[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21140]




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Near-Reservation Designations; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Near-Reservation Designations

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 tribes within the 
contiguous 48 states recognized as eligible to receive services from 
the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

DATES: These near-reservation designations become effective 
immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betty Tippeconnie, Acting Chief, Division of Social Services, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., MS 310 SIB, Washington, DC 20240. 
Tel: 202-208-2721.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Code of Federal 
Regulations, title 25 Indians, chapter 1 BIA, Department of the 
Interior, subchapter Human Services, part 20 Financial Assistance and 
Social Services Program (25 CFR part 20) 25 CFR 20.1(r), 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.

Agency: Blackfeet
Tribe: Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana
``Near-reservation'' locations: The communities of Cut Bank, Dupuyer, 
and Valier in the State of Montana.

Agency: Eastern Area Office
Tribe: Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
``Near-reservation'' location: The Saint Mary Parish in the State of 
Louisiana.

Agency: Olympic Peninsula
Tribe: Quinault Indian Nation
``Near-reservation'' locations: The counties of Grays Harbor and 
Jefferson in the State of Washington.

Agency: Truxton Canon
Tribe: Tonto Apache Indians of Arizona
``Near-reservation'' locations: The communities of Gisela, Payson, and 
Star Valley in the State of Arizona.

Agency: Western Nevada
Tribes: Fallon Paiute Shoshone; Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone; 
Lovelock Paiute; Pyramid Lake Paiute; Reno Sparks Indian Colony's 
Summit Lake Paiute; Walker River Paiute; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and 
California; Winnemucca Indian Colony; Yerington Paiute, and Yomba 
Shoshone
``Near-reservation'' location: The county of Carson City in the State 
of Nevada

Agency: Yakama
Tribe: Yakama Indian Nation
``Near-reservation'' location: The community of Celilo Village in the 
State of Oregon.

    Dated: August 15, 1995.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
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