quisition Request submitted to the Minneapolis
Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(B) The lands chosen and acquired by the
Sault Tribe for transfer to the United States in
trust for the Sault Tribe as a part of the settle-
ment of the potential claims of the Sault Tribe
to the Charlotte Beach Lands.
(2) CHARLOTTE
BEACH
LANDS.—The term
‘‘Charlotte Beach Lands’’ means those lands in the
Charlotte Beach area of Michigan and described as
follows: Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of section
7, T45N, R2E, and Lot 1 of section 18, T45N,
R2E, Chippewa County, State of Michigan.
(3) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘Community’’
means the Bay Mills Indian Community, a federally
recognized Indian tribe.
(4) SAULT
TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Sault Tribe’’
means the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indi-
ans, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means the
Community and the Sault Tribe.
SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE LANDS.
(a) BY THE COMMUNITY.—Upon relinquishment by
the Community of any and all claims to the Charlotte
Beach Lands and dismissal with prejudice of Bay Mills
Indian Community v. Western Life Assurance Company
et al., Case No. 2:96–CV–275, United States District
Court for the Western District of Michigan-Northern Divi-
sion and Bay Mills Indian Community v. State of Michi-
gan et al., Michigan Court of Claims, File No. 96–16482–
CM—
(1) the Secretary shall take the Alternative
Lands described in section 3(1)(A) into trust for the
benefit of the Community as part of the settlement
of the Community’s claims to the Charlotte Beach
Lands; and
(2) the Alternative Lands described in section
3(1)(A) shall become part of the Community’s res-
ervation.
(b) BY THE SAULT TRIBE.—The Secretary shall take
the Alternative Lands described in section 3(1)(B) into
trust for the benefit of the Sault Tribe as settlement of
the Sault Tribe’s claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands.
Upon the taking of the Alternative Lands into trust, any
and all potential claims of the Sault Tribe in and to the
Charlotte Beach Lands shall be relinquished and extin-
guished thereby, and the lands taken into trust shall be-
come part of the Sault Tribe’s reservation.
(c) SETTLEMENT
OF LAND CLAIMS.—The Alter-
native Lands are taken into trust as provided in this sec-
tion as part of the settlement of land claims of the Tribes
within the meaning of section 20(b)(1)(B)(i) of Public
Law 100–497.
SEC. 5. EXTINGUISHMENT OF TITLE AND CLAIMS.
(a) APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF PRIOR TRANS-
FERS.—Any transfer, before the date of the enactment of
this Act, of land or natural resources located within the
boundaries of the Charlotte Beach Lands from, by, or on
behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band of
Indians (including the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-
shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan were chiefs) or any member
thereof, shall be deemed to have been made in accordance
with the Constitution and all laws of the United States,
including without limitation, the Trade and Intercourse
Act of 1790, Act of July 22, 1790 (ch. 33, sec. 4; 1 Stat.
137), and Congress hereby does approve and ratify such
transfers effective as of the date of such transfers.
(b) ABORIGINAL TITLE EXTINGUISHED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), any aboriginal title held by any Indian,
Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians (including
the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-shaw-
wan-no and Sha-wan were chiefs and their members)
to any land or natural resources, the transfer of
which was approved and ratified by subsection (a),
shall be regarded as extinguished as of the date of
such transfer.
(2) THE TRIBES.—To the extent that the Char-
lotte Beach Lands involve land or natural resources
to which the Tribes had aboriginal title, relinquish-
ment by the Tribes under section 4 shall be regarded
as an extinguishment of such aboriginal title.
(c) EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), any claim (including any claim for dam-
ages for trespass, use, or occupancy) by, or on be-
half of, any member of any Indian, Indian nation,
or tribe or band of Indians (including the 2 bands
of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and Chippewa Indi-
ans of Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-
wan were chiefs) or any member thereof against the
United States, any State or subdivision thereof or
any other person which is based on—
(A) any interest in or right involving any
land or natural resources of which was ap-
proved and ratified by subsection (a), or
(B) any aboriginal title to land or natural
resources the extinguishment of which was ef-
fected by subsection (b),
shall be regarded as extinguished as of the date of any
such transfer.
(2) THE
TRIBES.—All claims of the Tribes
against the United States, the State of Michigan, or
any other person or entity based on claims to the
Charlotte Beach Lands (including without limita-
tion, claims for trespass damages, use, or occu-
pancy) shall be deemed to have been extinguished as
of the date of relinquishment by the Tribes under
section 4.
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