[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15899-15901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6143]


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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.

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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.

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             Reference Nos.                   Choctaw reservation        Township      Range       Section              County              from county
                                                   community                                                                                  records
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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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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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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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