Notice2025-07851
Land Acquisitions; Cherokee Nation, Bartlesville Site, City of Bartlesville, Unincorporated Washington County, Oklahoma
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Published
May 6, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 14.993 acres of land, known as the Bartlesville Site, near the City of Bartlesville, Unincorporated Washington County, Oklahoma, in trust for gaming and other purposes.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19226-19227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07851]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Land Acquisitions; Cherokee Nation, Bartlesville Site, City of
Bartlesville, Unincorporated Washington County, Oklahoma
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 approximately 14.993 acres of land, known as
the Bartlesville Site, near the City of Bartlesville, Unincorporated
Washington County, Oklahoma, in trust for gaming and other purposes.
DATES: This final determination was made on January 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Philip Bristol, Acting Director,
Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant
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Secretary--Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9a0878d808887ae888480878ea98b8088c78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c980a7ada0a8a78ea8a4a0a7ae89aba0a8e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>;
(202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the date listed in the DATES section of
this notice, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) made a
final agency determination to acquire the Bartlesville Site, consisting
of 14.993 acres, more or less, in trust for the Cherokee Nation under
the authority of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108.
The AS-IA determined that the Tribe's request also meets the
requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's ``on-Reservation''
exception, 25 U.S.C. 2719(a)(1), to the general prohibition contained
in 25 U.S.C. 2719(a) for gaming on lands acquired in trust after
October 17, 1988.
The AS-IA, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, will
immediately acquire title to the Bartlesville Site in the name of the
United States of America in trust for Cherokee Nation upon fulfillment
of all Departmental requirements. The 14.993 acres, more or less, are
described as follows:
Legal Description of Property
East 990.0 of the West 1103.5 feet of the N/2 of the NW/4 of the
SW/4 of Section 28, Township 26 North, Range 13 East of the Indian Base
& Meridian, Washington County, State of Oklahoma.
Containing 14.993 acres, more or less.
Authority: This notice is published in the exercise of authority
delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the AS-IA 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.
Scott J. Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Exercising the
delegated authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-07851 Filed 5-5-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
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