[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1818-1819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-561]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Receipt of Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment of Existence as 
an Indian Tribe

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by 
the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
    Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.9(a) notice is hereby given that the 
following groups have each filed a letter of intent to petition for 
acknowledgment by the Secretary of the Interior that the group exists 
as an Indian tribe. Each letter of intent was received by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (BIA) on the date indicated, and was signed by members 
of the group's governing body.


[[Page 1819]]


Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation/Wampanoag Nation/Pokanoket Tribe/And 
Bands, c/o Bernice Young, 77 Aquarius Drive, Warwick, Rhode Island 
02889. January 5, 1998.
Montaukett Tribe of Long Island, c/o Robert D. Cooper, P.O. Box 126, 
Austin Drive, East Hampton, New York 11937-0126. March 16, 1998.
Comanche Penateka Tribe, c/o George H. Salazar, 80 Lyerly, #82, 
Houston, Texas 77022. April 3, 1998.
Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe, c/o Paul Thomas Vickers, P.O. Box 
1131, Midway, Arkansas 72653. April 7, 1998.
Calusa-Seminole Indian Nation, c/o Wayne Bowen, 343 Soquel Avenue #93, 
Santa Cruz, California 95062. April 28, 1998.
Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, c/o Lola Smith 
Scholl, Hwy. 351, Paragould, Arkansas 72450. May 1, 1998.
Cherokee Nation West--Southern Band of the Eastern Cherokee Indians of 
Arkansas & Missouri, c/o Lee R. Brodie, 1611 Cherokee Avenue, P.O. Box 
918, Seneca, Missouri 64865. May 11, 1998.
The Displaced Elem Lineage Emancipated Members Alliance (DELEMA), c/o 
Richard J. Steward, 3357 Hoen Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95405. May 
11, 1998.
Tribal Council of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, c/o Juan B. 
Macias, 5319 East 6th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79403. July 6, 1998.
Southern Pequot Tribe, c/o Ransford L. Collins, 97 Fog Plain Road, 
Waterford, Connecticut 06385. July 7, 1998
Shawnee Nation, Ohio Blue Creek Band of Adams County, c/o Cora Tula 
Watters, 696 Black's Run Road, Lynx, Ohio 45650. August 5, 1998.
Konkow Valley Band of Maidu, c/o Alfred E. Clark, 360B Grand Avenue, 
Oroville, California 95965. August 11, 1998.
Piedmont American Indian Association, c/o Howard E. (Gene) Norris, 411 
Tebblewood Drive, Simpsonville, South Carolina 29680. August 20, 1998
Mississippi Band of Chickasaw Indians, c/o David Tomby, P.O. Box 3251, 
Jackson, Mississippi 39207. September 15, 1998.
Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe, c/o Wilfred Greene, 347C Mishnock Road, 
Greenwich, Rhode Island 02817. October 29, 1998.
Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians of California, c/o Susan Frank, P.O. 
Box 3022, Beaumont, California 92223. November 3, 1998.
T'si-akim Maidu, c/o Donald E. Ryberg, P.O. Box 3951, Quincy, 
California 95972. November 16, 1998.

    This is a notice of receipt of these letters of intent to petition 
and does not constitute notice that the petitions are under active 
consideration. Notice of active consideration will be sent by mail to 
the petitioner and other interested parties at the appropriate time.
    Under Section 83.9(a) of the Federal regulations, third parties may 
submit factual and/or legal arguments in support of or in opposition to 
each group's petition and may request to be kept informed of all 
general actions affecting the petition. Third parties should provide 
copies of their submissions to the petitioner. Any information 
submitted will be made available on the same basis as other information 
in the BIA's files. The petitioner will be provided an opportunity to 
respond to such submissions prior to a final determination regarding 
the petitioner's status.
    The petitions may be examined, by appointment, in the Department of 
the Interior, BIA, Branch of Acknowledgment and Research, Room 3427-
MIB, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240, Phone: (202) 208-
3592.

    Dated: December 28, 1998.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-561 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-02-P