[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33468-33469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16481]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Restoration of Wilton Rancheria

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published pursuant to a court order and relates 
to restoration of the Wilton Miwok Rancheria, its members, and Dorothy 
Andrews, and the Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria. See 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for details.

DATES: The restoration is effective as of June 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Smith, Office of the Solicitor--
Division of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-6456, Washington, DC 
20240. Telephone: (202) 208-6526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to the 
Order issued June 8, 2009, in Wilton Miwok Rancheria and Dorothy 
Andrews v. Salazar, Civil No. C-07-02681 (JF) (PVT), and Me-Wuk Indian 
Community of the Wilton Rancheria v. Salazar, Civil No. C 07-05706 
(JF), United States District Court for the Northern District of 
California.
    Plaintiffs, Wilton Miwok Rancheria, its members, and Dorothy 
Andrews, and the Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria, 
hereinafter the Wilton Rancheria, are relieved from the application of 
section 10(b) of the Act of August 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 619, as amended 
by the Act of August 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 390, and shall be deemed 
entitled to any of the benefits or services provided or performed by 
the United States for Indians because of the status as Indian, if 
otherwise qualified under applicable laws and regulations.
    The Wilton Rancheria is an Indian entity with the same status as it 
possessed prior to distribution of the assets of the Rancheria and 
shall be deemed entitled to any of the benefits or services provided or 
performed by the United States for Indian Tribes, bands, communities or 
groups because of its status as an Indian Tribe.
    The Distribution Plan for the Wilton Rancheria is of no further 
force and effect and shall not be further

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implemented, provided, however, that this provision shall not affect 
any vested rights created under the Distribution Plan.

    Dated: July 1, 2009.
Paul Tsosie,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-16481 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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