[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 30953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11380]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Determination of Trust Land Acquisition; Correction and 
Clarification

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of correction and clarification.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs published in the Federal Register 
of March 11, 2002, a notice on the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma. This 
document corrects a discrepancy and clarifies language in the notice 
published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2002 (67 FR 10926).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-2070 MIB, 1849 C 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 219-4066 (this is not 
a toll-free number); Telefax (202) 273-3153.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of March 11, 2002, in FR Doc. 02-5760, on 
page 10926, in the second column under the heading ``Background,'' the 
notice incorrectly stated in the last paragraph that ``* * * the 
initial $100,000 investment was $121,170 at the time of the land 
purchase.'' The sentence is corrected to read ``* * * the initial 
$100,000 investment was $212,170 at the time of the land purchase.''

Clarification

    In the first column under the heading ``Summary,'' the words ``land 
settlement claim'' are removed from the text. In the second column 
under the heading ``Determination,'' the first sentence is modified to 
read as follows: The Secretary of the Interior has determined that 
Public Law 98-602 funds were used to purchase the Shriner's Property in 
Kansas City, Kansas. This clarification is necessary to underscore that 
the notice should not be interpreted as a determination by the 
Secretary of the Interior that the Wyandotte Tribe is entitled to 
conduct gaming activities on the Shriner's Property pursuant to the 
``settlement of a land claim'' exception to the gaming prohibition on 
land acquired in trust after October 17, 1988, contained in Section 20 
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Attorneys for the Wyandotte Tribe 
have advised attorneys for the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Justice that the Wyandotte Tribe intends to request the 
Department of the Interior and the National Indian Gaming Commission to 
decide whether the Shriner's Property comes within the ``settlement of 
a land claim'' exception in 25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(i).

    Dated: April 26, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-11380 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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