[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74689-74690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29972]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of final agency determination.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to acquire approximately 127.65 acres of land in trust 
for the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma on December 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-3657 MIB, 1849 C Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in the exercise of 
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1, and is 
published to comply with the requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(b) that 
notice be given to the public of the Secretary's decision to acquire 
land in trust at least 30 days prior to signatory acceptance of the 
land in trust. On December 6, 2012, the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs decided to accept approximately 127.65 acres of land into trust 
for the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465, described as:

    The 127.65 acres are located approximately 6 miles from the 
tribal headquarters in Kay County, Oklahoma, and described as 
follows:
    A tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 
26 North, Range 1 West of the Indian Meridian, Kay County, State of 
Oklahoma and more particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of 
Section 31, Township 26 North, Range 1 West; thence North 89 deg. 02 
min. 51 sec. East along the North line of said Section 31, for A 
distance of 800 feet; thence South 0 deg. 57 min.09 sec. East 430 
feet; thence North 89 deg. 02 min. 51 sec. East, 1423.15 (Measured) 
feet to a point on the West right of way line of Interstate Highway 
35; thence South 14 deg. 10 min. 32 sec. East, 687.71 feet along 
said West right of way line; thence South 14 deg. 10 min. 32 sec. 
East, 687.71 feet along said West right of

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way line; thence South 0 deg. 46 min. 24 sec. East, 1540.52 along 
said West right of way line to the intersection with the South line 
of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 31; thence South 89 deg. 03 
min. 54. sec. West along the South line of said Northwest Quarter of 
said Section 31, 2385.25 (Measured) feet to the Southwest corner of 
said Northwest Quarter of Section 31; thence, North 0 deg. 44 min. 
38 sec. West along the West line of said Northwest Quarter of 
Section 31, 2639.27 (Measured) feet to the true point of beginning.

    Dated: December 6, 2012.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-29972 Filed 12-13-12; 11:15 am]
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