Notice2025-23904
Receipt of Request for Authorization To Re-Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
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Published
December 29, 2025
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Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
The Department of the Interior (Department) announces that the group known as the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (BLB) has submitted a request for authorization to re-petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) under 25 CFR part 83, subpart D. The Department invites public comment and evidence concerning the request.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 245 (Monday, December 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60736-60737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23904]
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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 Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (BLB)
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has submitted a request for authorization to re-petition for Federal
acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe to the Office of Federal
Acknowledgment (OFA) under 25 CFR part 83, subpart D. The Department
invites public comment and evidence concerning the request.
DATES: Comments and evidence must be postmarked by April 28, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The narrative portion of the re-petition request, submitted
by BLB (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#b7f8d1d6e8fed9d1d8f7d5ded699d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e31181f21371018113e1c171f50191108">[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#08476e695741666e67486a6169266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="632c05023c2a0d050c23010a024d040c15">[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 August 22, 2025, OFA received a request for authorization to re-
petition from BLB, in accordance with 25 CFR 83.50. This group has been
assigned Petition Number R002.
The contact information for BLB is Bart T. Stupak, 600
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
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.
William Henry Kirkland III,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-23904 Filed 12-23-25; 8:45 am]
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