[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 138 (Friday, July 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43598-43599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15489]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[201D0102DR/DS5A300000/DR.5A311.IA000118]


Land Acquisitions; Osage Nation, Bartlesville Property, 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 125 acres, more or less, of land in trust for 
the Osage Nation for gaming and other purposes on June 26, 2020.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 26, 2020, the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to accept land into 
trust for the Osage Nation under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108. The Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs also determined that the Osage Nation meets 
the requirements of the Indian Gaming

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Regulatory Act's ``Oklahoma exception,'' 25 U.S.C. 2719(a)(2)(A)(i), to 
the general prohibition contained in 25 U.S.C. 2719(a) on gaming on 
lands acquired in trust after October 17, 1988.
    The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to the Bartlesville 
Property, 125 acres, more or less, in the name of the United States of 
America in trust for the Osage Nation, upon fulfillment of all 
Departmental requirements. The 125 acres, more or less, are described 
as follows:

Legal Description of Property

Surface Only

    The SE\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ and the W\1/2\ of the NE\1/4\ of Section 
8, Township 26 North, Range 12 East, of the Indian Base and Meridian, 
Osage County, Oklahoma, according to the U.S. Government Survey 
thereof.
    Less and except Tracts A and B located in the NW\1/4\ of the NE\1/
4\ of Section 8, Township 26 North, Range 12 East, fdescribed as 
follows:

Tract A

    Commencing at the northwest corner of the NW\1/4\ of the NE\1/4\ of 
Section 8, thence South 01[deg]57'28'' East along the westerly line 
thereof 98.19 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 
01[deg]57'28'' East along the westerly line thereof for 126.98 feet; 
thence South 89[deg]09'03'' East for 285.22 feet; thence North 
81[deg]13'42'' East for 188.48 feet; thence North 0[deg]09'01'' West 
for 103.64 feet; thence South 89[deg]50'59'' West for 475.54 feet to 
the point of beginning, containing 1.357 acres, more or less.

Tract B

    Commencing at the northeast corner of the NW\1/4\ of the NE\1/4\ of 
Section 8, thence South 01[deg]00'03'' East along the easterly line 
thereof for 49.07 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 
01[deg]00'03'' East continuing along the easterly line thereof for 
126.70 feet; thence North 89[deg]09'06'' West for 283.38 feet; thence 
North 00[deg]50'57'' East for 6.50 feet; thence North 00[deg]09'01'' 
West for 115.24 feet; thence North 89[deg]50'57'' East for 281.34 feet 
to the point of beginning, containing 0.805 acre, more or less.
    Containing 125.48 acres, more or less.

     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.

Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-15489 Filed 7-16-20; 8:45 am]
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