Notice2025-16220
Receipt of Request for Authorization To Re-Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
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Published
August 25, 2025
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Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
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The Department of the Interior (Department) announces that the group known as the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc., has submitted a request for authorization to re-petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA). The Department invites public comment and evidence concerning the request.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 162 (Monday, August 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 41409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16220]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Receipt of Request for Authorization To Re-Petition for Federal
Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (Department) announces that the
group known as the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana,
Inc., has submitted a request for authorization to re-petition for
Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe to the Office of
Federal Acknowledgment (OFA). The Department invites public comment and
evidence concerning the request.
DATES: Comments and evidence must be postmarked by December 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The narrative portion of the re-petition request, submitted
by Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc., (with any
redactions in accordance with 25 CFR 83.50(b)), is available at the OFA
website: <a href="http://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa">www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa</a>. Comments and evidence may be submitted
to: Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant Secretary-
Indian Affairs, Attention: Office of Federal Acknowledgment, Mail Stop
4071 MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, or by email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c9e0e7d9cfe8e0e9c6e4efe7a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="723d14132d3b1c141d32101b135c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nikki Bass, OFA Director, Office
of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
by phone: (202) 513-7650; or by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#da95bcbb8593b4bcb59ab8b3bbf4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="79361f182630171f16391b1018571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2025, the Department revised
the Federal acknowledgment regulations in 25 CFR part 83 to establish a
conditional and time-limited opportunity for petitioners denied Federal
acknowledgment to request authorization to re-petition.
On June 5, 2025, OFA received a request for authorization to re-
petition from Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.,
(MNI), in accordance with 25 CFR 83.50. This group has been assigned
Petition Number R001. The contact information for MNI is Brian
Buchanan, P.O. Box 41, Peru, Indiana 46970.
Under 25 CFR 83.51(b)(1), OFA publishes on its website the
following:
i. The narrative portion of the request for authorization to re-
petition, as submitted by the petitioner (with any redactions
appropriate under 25 CFR 83.50(b));
ii. The name, location, and mailing address of the petitioner and
other information to identify the entity;
iii. The date of receipt;
iv. The opportunity for individuals and entities to submit comments
and evidence supporting or opposing the petitioner's request for
acknowledgment within 120 days of this notice of the request; and
v. The opportunity for individuals and entities to request to be
kept informed of general actions regarding the petitioner.
Authority: The Department publishes this notice and request for
comment in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the
Interior to the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs by Department Manual
part 209, chapter 8.
Scott Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Exercising the
delegated authority of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-16220 Filed 8-22-25; 8:45 am]
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