[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 71667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25619]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Land Acquisitions; White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota, Buschelle Site, Clearwater County, Minnesota

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to acquire in trust 92.18 acres, more or less, of land 
known as the Buschelle Site in Clearwater County, Wisconsin, (Site) for 
the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, 
(Tribe) for gaming and other purposes.

DATES: This final determination was made on November 17, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, 
[email protected], (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the date listed in the DATES section of 
this notice, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final 
agency determination to acquire the Site, consisting of 92.18 acres, 
more or less, in trust for the Tribe under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108.
    The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to the Site in the name 
of the United States of America in trust for Tribe upon fulfillment of 
all Departmental requirements. The legal description for the Site is as 
follows:
    The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW1/4NW1/4) and 
Government Lot Four (4), Section Four (4), Township One Hundred Forty-
six (146) North of Range Thirty-eight (38) West of the Fifth Principal 
Meridian in Clearwater County, Minnesota.

Authority

    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 (c)(2)(ii) that notice of the 
decision to acquire land in trust be promptly provided in the Federal 
Register.

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25619 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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