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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Public Notice of Lands Previously 

Conveyed Into Trust and Proclaimed 

as Reservation For Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians by Act of Congress 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

is giving public notice of the act of 

Congress which has conveyed certain 

fee properties into trust and proclaimed 

reservation status for the Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Division of Real Estate Services, Mail 

Stop 4639–MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240, Telephone (202) 

208–7737. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original reservation proclamation 

establishing the Mississippi Choctaw 

Indian Reservation was issued 

December 23, 1944 (9 FR 14907), by 

virtue of the authority of the Act of June 

21, 1939 (53 Stat. 573), and section 7 of 

the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986). 

Pursuant to section 1(a)(2) of the Act of 

June 29, 2000, Public Law 106–228 (114 

Stat. 228), certain lands then held in fee 

by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians were placed into federal trust 

status. The Act provided: 

‘‘All land held in fee by the Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians located within the 

boundaries of the State of Mississippi, as 

shown in the report entitled ‘‘Report of Fee 

Lands owned by the Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians,’’ dated September 28, 1999, 

on file in the Office of the Superintendent, 

Choctaw Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, is hereby declared 

to be held by the United States in trust for 

the benefit of the Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; * * *.’’

Section 1(a)(1) of Public Law 106–228 

also provided that ‘‘all lands taken in 

trust by the United States for the benefit 

of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians on or after December 23, 1944, 

shall be part of the Mississippi Choctaw 

Indian Reservation.’’ This Act was 

amended by section 811 of the Act of 

December 27, 2000, Public Law 106–568 

(114 Stat. 2868), which provided: 

Section 1(a)(2) of Pub. L. 106–228 (an Act 

to make technical corrections to the status of 

certain land held in trust for the Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land 

into trust for that Band, and for other 

purposes) is amended by striking ‘‘September 

28, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘February 7, 2000.’’

The February 7, 2000, report 

referenced in section 811 of Public Law 

106–568 added lands to those originally 

identified in the September 28, 1999, 

report referenced in section 1(a)(2) of 

Public Law 106–228. All of those lands 

were placed into trust and made a part 

of the reservation. Revised legal 

descriptions for some of those lands 

were approved by Congress by section 

107 of the Act of March 2, 2004, Public 

Law 108–204 (118 Stat. 542), as 

reflected in a Report of May 17, 2002, 

on file at the Choctaw Agency, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs. Legal descriptions for 

all parcels initially placed into trust and 

reservation status for the Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians by Public Law 

106–228, as amended by Public Law 

106–568, as amended by Public Law 

108–204, are referenced in Appendix I 

to this Notice. 

Additional lands have been taken into 

trust by the United States for the 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 465 after 

December 23, 1944, and before June 29, 

2000. All such lands were made part of 

the Mississippi Choctaw Indian 

Reservation by section 1(a)(1) of Public 

Law 106–228. The legal descriptions for 

those other tracts are not set out in this 

notice. 

Pursuant to section 1(a)(1) of Public 

Law 106–228, if and when additional 

lands are taken into trust by the United 

States for the Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

465 or by other authority, each such 

additional land parcel shall 

automatically become a part of the 

Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation 

without the need for any other formal 

declaration to that effect pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 467. 

All of the Choctaw reservation lands 

referenced in this notice constitute 

Indian Country under 18 U.S.C. 1151(a). 

Dated: March 24, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

APPENDIX I 

Lands placed into trust and reservation 

status for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians within the State of Mississippi by 

Public Law 106–228, 114 Stat. 462, Act of 

June 29, 2000, as amended by Title VIII, Sec. 

811 of Public Law 106–568, Act of December 

27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2868 and Sec. 107 of 

Public Law 108–204, Act of March 2, 2004, 

118 Stat 542. The reference numbers shown 

below are from Exhibit A to the report of May 

17, 2002, on file at the Choctaw Agency, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Philadelphia, 

Mississippi, as referenced in Sec. 107 of 

Public Law 108–204, Act of March 2, 2004, 

118 Stat. 542. 

Reference Nos. Choctaw reservation community Township Range Section County 

Book & page 

from county 

records 

1 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 14N 15E 16 NOXUBEE ............ 553/503 

2 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 7 KEMPER ............... 268/220 

3 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 18 KEMPER ............... 280/193 

4 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 14E 32 KEMPER ............... A222/845 

5 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 2 NESHOBA ............ A223/6 

6 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 17 KEMPER ............... 280/193 

7 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 7 KEMPER ............... 270/71 

8 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 5 KEMPER ............... A222/845 

9 ............................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 7 KEMPER ............... 274/14 

10 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 10 NESHOBA ............ A221/258 

11 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 36 NESHOBA ............ A217/346 

12 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 14E 30 KEMPER ............... A222/845 

13 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 1 NESHOBA ............ A217/343 

14 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 2 NESHOBA ............ A219/269 

15 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 13 NESHOBA ............ A221/258 

16 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 12 NESHOBA ............ A217/343 

17 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 13E 1 NESHOBA ............ A217/346 

18 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 25 NESHOBA ............ A222/845 

19 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 27 KEMPER ............... 228/47 

22 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 28 KEMPER ............... 228/47 


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Book & page 

from county 

records 

23 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 1 NESHOBA ............ A223/6 

24 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 21 KEMPER ............... 228/47 

25 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 14E 31 KEMPER ............... A222/845 

26 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 28 NEWTON .............. 262/692 

27 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 3 NEWTON .............. 267/474 

28 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 9 NEWTON .............. 266/167 

29 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 9 NEWTON .............. 252/33 

32 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 10 NEWTON .............. 252/33 

35 .......................................................... Conehatta ............. 07N 10E 21 NEWTON .............. 262/692 

36 .......................................................... Crystal Ridge ........ 14N 13E 35 WINSTON ............. 218/220 

37 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 3 WINSTON ............. 238/375 

38 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 12N 13E 2 WINSTON ............. 230/206 

39 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 12E 30 NESHOBA ............ A228/897 

41 .......................................................... Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 12E 30 NESHOBA ............ A93/144 

43 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 28 NESHOBA ............ A217/90 

44 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 20 NESHOBA ............ A239/448 

45 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 33 NESHOBA ............ A239/779 

46 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A239/270 

47 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 2 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

48 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 34 NESHOBA ............ A226/879 

49 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 33 NESHOBA ............ A239/777 

50 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 28 NESHOBA ............ A239/779 

51 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A230/823 

52 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 1 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

53 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 9 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

54 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 4 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

55 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 3 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

56 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 10 NESHOBA ............ A227/100 

57 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 28 NESHOBA ............ A230/823 

58 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 14 NESHOBA ............ A223//650 

59 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 30 NESHOBA ............ A146/501 

60 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A238/406 

61 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 18 NESHOBA ............ A228/465 

62 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 09E 13 LEAKE .................. A228/465 

64 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A151/704 

65 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A150/577 

66 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 6 NESHOBA ............ A235/124 

67 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A151/22 

68 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A151/24 

69 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 20 NESHOBA ............ A220/842 

70 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 28 NESHOBA ............ A217/255 

71 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 30 NESHOBA ............ A216/716 

72 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 30 NESHOBA ............ A239/270 

73 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 36 NESHOBA ............ A161/528 

74 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A150/581 

75 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A232/764 

76 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 30 NESHOBA ............ A201/138 

77 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 18 NESHOBA ............ A140/142 

78 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 19 NESHOBA ............ A140/142 

79 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 31 NESHOBA ............ A239/270 

80 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A231/15 

81 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 29 NESHOBA ............ A238/408 

83 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 10E 11 NESHOBA ............ A223/650 

84 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 20 NESHOBA ............ A219/550 

85 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 30 NESHOBA ............ A146/221 

86 .......................................................... Pearl River ............ 11N 11E 32 NESHOBA ............ A239/270 

87 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 10N 07E 2 LEAKE .................. 228/627 

88 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 10N 07E 2 LEAKE .................. 228/630 

89 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 11N 07E 36 LEAKE .................. 235/549 

90 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 11N 07E 35 LEAKE .................. 235/696 

91 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 11N 07E 36 LEAKE .................. 163/440 

92 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 11N 07E 26 LEAKE .................. 233/424 

93 .......................................................... Red Water ............. 10N 08E 6 LEAKE .................. 235/483 

96 .......................................................... Standing Pine ....... 10N 08E 34 LEAKE .................. 154/624 

97 .......................................................... Standing Pine ....... 10N 09E 29 LEAKE .................. 221/614 

98 .......................................................... Standing Pine ....... 09N 08E 2 LEAKE .................. 143/726 

99 .......................................................... Standing Pine ....... 10N 09E 30 LEAKE .................. 221/614 

100 ........................................................ Standing Pine ....... 09N 08E 3 LEAKE .................. 221/633 

101 ........................................................ Standing Pine ....... 10N 09E 9 LEAKE .................. 221/616 

102 ........................................................ Tucker ................... 10N 12E 28 NESHOBA ............ A229/665 

103 ........................................................ Tucker ................... 10N 12E 21 NESHOBA ............ A229/665 

105 ........................................................ Red Water ............. 13N 7E 36 ATTALA ................ 607/612 


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Book & page 

from county 

records 

106 ........................................................ Red Water ............. 13N 7E 25 ATTALA ................ 607/612 

107 ........................................................ Red Water ............. 12N 7E 1 LEAKE .................. 607/612 

108 ........................................................ Red Water ............. 12N 7E 2 LEAKE .................. 607/612 

109 ........................................................ Red Water ............. 13N 7E 35 ATTALA ................ 607/612 

110 ........................................................ Bogue Chitto ......... 11N 14E 5 KEMPER ............... 294/568 

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BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Amendment to the Chippewa Cree 

Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian 

Reservation Liquor Ordinance 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes an 

amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of 

the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky 

Boy’s Indian Reservation of Montana 

(Tribe). This amendment brings the 

existing Liquor Ordinance of the Tribe 

which regulates and controls the 

possession, sale and consumption of 

liquor within the Tribe’s reservation 

into conformance with state law. The 

Liquor Ordinance allows for possession 

and sale of alcoholic beverages within 

the Tribe’s Indian reservation, and 

increases the ability of the tribal 

government to control the Tribe’s liquor 

distribution and possession. At the same 

time it will provide an important source 

of revenue for the continued operation 

and strengthening of the tribal 

government and the delivery of tribal 

services. 

DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is 

effective on April 9, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Louise Reyes, Indian Services Officer, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky 

Mountain Regional Office, 316 North 

26th St., Billings, MT 59101, Telephone: 

(406) 247–7988, Telefax: (406) 247–

7566; or Ralph Gonzales, Office of 

Indian Services, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 4513–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240; Telephone No. (202) 513–7629. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

The Chippewa Cree Business Committee 

adopted this amendment to their Liquor 

Ordinance by Resolution No. 27–06 on 

March 9, 2006. The purpose of this 

amendment is to bring their current 

Liquor Control Ordinance into 

conformance with State law. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the authority delegated 

by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs. I certify that this 

Amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of 

the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky 

Boy’s Indian Reservation was duly 

adopted by the Chippewa Cree Business 

Committee on March 9, 2006. 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

The Amendment to the Chippewa 

Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian 

Reservation Liquor Ordinance reads as 

follows: 

Chippewa Cree Law and Order Code 

Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance 

Chapter 1 General Provisions 

Section 1.1 Title—This Ordinance 

shall be known as the ‘‘Alcoholic 

Beverage Control Ordinance.’’ The Tribe 

previously passed Ordinance I–70 

which was certified by the 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs on June 

16, 1970, and published in the Federal 

Register on June 25, 1970, authorizing 

the introduction, sale or possession of 

intoxicating beverages on the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation (35 FR 10384, 1970). 

This Ordinance replaces Ordinance I–70 

to include the following provisions as 

adopted by the Chippewa Cree Tribal 

Business Committee. 

Section 1.2 Purpose—This 

Ordinance regulates the consumption, 

delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages 

within the exterior boundaries of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation and other 

lands subject to Tribal jurisdiction for 

the purpose of protecting the health, 

safety and welfare of the Chippewa Cree 

Tribe and its members as well as the 

general public. 

Section 1.3 Authority—This 

Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance 

is enacted pursuant to Article VI, 

Section 1(p) of the Constitution and 

Bylaws of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. 

Federal law currently prohibits the 

introduction of alcoholic beverage into 

Indian Country (18 U.S.C. 1154), and 

expressly delegates to tribes the 

decision regarding when and to what 

extent alcoholic beverage transactions 

shall be permitted (18 U.S.C. 1161). 

Unless otherwise provided in this 

Ordinance, standards for the sale and 

transaction of alcoholic beverages shall 

be in conformity with the laws of the 

State of Montana, as required by, and in 

accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1161. 

Section 1.4 Declaration of Public 

Policy 

(a) The introduction, possession, and 

sale of alcoholic beverage on the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation are a matter of special 

concern to the Chippewa Cree Tribe. 

(b) Compliance with this ordinance 

shall be in addition to, and not a 

substitute for, compliance with the laws 

of the State of Montana. 

(c) In 1970, the Chippewa Cree Tribe 

passed Ordinance I–70, authorizing the 

introduction, sale or possession of 

alcoholic beverages on the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation. This Ordinance replaces 

Ordinance I–70 recognizing that a need 

still exists for strict regulation and 

control over alcoholic beverages 

transactions within the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation because of the many 

potential problems associated with the 

unregulated or inadequately regulated 

sale, possession, distribution, and 

consumption of alcoholic beverages. 

The Chippewa Cree Tribal Business 

Committee finds that Tribal control and 

regulation of alcoholic beverages 

necessary to achieve maximum 

economic benefit to the Tribe, to protect 

the health and welfare of Tribal 

members, and to address specific 

concerns relating to alcohol use on the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation. 

(d) It is in the best interests of the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe to enact a Tribal 

ordinance governing alcoholic beverage 

sales on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

which provides for purchase, 

distribution, and sale of alcoholic 

beverages only on specific Tribal lands 

within the exterior boundaries of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, as designated 


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