Proposed Criteria and Guidelines for Alaska Native Areas for 2010 Census,

[Federal Register: March 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 52)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 070913515-7516-01]

Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census--Proposed Criteria and Guidelines

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed program revisions and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is requesting comment on proposed criteria and guidelines for Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census. Criteria are those rules and conditions that must be met when defining a geographic entity; guidelines

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are procedures and measures suggested by the Census Bureau to enhance the utility of statistical geographic areas for presentation and analysis of statistical data. ANAs are geographic entities within the State of Alaska defined for the collection, tabulation, and presentation of decennial census data and will be used for the 2010 Census. ANAs also will be used to tabulate and present period estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) after 2010 and potentially other Census Bureau surveys. ANAs consist of two types of unique geographic entities: Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and Alaska Native village statistical areas (ANVSAs) \1\. At this time, the Census Bureau does not propose any changes to the process for naming and delineating boundaries of ANRCs as used in Census 2000. The Census Bureau proposes to revise the criteria and guidelines for eligibility, location, delineation, and naming of ANVSAs to ensure more consistent and comparable ANVSAs and more meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for Alaska Natives and their ANAs. This Notice also contains definitions of key terms used in the ANVSA criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census.

\1\ For Census Bureau purposes, the Annette Island Reserve in Alaska is considered an American Indian area (AIA), more specifically an American Indian reservation (AIR), not an ANA.

The Census Bureau will publish a separate notice in the Federal Register that proposes criteria and guidelines for American Indian Areas (AIAs) for the 2010 Census. After the final ANA criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census are published in the Federal Register, the Census Bureau will offer designated tribal governments or associations an opportunity through the Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP) to review and, if necessary, suggest updates to the boundaries and names of their ANAs.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Please direct all written comments on this proposed program to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H001, Mail Stop 0100, Washington, DC 20233-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on these proposed program criteria and guidelines should be directed to Mr. Michael Ratcliffe, Chief, Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, via e-mail at geo.tsap.list@census.gov or telephone at 301-763-3056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Title 13 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), section 141(a) (2000), the Secretary of Commerce, as delegated to the Census Bureau, undertakes the decennial census every ten years ``in such form and content as he may determine.'' This language gives wide discretion to the Census Bureau in taking the census.

The Census Bureau portrays the boundaries of both legal and statistical geographic entities for the purpose of collecting, tabulating, and presenting meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data from the decennial census, the ACS, and potentially other censuses and surveys. The Census Bureau attempts to develop objective criteria and guidelines to establish geographic entities that meet this purpose.

The Census Bureau is committed to delineating geographic entity boundaries in partnership with tribal, state, and local officials using criteria and guidelines developed in an open process. It is the responsibility of the Census Bureau to ensure that geographic entity criteria and guidelines achieve the goal of providing meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data. While aware that there are nonstatistical uses of ANAs and the data tabulated for them, the Census Bureau will not modify ANA boundaries or attributes specifically to meet the requirements of any of these nonstatistical program uses, including any attempt to meet the specific program requirements of other government agencies. Further, changes made to a geographic entity to meet the requirements of a specific nonstatistical program may have detrimental effects on uses of the same geographic entity for other nonstatistical programs. In addition, the Census Bureau makes no attempt to specifically link the establishment of statistical geographic entities to federal, tribal, or state laws.

The development of the ANAs has been an evolutionary process in which the Census Bureau has worked with various data users to develop geographic entities that both aid in census enumeration and tabulation activities and are meaningful for Alaska Natives,\2\ their governments, associations working with Alaska Natives, and the federal and state agencies administering tribal programs benefiting Alaska Natives.

\2\ The term Alaska Native is used throughout this document, but refers to anyone who a) self-identifies as an American Indian and/or an Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more other races, and b) resides in Alaska. If using race data from Census 2000 rather than some other data source, use data for ``American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more races'' to determine if an ANVSA meets the proposed delineation criteria and guidelines.

ANRCs are corporate entities organized to conduct both for-profit and non-profit affairs of Alaska Natives in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) (as amended) (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq. (2000)). ANRCs are geographic entities with legally defined boundaries that subdivide all of Alaska into twelve regions, except for the area within the Annette Island Reserve (an AIR under the governmental authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community). A thirteenth non-geographic ANRC represents Alaska Natives who do not belong to one of the other twelve ANRCs; the Census Bureau does not tabulate or present data for this thirteenth ANRC. The twelve geographic ANRCs are what the Census Bureau terms ``legal geographic entities.''

ANVSAs are statistical geographic entities representing the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receive governmental services from the defining ANV, and that are located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only an area where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a substantial proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or that do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV. For the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau proposes changes to the ANVSA criteria and guidelines. These proposed changes are discussed more fully below.

1. History of Alaska Native Areas in the Decennial Census

   Prior to the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau had no program specifically designed to recognize or tabulate data for ANAs. Data were published for most of the ANVs as either incorporated places or ``unincorporated places'' (referred to as census designated places (CDPs) in later censuses). Congress used data tabulated from the 1970 Census for these places, in conjunction with other information, to determine if they qualified as a ``Native village'' or a ``Native group'' in accordance with the ANCSA.

   Upon enactment of the ANCSA, the Census Bureau began to report data specifically for ANAs beginning with the 1980 Census. The types of ANAs included in the 1980 Census were based

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   on recommendations of an ad hoc interagency committee established by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to examine how the federal government could provide improved data for Alaska Natives. In addition to input from OMB, the Census Bureau also consulted directly with Alaska Native tribal governments and associations, as well as Alaska State officials.

   The Census Bureau used approximate boundaries for the ANRCs to tabulate data from the 1980 Census. Data for ANRCs were not published as part of the standard decennial census tabulations, but were included in a supplementary report. In sparsely populated areas, the ANRC boundaries were generalized to follow visible features and the boundaries of other census geographic entities.

   For the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau worked with Alaska State officials to identify the names and locations of ANVs recognized in accordance with the ANCSA, and to delineate their boundaries. The boundaries of most ANVs coincided with the boundaries of other census geographic entities, in particular incorporated places and CDPs. In the few remaining ANVs whose boundaries did not coincide with incorporated place or CDP boundaries, the Census Bureau delineated boundaries that corresponded to one or more enumeration districts (similar to the block groups of later censuses). For the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau identified 209 ANVs.

   After reviewing these data from the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau discovered that the territory encompassing housing units and population associated with an ANV did not necessarily correspond with the territory of an incorporated place or CDP of the same name. In addition, ANV and ANRC officials commented that the ANV boundaries for the 1980 Census were not their historical or traditional boundaries. The ANV boundaries also did not represent the land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances for the Alaska Native Village Corporations (ANVCs) made in accordance with the ANCSA or the lands historically or traditionally used for subsistence activities, including hunting and fishing. In response to these concerns and to emphasize that these points were all valid, the Census Bureau changed the term for these statistical geographic entities from ANVs to ANVSAs to indicate that while they still were based on the historical or traditional location of the ANV, they did not necessarily represent the ANV's historical or traditional boundary.

   To improve the accuracy of ANRC boundaries for the 1990 Census, the Census Bureau transferred the ANRC boundaries from a source map provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) onto a series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:250,000-scale topographic maps, and digitized from there into their geographic database. The Census Bureau implemented a review process, which included the participation of each ANRC, to verify that the ANRC regional boundary was updated correctly. At the request of ANRCs, the Census Bureau worked directly with the ANRC's non-profit associations, whose purpose is to conduct the sociocultural outreach and support for members and other Alaska Natives within their region, in reviewing each regional boundary.

   ANV government officials and ANRC non-profit association officials were encouraged to delineate ANVSA boundaries for the 1990 Census to facilitate enumeration of Alaska Natives, especially in remote Alaska. To meet the need for suitable boundaries for use in collecting, tabulating, and presenting data for ANV housing and population by aiding in the correct allocation of residences and thus population, ANVSA boundaries were required to follow physical features that would likely be visible to census enumerators, such as roads, trails, shorelines, rivers, streams, and ridgelines, or locally known boundaries of other legal geographic entities, such as boroughs,\3\ ANRCs, etc. For the 1990 Census, the Census Bureau identified 217 ANVSAs.

   \3\ For Census Bureau purposes, boroughs in Alaska are the equivalent of counties in other states. For purposes of this notice, the term borough includes the legal designation in Alaska of ``cities and boroughs'' and ``municipalities'', as well as ``census areas''. Census areas are comparable to and the equivalent to boroughs for collecting, tabulating, and presenting Census Bureau data. They were created cooperatively by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau to subdivide the large portion of Alaska not within an organized borough into geographic entities more comparable with the organized boroughs.

   There were no changes to the types of ANAs identified for Census 2000. Similar to the 1990 Census, ANRC boundaries were reviewed by officials of the ANRC non-profit associations. A few small boundary corrections were made for some of the ANRCs. The new development seen in the Census 2000 was the introduction of tribal designated statistical areas (TDSAs) in Alaska. TDSAs had existed in some of the forty-eight conterminous states for the 1990 Census, but they had purposely been excluded from Alaska because ANVSAs were thought to cover all the ANVs in Alaska. Some data users stated that there was a difference between those ANVs that participated in the ANCSA and those that did not, but were recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as tribes and eligible to receive services from the BIA. In an attempt to remedy this, the Census Bureau introduced TDSAs in Alaska. For Census 2000, the Census Bureau identified 205 ANVSAs and 2 TDSAs in Alaska. Fewer ANVSAs were delineated for Census 2000 primarily because some of the ANVs identified in previous censuses were not recognized in accordance with the ANCSA or recognized by the BIA.

2. Proposed Alaska Native Areas for the 2010 Census

   1. Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs)

      The Census Bureau is not proposing any changes to the process for delineating the ANRC boundaries for the 2010 Census. The boundaries used by the Census Bureau for the ANRCs represent their regional boundaries established in accordance with the ANCSA. These boundaries do not take into consideration land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances under the ANCSA, nor any form of land ownership. The boundaries for the ANRCs will be included in the materials for the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). Each ANRC's boundary will be reviewed, especially in relation to the boundaries of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) townships and sections, to confirm that it is the correct legal boundary for that region as developed under the ANCSA. Each ANRC will also be reviewed to determine if the correct ANVSAs are depicted within its regional boundary. At the request of the ANRCs, the Census Bureau will continue to work with representatives of the twelve ANRC non-profit associations to review their regional boundaries and to ensure that the name for each region continues to closely match the name of the for-profit ANRC for that region (see Table 1).

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      Table 1.--ANRC For-Profit Corporations and Non-Profit Associations

      For-Profit Alaska Native Regional ANRC name

      Corporation

      Non-Profit Alaska Native Regional Association

      1. Ahtna............................. Ahtna, Incorporated................. Copper River Native Association. 2. Aleut............................. The Aleut Corporation............... Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Association. 3. Arctic Slope...................... Arctic Slope Regional Corporation... Arctic Slope Native Association. 4. Bering Straits.................... Bering Straits Native Corporation... Kawerak, Incorporated. 5. Bristol Bay....................... Bristol Bay Native Corporation...... Bristol Bay Native Association. 6. Calista........................... Calista Corporation................. Association of Village Council Presidents. 7. Chugach........................... Chugach Alaska Corporation.......... Chugachmiut, Incorporated. 8. Cook Inlet........................ Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated..... Cook Inlet Tribal Council. 9. Doyon............................. Doyon, Limited...................... Tanana Chiefs Conference. 10. Koniag........................... Koniag, Incorporated................ Kodiak Area Native Association. 11. NANA............................. NANA Regional Corporation........... Maniilaq Association. 12. Sealaska......................... Sealaska Corporation................ Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes.

   2. Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (ANVSAs)

      The goal for the 2010 Census is to improve the delineation of ANVSA boundaries to result in more consistent and comparable ANVSAs and more meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for Alaska Natives and their ANVs. The majority of ANVSAs from Census 2000 meet this goal. No new types of ANAs are proposed for the 2010 Census.

      ANVSAs are statistical geographic entities representing the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receiving governmental services from the defining ANV located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only areas where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a significant proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV.

      The delineation of ANVSAs is not meant to necessarily depict land ownership, including any land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances for the ANVCs, nor to represent all of the area over which an ANV has any form of governmental authority or jurisdiction, nor to represent all of the traditional or historical areas associated with the ANV, including areas used for subsistence activities. Representation of ANVSA boundaries in Census Bureau products is solely for the purpose of data collection, tabulation, and presentation and does not convey or confer any rights to land ownership, governmental authority, or jurisdictional status.

      Although ANVSAs represent relatively densely settled concentrations of Alaska Natives, and therefore are similar to places, there are some key differences. The two place-level geographic entities for which the Census Bureau publishes data are incorporated places (cities in Alaska) and census designated places (CDPs). Incorporated places are governmental entities sanctioned by the State of Alaska to perform general purpose functions and whose boundaries are defined without specifically considering ANV members or other Alaska Natives. CDPs are unincorporated places delineated by State and borough officials in Alaska, and are intended to encompass all people at a given location, including ANV members. Incorporated places and CDPs are mutually exclusive of each other because, by definition, a CDP represents a named, unincorporated area. Because ANVSAs are defined specifically to represent concentrations of Alaska Natives, they are not constrained by other place-level geographic entities; that is, ANVSAs may overlap incorporated places and CDPs. An ANVSA may be delineated to encompass only a part of an incorporated place and/or a CDP; it may encompass area within multiple incorporated places or CDPs; or it may cover an area that has neither incorporated places nor CDPs. In addition, ANVSAs are used in census data collection activities and are included in the specific American Indian/Alaska Native geographic hierarchy for tabulating and presenting data from the 2010 Census; incorporated places and CDPs do not appear in the American Indian/Alaska Native geographic hierarchy. Incorporated places and CDPs do not clearly identify geographic entities that are specific to Alaska Natives, and therefore data for incorporated places and CDPs likely will reflect the characteristics of both Alaska Native and non-Native populations.

      ANVSAs will be used to tabulate and present data from both the 2010 Census and the ACS. Defining officials should take into consideration that ACS period estimates of demographic characteristics for geographic entities that are small in population size will be subject to higher variances than comparable estimates for geographic entities with larger populations. Thus, if an ANVSA contains only a small number of housing units occupied by Alaska Natives during at least one season of the year, then the quality, reliability, and availability of the sample data may vary from year to year. In addition, the Census Bureau's disclosure avoidance and data quality assurance methodologies may have the effect of restricting the availability and amount of data for geographic entities with small populations. On the other hand, if an ANVSA encompasses a large total population that is not representative of the ANV's membership or service population, then the data for the Alaska Native population may be subsumed, or ``masked,'' by the characteristics of the overall population. The more closely an ANVSA's boundary relates to the distribution of ANV members and Alaska Natives receiving governmental services from the ANV, and does not include large numbers of people and households not affiliated with the ANV, the more likely that data presented for the ANVSA will reflect the characteristics of the ANV population. Therefore, when delineating ANVSAs, it is important to strike an appropriate balance, avoiding a definition that is too small to obtain meaningful sample data, and one that is so large that data for the Alaska Native population are masked by the presence of a high percentage of non-Native households. The Census Bureau has taken these concerns into consideration when developing the criteria and guidelines proposed below.

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      Officials designated to delineate boundaries also should consider that tribal affiliation data, including ANV affiliation, as collected by the Census Bureau, generally are not released for geographic entities that are small in population size, including ANVSAs, due to data disclosure concerns. If an ANVSA is defined in accordance with the program criteria and guidelines, the ANVSA data may provide a surrogate for tribal affiliation data for a specific, small geographic area, while tribal affiliation data are available for larger geographic entities such as the whole State of Alaska.

      Although eligible, an ANV may elect not to delineate an ANVSA if it will not provide meaningful, relevant, or reliable statistical data. For example, the data may not be meaningful, relevant, or reliable because the member population now resides in other places or has been completely subsumed by non-member and/or non-Native populations. However, these ANVs may still be able to receive meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for their ANV membership at higher levels of census geography, especially through the characteristic of tribal affiliation, but a specific geographic solution to their data issues, like an ANVSA, may not be feasible. 1. Proposed ANVSA Criteria and Guidelines for the 2010 Census

      The Census Bureau proposes the following criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census. Criteria are those rules and conditions that must be met when defining a geographic entity; guidelines are procedures and measures suggested by the Census Bureau to enhance the utility of statistical geographic areas for presentation and analysis of statistical data. a. Proposed ANVSA Eligibility Criteria

      An ANV would be eligible to delineate an ANVSA for the 2010 Census if the ANV is:

      i. Recognized by and eligible to receive services from the BIA, or

      ii. Recognized in accordance with the ANCSA as either a Native village, or Native group.

      BIA recognition (criterion i. above) is determined by inclusion of an ANV on the BIA's list of recognized tribes \4\ or by addenda to the list as published by the BIA. ANCSA recognition (criterion ii. above) is determined by inclusion of an ANV on the BLM's list of ANCSA recognized Native villages and Native groups; the BLM's list of those ANVs recognized in accordance with the ANCSA is available from the BLM's Alaska State Office.

      \4\ Published regularly in the Federal Register in accordance with the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791 (1994); 25 U.S.C. 479a-1 (2000)). As of the publication of this Notice, the list was last published in the Federal Register on Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13652).

      Table 2 provides a list of the 237 ANVs that meet these proposed criteria and guidelines and that would be eligible to delineate an ANVSA for the 2010 Census. Table 2 also lists the BIA recognized name for each ANV \5\ and indicates whether each is a Native village or Native group in accordance with the ANCSA. Any new ANV recognized by the BIA or in accordance with the ANCSA as of January 1, 2010 (the reference date for geographic entity boundaries for the 2010 Census), also will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA.

      \5\ From the Federal Register notice published Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13652).

      The following three tribes in Alaska recognized by the BIA would not be eligible to be represented by ANVSAs because they are not ANVs, are large regional tribal associations, or have a legally defined American Indian reservation:

      Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes

      Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope

      Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve

      All ANVs that were eligible to delineate TDSAs for Census 2000 would be eligible to delineate ANVSAs for the 2010 Census if the resulting ANVSA meets all the program's criteria. TDSAs would not be delineated in Alaska for the 2010 Census.

      The Census Bureau will continue to work with representatives of the BIA-recognized ANV to delineate their ANVSA for the 2010 Census. If the ANV is not recognized by the BIA, or if the BIA-recognized ANV government does not respond to the Census Bureau's invitation to participate in the ANVSA program, the Census Bureau will work with the ANCSA-recognized ANVC or Alaska Native Group Corporation (ANGC), as applicable, to delineate their ANVSA. If neither replies to the Census Bureau, the Census Bureau will work with the ANRC non-profit associations in whose region the ANV is located to delineate the ANVSA. If none of the entities referenced above reply to the Census Bureau, time and resources permitting the Census Bureau may delineate an ANVSA for the ANV. b. Proposed ANVSA Location Criteria

      All eligible ANVs shall be located in areas of historical and traditional significance. These locations are referenced in:

      The BIA recognized name for an ANV--e.g., Native Village of Atka;

      The former BIA recognized name for an ANV--e.g., Iqurmuit Traditional Council (formerly the Native Village of Russian Mission); and/or

      The BLM ANCSA recognized name for a Native village or Native group--e.g., Buckland or Canyon Village.

      The latitude and longitude coordinates listed in Table 2 represent the point location of each eligible ANV, as determined by the Census Bureau. Each point location has been verified using the ANRC boundaries, the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) point locations, USGS topographic maps, location information from previous censuses, BLM Core Townships, ANCSA 14(c) survey plats, location information from the State of Alaska, and Native allotment boundaries. The latitude and longitude coordinates listed for an ANV provide the starting point for delineation of that ANVSA. Each ANVSA must primarily include land immediately surrounding the corresponding point locations listed in Table 2 for each ANV, but may include additional territory according to the other final program criteria and guidelines. The point location information for each ANV included in Table 2 is used in the specific ANVSA delineation criteria and guidelines listed below. c. Proposed ANVSA Delineation Criteria and Guidelines

      The Census Bureau has received comments from data users, tribes, and ANV officials over the past twenty or more years regarding the purpose of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical geographic entities, including ANVSAs, and how they should be defined to facilitate tabulation and presentation of meaningful data. In response, the Census Bureau proposes the following criteria and guidelines to help ensure that ANVSAs delineated for the 2010 Census support their intended purpose, provide useful and meaningful data for the ANV they represent, and enhance the ability of data users to make more meaningful comparisons between ANVSAs. When finalized, the proposed criteria must be followed by all officials delineating an ANVSA for the 2010 Census. The guidelines are provided to assist delineating officials in defining an ANVSA.

      Proposed ANVSA Delineation Criteria

      i. ANVSAs delineated for the 2010 Census shall not overlap.

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      ii. An ANVSA shall not completely surround the location of another ANV as listed in Table 2.

      iii. All portions of an ANVSA must be located within fifty miles of the ANV's point location listed in Table 2.

      iv. An ANVSA shall not include more water area than land area. Large expanses of water area should be included only to maintain contiguity, to provide a generalized version of the shoreline, or if the water area is completely surrounded by land area included in the ANVSA.

      v. An ANVSA's boundary shall follow visible, physical features, such as rivers, streams, shorelines, roads, trails, and ridgelines. Officials delineating ANVSAs may use nonvisible lines as an ANVSA boundary only if acceptable boundary features are not available. For example, an ANVSA boundary may follow the nonvisible, legally defined boundaries of ANRCs, boroughs, or cities.

      Proposed ANVSA Delineation Guidelines

      The following delineation guidelines are suggested good practices to improve the utility of ANVSAs for collecting, tabulating, presenting, and analyzing statistical data for Alaska Native populations. These are not requirements, but rather are suggestions for consideration when delineating ANVSA boundaries.

      An ANVSA should not extend beyond the regional boundary of the ANRC in which the ANV is located (see Table 2). This helps avoid confusion regarding the relationship between ANRCs, ANVs, and ANVSAs, and helps orient data users working with data for both ANRCs and ANVSAs.

      An ANVSA should not exceed 325 square miles in area. Based on review of ANVSAs boundaries from previous censuses as well as other information about ANVs and ANVSAs, the Census Bureau suggests this size as sufficient to encompass the Alaska Native population and housing associated with each respective ANVSA, but not so extensive that large amounts of non-Native population and housing are included.

      Housing units occupied by Alaska Natives,\6\ even if seasonal, should constitute the majority of housing units within an ANVSA. In addition, the population within an ANVSA should be majority Alaska Native, and, of that population, the majority should be members of or population served by the delineating ANV. An ANVSA should avoid encompassing or including any portion of a military installation or a large portion of an urbanized area. These guidelines are suggested to help ensure that the data presented for an ANVSA are as meaningful as possible, and avoid including large amounts of non-Alaska Native population and housing units.

      \6\ If using race data from Census 2000 rather than some other data source, use data for ``American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more races'' to determine whether an ANVSA meets the proposed delineation criteria.

      An ANVSA also should not contain large areas without housing or population. Specifically, an ANVSA should have a housing unit density of at least three housing units per square mile. The Census Bureau suggests this threshold based on review of ANVSA boundaries from previous decades.

      An ANVSA should be contiguous; that is, an ANVSA should form a single area with all territory located within a continuous boundary. This makes identification of the extent of the ANVSA easier for residents and data users, and also provides for a clearer representation of the ANVSA's boundaries on maps. An ANVSA, however, may be defined with multiple noncontiguous pieces if doing so helps avoid inclusion of population and housing not associated with the ANV. d. Proposed ANVSA Naming Criteria

      The name for an ANVSA must match the corresponding ANV name in Table 2. If an ANV wishes to use a name that deviates from the corresponding ANV name, the ANV must submit a brief statement describing the reason for the change. Changes to the name of an ANVSA will be considered only if submitted in writing and signed by the highest elected official (Chairperson, Chief, or President) of the ANV. 2. ANVSA Review Process

      As with all of the Census Bureau's statistical geographic entities, the Census Bureau reserves the right to modify, create, or reject any boundary or attribute as needed to meet the final program criteria or to maintain geographic relationships before the tabulation geography is finalized for the 2010 Census.

      The Census Bureau will accept an ANVSA only if it meets the final program criteria. Any decision to reject a particular ANVSA delineation will be conveyed to the delineating official in writing. The delineating official may redelineate the ANVSA and re-submit it to the Census Bureau for review.

      Interested parties will be able to review and comment on delineated ANVSA boundaries and names. If a dispute between two or more parties occurs over the boundary delineated for a specific ANVSA, the Census Bureau encourages the respective parties to reach a mutually acceptable agreement that complies with the final program criteria and follows the final program guidelines. There may be instances in which a mutually acceptable boundary for an ANVSA cannot be delineated, or the mutually acceptable boundary does not follow the final program criteria and guidelines. In such instances, the Census Bureau shall give priority to the boundary submitted by the ANV delineating official, in recognition of the government-to-government relationship with the ANV, provided that the delineated ANVSA meets the final program criteria. If a mutually acceptable ANVSA is not delineated in accordance with final program criteria by the program's deadline, the Census Bureau may, independently delineate an ANVSA.

3. Definitions of Key Terms and Acronyms

   Alaska Native--For purposes of this program, Alaska Native refers to anyone who self-identifies as an American Indian and/or an Alaska Native and resides in Alaska.

   Alaska Native area (ANA)--A geographic entity within the State of Alaska that is defined for the collection and tabulation of decennial census data for Alaska Natives. For the 2010 Census, ANAs include Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and Alaska Native Village statistical areas (ANVSAs).

   Alaska Native Group Corporation (ANGC)--A corporation created in accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of a Native group.

   Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)--Legislation (Pub. L. No. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688 (1971); 43 U.S.C. 1602 et seq. (2000)) enacted in 1971 that recognized Native villages and Native groups, and established ANRCs and their regional boundaries.

   Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC)--A legal geographic entity established under the ANCSA as a ``Regional Corporation'' to conduct both the for-profit and non-profit affairs of Alaska Natives within a defined region of Alaska. Twelve ANRCs cover the entire State of Alaska except for the area within the Annette Island Reserve (an AIR under the governmental authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community).

   Alaska Native Urban Corporation (ANUC)--A corporation created in

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   accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of one of the four Alaska Native urban communities recognized under the ANCSA: Juneau, Kenai, Kodiak, and Sitka.

   Alaska Native village (ANV)--A local governmental unit in Alaska that constitutes an association, band, clan, community, group, tribe, or village recognized by and eligible to receive services from the BIA and/or in accordance with the ANCSA as a Native village or Native group.

   Alaska Native Village Corporation (ANVC)--A corporation created in accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and assets for or on behalf of a Native village.

   Alaska Native village statistical area (ANVSA)--A statistical geographic entity that represents the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receiving governmental services from the defining ANV that are located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only an area where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a significant proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV.

   American Indian reservation (AIR)--A federally recognized American Indian land area with a boundary established by final treaty, statute, Executive Order, and/or court order and over which the tribal government of a federally recognized American Indian tribe has governmental authority. The AIR in Alaska is referred to as a reserve (Annette Island Reserve).

   ANCSA 14(c) Survey Plat--A map issued by the BLM that depicts the surveyed boundaries for each Native village and its ANVC in accordance with the process set out in Section 14(c) of the ANCSA (See 43 U.S.C. 1613(c) (2000)). Digital versions of the completed plats are available online at http://ftp.dcbd.dced.state.ak.us/14cPlats/14c-Plats.htm.

   BLM Core Township--A PLSS township designated in accordance with the ANCSA, 43 U.S.C. 1641(b) (2000), in which all or part of a Native village was determined to be located.

   Borough--A legal geographic entity within the State of Alaska. For purposes of this program, the Census Bureau treats boroughs as equivalent to a county in other states for data collection, tabulation, and presentation purposes. In addition, when used generically, this term also includes ``cities and boroughs,'' ``municipalities,'' and ``census areas'' in Alaska.

   Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)--A Census Bureau survey of legal geographic entities. In Alaska, BAS includes boroughs, boroughs and cities, municipalities, cities, ANRCs, and federally recognized American Indian reservations. Its purpose is to determine, solely for data collection and tabulation by the Census Bureau, the complete and current inventory and the correct names, legal descriptions, official status, and official boundaries of the legal geographic entities with primary governmental authority over certain lands within the United States as of January 1 of the survey year. The BAS also collects specific information to document the legal actions that established a boundary or imposed a boundary change.

   Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)--The primary agency of the federal government, located within the Department of the Interior, charged with the trust responsibility between the federal government and federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and communities, including BIA recognized ANVs.

   Census area--A statistical geographic entity that serves as the equivalent of a borough in Alaska and that is delineated cooperatively by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau solely for the purposes of subdividing that portion of Alaska that is not within an organized borough to allow more efficient census data collection and more useful census data tabulations.

   Census designated place (CDP)--A statistical geographic entity with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial structures that is clearly identifiable by a single name, but is not within an incorporated place (i.e., a city in Alaska). CDPs are intended to be the statistical counterparts of incorporated places for distinct unincorporated communities.

   City--A legal designation for incorporated places.

   Contiguous--A description of a geographic entity having an uninterrupted outer boundary such that it forms a single, connected piece of territory. Noncontiguous areas form separate, disconnected pieces.

   Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)--The GNIS is the federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The USGS developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the federal government; and the source for applying geographic names to federal electronic and printed products. The GNIS is available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov/ domestic/index.html.

   Incorporated place--A governmental unit, incorporated under state law as a city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village, to provide governmental services for a concentration of people within a legally defined boundary.

   Legal geographic entity--A geographically defined governmental, administrative, or corporate entity whose origin, boundary, name, and description result from charters, laws, treaties, or other governmental action. Examples are the United States, states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, minor civil divisions, incorporated places, congressional districts, American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust lands, school districts, and ANRCs. The legal geographic entities that will be recognized for the 2010 Census are those in existence on January 1, 2010.

   Native allotment--Land in Alaska allotted to Alaska Native adults primarily in accordance with the Native Allotment Act of 1906 (Ch. 2469, 34 Stat. 197 (1906)). A Native allotment can be up to 160 acres in area (.25 of a square mile), and its title is held in restricted fee status (see ``Restricted fee land''). Native allotments were provided from the public lands at large in Alaska and required each Alaska Native applicant to demonstrate use and occupancy of the allotment for at least a five-year period. Although many Native allotments are still used for subsistent activities, most do not include housing units.

   Native group (NG)--Any tribe, band, clan, group, community, village, or village association of Alaska Natives designated by the Secretary of the Interior composed of less than twenty-five, but more than three, Alaska Natives, who also comprised a majority of the residents of a locality at the time of the 1970 Census.

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   Native village (NV)--Any tribe, band, clan, group, community, village, or village association of Alaska Natives listed in Sections 11 and 16 of the ANCSA (See 43 U.S.C. 1610 and 1615 (2000)) or which the Secretary of the Interior determines was composed of twenty-five or more Alaska Natives and who also comprised a majority of the residents of a locality at the time of the 1970 Census.

   Nonvisible feature--A map feature that is not visible such as a city, borough, or ANRC boundary through space, a property line, or line-of-sight extension of a road.

   Pub. L.--Public Law

   Public Land Survey System (PLSS)--A rectangular system of surveys used to subdivide and describe land in the United States. The PLSS typically divides land into six-mile-square townships. These townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. Sections can be further subdivided into quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections, or irregular government lots. The PLSS consists of a series of separate surveys. Most PLSS surveys begin at an initial point, and townships are surveyed north, south, east, and west from that point. The north-south line that runs through the initial point is a true meridian and is called the Principal Meridian. There are five Principal Meridians in Alaska--Copper River, Fairbanks, Kateel, Seward, and Umiat--that should be used when describing a particular township or section. For more information on the PLSS see http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/ boundaries/a--plss.html.

   Regional Corporation--See Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC)

   Restricted fee land--A land area for which an individual American Indian or a tribe holds fee simple title subject to limitations or restrictions against alienation or encumbrances as set forth in the title and/or by operation of law. Restricted fee lands may be located on or off a federally recognized reservation. Native allotments in Alaska are one type of restricted fee land. The Census Bureau does not identify restricted fee lands as a specific geographic category.

   Section--A PLSS region approximately one mile square that is a division of a PLSS township.

   Statistical Area--See statistical Geographic Entity

   Statistical geographic entity--A geographic entity specifically defined for the collection and/or tabulation of statistical data from the Census Bureau. Statistical entities are not established by law and their designation by the Census Bureau neither conveys nor confers legal ownership, entitlement, jurisdiction, or governmental authority. Tribal statistical geographic entities, also called statistical areas, include ANVSAs and TDSAs, among others.

   Township--A PLSS region approximately six miles square that contains thirty-six approximately one mile square PLSS sections.

   Tribal designated statistical area (TDSA)--A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census Bureau by a federally recognized American Indian tribe that does not currently have a reservation and/or off-reservation trust land. A TDSA is intended to be comparable to the AIRs within the same state or region, especially those for tribes that are of similar size. A TDSA encompasses a compact and contiguous area that contains a concentration of individuals who identify with the delineating federally recognized American Indian tribe and within which there is structured and organized tribal activity. Although two TDSAs were delineated within Alaska for Census 2000, TDSAs will not be delineated within Alaska for the 2010 Census. All ANVs eligible to delineate TDSAs within Alaska for Census 2000 are eligible to delineate an ANVSA within Alaska for the 2010 Census.

   Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP)--The Census Bureau's program for the 2010 Census, through which updates to American Indian and Alaska Native statistical geographic entities will be obtained.

   Visible feature--A map feature that can be seen on the ground such as a road, railroad track, major above-ground transmission line or pipeline, river, stream, shoreline, fence, sharply defined mountain ridge, or cliff.

   Nonstandard visible feature--A subset of visible features that may not be clearly defined on the ground (such as a ridge), may be seasonal (such as an intermittent stream), or may be relatively impermanent (such as a fence).

   Executive Order 12866

   This notice has been determined to be not significant under Executive Order 12866.

   Paperwork Reduction Act

   This program notice does not represent a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 (2000).

   Dated: March 11, 2008. Steve H. Murdock, Director, Bureau of the Census.

   Table 2.--Eligible ANVs

   ANCSA BIA recognized ANV name

   ANRC

   type \7\

   name \8\

   Longitude Latitude

   1. Afogn/ak................ Koniag.............. NV........ n/ative Village

   -152.7652

   58.0221 of Afogn/ak. 2. Akhiok.................. Koniag.............. NV........ n/ative Village

   -154.1703

   56.9456 of Akhiok. 3. Akiachak................ Calista............. NV........ Akiachak n/ative

   -161.4276

   60.9026 Community. 4. Akiak................... Calista............. NV........ Akiak n/ative

   -161.2222

   60.9119 Community. 5. Akutan.................. Aleut............... NV........ n/ative Village

   -165.7809

   54.1384 of Akutan. 6. Alakanuk................ Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -164.6612

   62.6797 Alakanuk. 7. Alatn/a................. Doyon............... NV........ Alatn/a Village.. -152.7563

   66.5636 8. Alekn/agik.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ n/ative Village

   -158.6189

   59.2789 of Alekn/agik. 9. Alexander Creek......... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.5999

   61.4218 10. Algaaciq............... Calista............. NV........ Algaaciq n/ative

   -163.1769

   62.0534 Village. 11. Allakaket.............. Doyon............... NV........ Allakaket Village -152.6506

   66.5597 12. Ambler................. n/an/a.............. NV........ n/ative Village

   -157.8671

   67.0874 of Ambler. 13. An/aktuvuk Pass........ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Village of

   -151.7286

   68.1480 Anaktuvuk Pass. 14. Andreafsky............. Calista............. NV........ Yupiit of

   -163.1934

   62.0476 Andreafski. 15. Angoon................. Sealaska............ NV........ Angoon Community

   -134.5824

   57.4975 Association. 16. Aniak.................. Calista............. NV........ Village of Aniak. -159.5487

   61.5750 17. Anvik.................. Doyon............... NV........ Anvik Village.... -160.1965

   62.6515

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   18. Arctic Village......... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -145.5283

   68.1243 Venetie Tribal Government (Arctic Village). 19. Asa'carsarmiut......... Calista............. NV........ Asa'carsarmiut

   -163.7279

   62.0906 Tribe. 20. Atka................... Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -174.2095

   52.2106 Atka. 21. Atmautluak............. Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -162.2795

   60.8591 Atmautluak. 22. Atqasuk................ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Atqasuk Village.. -157.4135

   70.4736 23. Ayakulik............... Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -154.5072

   57.1949 24. Barrow................. Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -156.7811

   71.2909 Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. 25. Beaver................. Doyon............... NV........ Beaver Village... -147.4026

   66.3628 26. Belkofski.............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -162.0423

   55.0865 Belkofski. 27. Bill Moore's........... Calista............. NV........ Village of Bill

   -163.7767

   62.9449 Moore's Slough. 28. Birch Creek............ Doyon............... NV........ Birch Creek Tribe -145.8190

   66.2590 29. Brevig Mission......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.4885

   65.3350 Brevig Mission. 30. Buckland............... NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -161.1246

   65.9767 Buckland. 31. Cantwell............... Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -148.9105

   63.3921 Cantwell. 32. Canyon Village......... Doyon............... NG........ n/a.............. -142.0878

   67.1548 33. Caswell................ Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -149.9479

   62.0047 34. Chalkyitsik............ Doyon............... NV........ Chalkyitsik

   -143.7286

   66.6534 Village. 35. Cheesh-Na.............. Ahtna............... NV........ Cheesh-Na Tribe.. -144.6542

   62.5718 36. Chefornak.............. Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -164.2723

   60.1538 Chefornak. 37. Chenega................ Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -148.0124

   60.0664 Chanega. 38. Chevak................. Calista............. NV........ Chevak Native

   -165.5807

   61.5285 Village. 39. Chickaloon............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Chickaloon Native -148.4916

   61.8002 Village. 40. Chignik Bay............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Chignik Bay

   -158.4129

   56.3037 Tribal Council. 41. Chignik Lagoon......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.5302

   56.3084 Chignik Lagoon. 42. Chignik Lake........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Chignik Lake

   -158.7522

   56.2496 Village. 43. Chilkat................ Sealaska............ NV........ Chilkat Indian

   -135.8964

   59.3997 Village. 44. Chilkoot............... Sealaska............ n/a....... Chilkoot Indian

   -135.4460

   59.2240 Association. 45. Chinik................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Chinik Eskimo

   -163.0287

   64.5443 Community. 46. Chitina................ Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -144.4412

   61.5240 Chitina. 47. Chuathbaluk............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -159.2481

   61.5774 Chuathbaluk. 48. Chulloonawick.......... Calista............. NV........ Chulloonawick

   -164.1628

   62.9504 Native Village. 49. Circle................. Doyon............... NV........ Circle Native

   -144.0723

   65.8261 Community. 50. Clark's Point.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Village of Clarks -158.5471

   58.8330 Point. 51. Council................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -163.6764

   64.8950 Council. 52. Craig.................. Sealaska............ NV........ Craig Community

   -133.1253

   55.4870 Association. 53. Crooked Creek.......... Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -158.1124

   61.8720 Crooked Creek. 54. Curyung \9\............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Curyung Tribal

   -158.4670

   59.0487 Council. 55. Deering................ NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.7283

   66.0780 Deering. 56. Dot Lake............... Doyon............... NV........ Village of Dot

   -144.0354

   63.6503 Lake. 57. Douglas................ Sealaska............ UC........ Douglas Indian

   -134.3992

   58.2781 Association. 58. Eagle.................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -141.1113

   64.7808 Eagle. 59. Eek.................... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.0247

   60.2170 Eek. 60. Egegik................. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Egegik Village... -157.3536

   58.2173 61. Eklutna................ Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Eklutna Native

   -149.3613

   61.4606 Village. 62. Ekuk \9\............... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.5534

   58.8035 Ekuk. 63. Ekwok.................. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ekwok Village.... -157.4866

   59.3519 64. Elim................... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -162.2576

   64.6165 Elim. 65. Emmonak................ Calista............. NV........ Emmonak Village.. -164.5454

   62.7787 66. Evansville............. Doyon............... NV........ Evansville

   -151.5100

   66.9272 Village. 67. Eyak................... Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -145.6351

   60.5263 Eyak. 68. False Pass............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -163.4121

   54.8520 False Pass. 69. Fort Yukon............. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -145.2497

   66.5627 Fort Yukon. 70. Gakona................. Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.3119

   62.3004 Gakona. 71. Galena................. Doyon............... NV........ Galena Village... -156.8852

   64.7427 72. Gambell................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -171.7022

   63.7621 Gambell. 73. Georgetown............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -157.6727

   61.8979 Georgetown. 74. Gold Creek............. Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -149.6939

   62.7567 75. Goodnews Bay........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.5864

   59.1234 Goodnews Bay. 76. Grayling............... Doyon............... NV........ Organized Village -160.0689

   62.9061 of Grayling. 77. Gulkana................ Ahtna............... NV........ Gulkana Village.. -145.3656

   62.2634 78. Hamilton............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.8598

   62.8896 Hamilton. 79. Healy Lake............. Doyon............... NV........ Healy Lake

   -144.6998

   63.9872 Village. 80. Holy Cross............. Doyon............... NV........ Holy Cross

   -159.7738

   62.1985 Village. 81. Hoonah................. Sealaska............ NV........ Hoonah Indian

   -135.4346

   58.1100 Association. 82. Hooper Bay............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -166.0978

   61.5294 Hooper Bay. 83. Hughes................. Doyon............... NV........ Hughes Village... -154.2557

   66.0455 84. Huslia................. Doyon............... NV........ Huslia Village... -156.3892

   65.7026 85. Hydaburg............... Sealaska............ NV........ Hydaburg

   -132.8201

   55.2067 Cooperative Association. 86. Igiugig................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Igiugig Village.. -155.8927

   59.3266 87. Iliamna................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Village of

   -154.9111

   59.7568 Iliamna. 88. Inalik................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -168.9370

   65.7547 Diomede.

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   89. Iqurmuit............... Calista............. NV........ Iqurmuit

   -161.3287

   61.7854 Traditional Council. 90. Ivanof Bay............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ivanoff Bay

   -159.4836

   55.9033 Village. 91. Kaguyak................ Koniag.............. NV........ Kaguyak Village.. -153.7955

   56.8689 92. Kake................... Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -133.9451

   56.9775 of Kake. 93. Kaktovik............... Arctic Slope........ NV........ Kaktovik Village. -143.6113

   70.1324 94. Kalskag................ Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -160.3215

   61.5400 Kalskag. 95. Kaltag................. Doyon............... NV........ Village of Kaltag -158.7302

   64.3259 96. Kanatak................ Koniag \10\......... n/a....... Native Village of -156.0432

   57.5728 Kanatak. 97. Karluk................. Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -154.4393

   57.5572 Karluk. 98. Kasaan................. Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -132.4017

   55.5419 of Kasaan. 99. Kasigluk............... Calista............. NV........ Kasigluk

   -162.5139

   60.8873 Traditional Elders Council. 100. Kenai................. Cook Inlet.......... UC........ Kenaitze Indian

   -151.2614

   60.5521 Tribe. 101. Ketchikan............. Sealaska............ n/a....... Ketchikan Indian

   -131.6445

   55.3421 Corporation. 102. Kiana................. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -160.4309

   66.9717 Kiana. 103. King Cove............. Aleut............... NV........ Agdaagux Tribe of -162.3029

   55.0629 King Cove. 104. King Salmon........... Bristol Bay......... n/a....... King Salmon Tribe -156.7312

   58.7090 105. Kipnuk................ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.0376

   59.9343 Kipnuk. 106. Kivalina.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -164.5386

   67.7295 Kivalina. 107. Klawock............... Sealaska............ NV........ Klawock

   -133.0948

   55.5526 Cooperative Association. 108. Kluti Kaah............ Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.3297

   61.9770 Kluti Kaah. 109. Knik.................. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Knik Tribe....... -149.6822

   61.4947 110. Knugank............... Bristol Bay......... NG........ n/a.............. -158.7991

   58.4225 111. Kobuk................. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -156.8888

   66.9252 Kobuk. 112. Kodiak................ Koniag.............. UC........ Sun'aq Tribe of

   -152.3885

   57.8009 Kodiak. 113. Kokhanok.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Kokhanok Village. -154.7682

   59.4374 114. Kongiganak............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.8951

   59.9533 Kongiganak. 115. Kotlik................ Calista............. NV........ Village of Kotlik -163.5500

   63.0325 116. Kotzebue.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.5874

   66.8988 Kotzebue. 117. Koyuk................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -161.1628

   64.9312 Koyuk. 118. Koyukuk............... Doyon............... NV........ Koyukuk Native

   -157.7031

   64.8818 Village. 119. Kwethluk.............. Calista............. NV........ Organized Village -161.4381

   60.8101 of Kwethluk. 120. Kwigillingok.......... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.1647

   59.8694 Kwigillingok. 121. Kwinhagak............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.9055

   59.7525 Kwinhagak. 122. Lake Minchumina....... Doyon............... NG........ n/a.............. -152.3122

   63.8830 123. Larsen Bay............ Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -153.9874

   57.5351 Larsen Bay. 124. Lesnoi................ Koniag.............. NV........ Lesnoi Village... -152.3351

   57.7779 125. Levelock.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Levelock Village. -156.8613

   59.1117 126. Lime Village.......... Calista............. NV........ Lime Village..... -155.4378

   61.3540 127. Lower Kalskag......... Calista............. NV........ Village of Lower

   -160.3642

   61.5125 Kalskag. 128. Manley Hot Springs.... Doyon............... NV........ Manley Hot

   -150.6107

   65.0088 Springs Village. 129. Manokotak............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Manokotak Village -158.9981

   58.9724 130. Marshall.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.0878

   61.8794 Marshall. 131. Mary's Igloo.......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -165.0678

   65.1489 Mary's Igloo. 132. McGrath............... Doyon............... NV........ McGrath Native

   -155.5759

   62.9488 Village. 133. Mekoryuk.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -166.1943

   60.3892 Mekoryuk. 134. Mentasta.............. Ahtna............... NV........ Mentasta

   -143.7700

   62.9330 Traditional Council. 135. Minto................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -149.3497

   65.1504 Minto. 136. Montana Creek......... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.0650

   62.0686 137. Nagamut............... Calista............. NG........ n/a.............. -157.6744

   61.0194 138. Naknek................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Naknek Native

   -156.9869

   58.7330 Village. 139. Nanwalek.............. Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -151.9119

   59.3521 Nanwalek. 140. Napaimute............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -158.6739

   61.5414 Napaimute. 141. Napakiak.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.9790

   60.6906 Napakiak. 142. Napaskiak............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.7634

   60.7060 Napaskiak. 143. Nelson Lagoon......... Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -161.2070

   56.0006 Nelson Lagoon. 144. Nenana................ Doyon............... NV........ Nenana Native

   -149.0875

   64.5610 Association. 145. New Koliganek......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ New Koliganek

   -157.2844

   59.7286 Village Council. 146. New Stuyahok.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ New Stuyahok

   -157.3208

   59.4518 Village. 147. Newhalen.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Newhalen Village. -154.8924

   59.7238 148. Newtok................ Calista............. NV........ Newtok Village... -164.6307

   60.9377 149. Nightmute............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.7216

   60.4788 Nightmute. 150. Nikolai............... Doyon............... NV........ Nikolai Village.. -154.3814

   63.0128 151. Nikolski.............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -168.8615

   52.9401 Nikolski. 152. Ninilchik............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Ninilchik Village -151.6936

   60.0300 153. Noatak................ NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.9676

   67.5716 Noatak. 154. Nome.................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Nome Eskimo

   -165.3940

   64.4999 Community. 155. Nondalton............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Nondalton Village -154.8564

   59.9634 156. Noorvik............... NANA................ NV........ Noorvik Native

   -161.0440

   66.8345 Community. 157. Northway.............. Doyon............... NV........ Northway Village. -141.9517

   62.9822

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   158. Nuiqsut............... Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -151.0000

   70.2166 Nuiqsut. 159. Nulato................ Doyon............... NV........ Nulato Village... -158.1066

   64.7246 160. Nunakauyarmiut........ Calista............. NV........ Nunakauyarmiut

   -165.1037

   60.5338 Tribe. 161. Nunam Iqua............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.8525

   62.5299 Nunam Iqua. 162. Nunapitchuk........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.4522

   60.8968 Nunapitchuk. 163. Ohogamiut............. Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -161.8648

   61.5704 Ohogamiut. 164. Old Harbor............ Koniag.............. NV........ Village of Old

   -153.3031

   57.2104 Harbor. 165. Orutsararmuit......... Calista............. NV........ Orutsararmuit

   -161.7730

   60.7968 Native Village. 166. Oscarville............ Calista............. NV........ Oscarville

   -161.7758

   60.7236 Traditional Village. 167. Ouzinkie.............. Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -152.5002

   57.9237 Ouzinkie. 168. Paimiut............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.8201

   61.7030 Paimiut. 169. Pauloff Harbor........ Aleut............... NV........ Pauloff Harbor

   -162.7071

   54.4577 Village. 170. Pedro Bay............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Pedro Bay Village -154.1484

   59.7768 171. Perryville............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -159.1633

   55.9140 Perryville. 172. Petersburg............ Sealaska............ n/a....... Petersburg Indian -132.9512

   56.8113 Association. 173. Pilot Point........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -157.5753

   57.5545 Pilot Point. 174. Pilot Station......... Calista............. NV........ Pilot Station

   -162.8825

   61.9375 Traditional Village. 175. Pitkas Point.......... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.2826

   62.0345 Pitka's Point. 176. Platinum.............. Calista............. NV........ Platinum

   -161.8237

   59.0095 Traditional Village. 177. Point Hope............ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -166.7693

   68.3486 Point Hope. 178. Point Lay............. Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -163.0082

   69.7427 Point Lay. 179. Point Possession...... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.4110

   61.0308 180. Port Alsworth......... Cook Inlet \11\..... NG........ n/a.............. -154.3223

   60.2016 181. Port Graham........... Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -151.8353

   59.3481 Port Graham. 182. Port Heiden........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.6250

   56.9326 Port Heiden. 183. Port Lions............ Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -152.8894

   57.8659 Port Lions. 184. Portage Creek \9\..... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Portage Creek

   -157.7174

   58.9073 Village. 185. Rampart............... Doyon............... NV........ Rampart Village.. -150.1453

   65.5094 186. Red Devil............. Calista............. NV........ Village of Red

   -157.3387

   61.7834 Devil. 187. Ruby.................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -155.4729

   64.7371 Ruby. 188. Saint George.......... Aleut............... NV........ Pribilof Islands

   -169.5519

   56.6044 Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George Islands (Saint George Island). 189. Saint Michael......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -162.0384

   63.4784 Saint Michael. 190. Saint Paul............ Aleut............... NV........ Pribilof Islands

   -170.2727

   57.1274 Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George Islands (Saint Paul Island). 191. Salamatof............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Village of

   -151.3194

   60.6154 Salamatoff. 192. Sand Point............ Aleut............... NV........ Qagun Tayagungin

   -160.4905

   55.3458 Tribe of Sand Point Village. 193. Savoonga.............. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -170.4640

   63.6959 Savoonga. 194. Saxman................ Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -131.6003

   55.3221 of Saxman. 195. Scammon Bay........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.5818

   61.8417 Scammon Bay. 196. Selawik............... NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -160.0162

   66.5984 Selawik. 197. Seldovia.............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Seldovia Village

   -151.7123

   59.4390 Tribe. 198. Shageluk.............. Doyon............... NV........ Shageluk Native

   -159.5227

   62.6556 Village. 199. Shaktoolik............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -161.1845

   64.3495 Shaktoolik. 200. Shishmaref............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.0666

   66.2564 Shishmaref. 201. Shungnak.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -157.1426

   66.8873 Shungnak. 202. Sitka................. Sealaska............ UC........ Sitka Tribe of

   -135.3426

   57.0543 Alaska. 203. Skagway............... Sealaska............ n/a....... Skagway Village.. -135.3119

   59.4583 204. Sleetmute............. Calista............. NV........ Village of

   -157.1689

   61.6962 Sleetmute. 205. Solomon............... Bering Straits...... NV........ Village of

   -164.4488

   64.5597 Solomon. 206. South Naknek.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ South Naknek

   -157.0026

   58.7123 Village. 207. Stebbins.............. Bering Straits...... NV........ Stebbins

   -162.2820

   63.5208 Community Association. 208. Stevens Village....... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -149.1039

   66.0055 Stevens. 209. Stony River........... Calista............. NV........ Village of Stony

   -156.5898

   61.7891 River. 210. Takotna............... Doyon............... NV........ Takotna Village.. -156.0870

   62.9723 211. Tanacross............. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -143.3565

   63.3762 Tanacross. 212. Tanana................ Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -152.0763

   65.1716 Tanana. 213. Tatitlek.............. Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -146.6779

   60.8664 Tatitlek. 214. Tazlina............... Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.4284

   62.0589 Tazlina. 215. Telida................ Doyon............... NV........ Telida Village... -153.2785

   63.3840 216. Teller................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.3628

   65.2613 Teller. 217. Tetlin................ Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -142.5239

   63.1351 Tetlin. 218. Togiak................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Traditional

   -160.3764

   59.0619 Village of Togiak. 219. Tuluksak.............. Calista............. NV........ Tuluksak Native

   -160.9630

   61.1020 Community. 220. Tuntutuliak........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.6696

   60.3424 Tuntutuliak. 221. Tununak............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.2588

   60.5827 Tununak. 222. Twin Hills............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Twin Hills

   -160.2836

   59.0774 Village. 223. Tyonek................ Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Native Village of -151.1494

   61.0716 Tyonek.

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   224. Uganik................ Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -153.4046

   57.7565 225. Ugashik............... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ugashik Village.. -157.3887

   57.5027 226. Ukivok................ Bering Straits...... NV........ King Island

   -168.0718

   64.9643 Native Community. 227. Umkumiute............. Calista............. NV........ Umkumiute Native

   -165.1989

   60.4997 Village. 228. Unalakleet............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -160.7914

   63.8777 Unalakleet. 229. Unalaska.............. Aleut............... NV........ Qawalangin Tribe

   -166.5337

   53.8746 of Unalaska. 230. Unga.................. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -160.5050

   55.1841 Unga. 231. Uyak.................. Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -154.0078

   57.6336 232. Venetie............... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -146.4149

   67.0178 Venetie Tribal Government (Village of Venetie). 233. Wainwright............ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Village of

   -160.0202

   70.6448 Wainwright. 234. Wales................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -168.0960

   65.6082 Wales. 235. White Mountain........ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -163.4042

   64.6805 White Mountain. 236. Wrangell.............. Sealaska............ n/a....... Wrangell

   -132.3791

   56.4752 Cooperative Association. 237. Yakutat............... Sealaska............ NV........ Yakutat Tlingit

   -139.7435

   59.5543 Tribe.

   \7\ In this column, ``NV'' means a ``Native village'', ``NG'' means a ``Native group'', ``UC'' means an ``Urban Corporation'', and ``n/a'' means that the ANV is not recognized in accordance with the ANCSA. \8\ The BIA recognized name for each ANV is taken from the Federal Register notice published Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13651). ``n/a'' in this column means that the ANV is not recognized by the BIA and is not listed in the BIA's Federal Register notice. \9\ The ANVs Curyung, Ekuk, and Portage Creek are all represented by the same ANVC, Choggiung, Limited. Choggiung, Limited also represents the ANCSA 14(c) sites of Igushik and Lewis Point that should be considered when these three ANVs are delineating their ANVSAs. \10\ The Kanatak ANV is currently located within the boundary of the Koniag ANRC in the Census Bureau's records, but they receive services from the Bristol Bay Native Association. If the ANRC boundaries and the ANV's point location are correct in the Census Bureau's records, the ANV will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA within the boundary of the Koniag ANRC for Census 2010. \11\ The Port Alsworth ANV is currently located within the boundary of the Cook Inlet ANRC in the Census Bureau's records, but they receive services from the Bristol Bay Native Association. If the ANRC boundaries and the ANV's point location are correct in the Census Bureau's records, the ANV will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA within the boundary of the Cook Inlet ANRC for Census 2010.

   [FR Doc. E8-5282 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]

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