,

Table Mountain Rancheria of California,

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the

Trinidad Rancheria,

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the

Tuolumne Rancheria of California,

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission

Indians of California,

Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande

Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas

Reservation,

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River

Reservation,

United Auburn Indian Community of the

Auburn Rancheria of California.

DATES: This action is effective May 16,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of

amendment to Tribal-State Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),

Pub. L. 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the

Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in

the Federal Register, notice of approved

Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of

engaging in Class III gaming activities

on Indian lands. The Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved an Amendment,

executed on May 2, 2000, to the Gaming

Compact between the Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana and the State of Louisiana.

DATES: This action is effective May 16,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Levin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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