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AUG-01-1995 16:48 BPW 612 370 1378 P.06/11 U.s. DEPARTMENT OF THlINTl!RIOR RECEJVEt . BUREAU OF INPIAN AFFAIRS' ($,....1 BUILDINGS ANO lAND USE PLAN JUl 03 1995 FOR 'TWIN CITIES ARMY AMMUNITION PlANT (ARDEN HILlS) TRIBAL OPERA r'vi" JUNE 30. ,", U.s. DEPARTMENT OF TItE INTERlORl8ureau or indian Affairs (BIA's) Mission: "The BIA'. minion 1$ Ie &nhance the quality or life, to jIIOhlCloa. economic opportunity, and to carry out the responalblllty to protect and Imp"",e th. lNIIt __ of A/IIerIc:an Indl_. indian trlbe. and A1Mka Natlvee. The 8IA will accomplish thi& through the delivery of quality services. IMlntatnlnll lO"emment-lo-fl~t I1IlatlOMhlpa with the spirit of Indlan selfodetannlnlltlon. .. PROPOSED USAGE: The Bureau's pu~e fer acquiring the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (Arden HiUs) is 10 provide. promote end anhBnce the Prairie Islsncl Indian CommunItY' health, welfare, economic development, nouslng, employment, education, social lleNicas, nstural resource. management including forestry and wildl~e management Bnd community aclIvlti... The Bureau will utiliU the 'TWin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (AtUen Hills) property to enhance and 8lCIlsncl the Prairie l$land Indian Community'. lend bale to a=odate the nousing needs and health concems d the Prairia Island Oakota Communily'. a~roxim8lely 490 tritl;tlly enrolled memllllrs. The U. S. Department of the Inlerior (001) is requasting the Department d the Army to forward their Request for TtanSfer d EllCBl8 Rut and Related Perional Property (GSA Form 1334) to the Ollice d Management end BUClgtl to apPf'Oye an exceptiOn to the 100 percent . reimbursement requirement, i.e. . . no coat' lrIn.er of the propefty. The euthority for the ac~uiSition Is I" accordance with Section 105 (I) (3) of P. l.. S3~3a, the Incllliltl Self- Oetsrmillalion and Educelicn Assistance Act, and a<lb8llquent tsdIrli~1 IIm8ndmenl pertalnin9 - 10 real property within P. l. 1 01 ~ states "the allllf'Opriate Secretaty may....cqulre excess or -- surplus Go~emment personal or nila' property fer donation to an Indian tribe or tribal organization if the Secretary determines 1M property is appropriate for use by 1he tribe or tribal - organlzation for a purpose of which a self-<letermination ClOnlrect or gf8l'll Ign!Iemenls II 8l.Ithorlzed under this Act.' I HISTORY OF THE PRAIRIE ISlAND INDIAN COMMUNITY: The people of !he Preirie ,.land Indian Community ("the CQrnmunlly') call themselves Md......kantonIWehpekute Oakola. Nati~e Amerlcsne haYe visited, lived on and buried lheir dead on Preirie Island for more generations I thlln c;an ee c:cIunted. The UMed Stele. Government referred to the Dakota also as Mississi~i Sioux, MinnelOta Sioux, Sioux of the Lakes, Sentee Sioux. the end included thtrn with the SiseetonlWahpeton bw1ds of Dakota in the vari0u5 trealies between 1Ile Oekota Netion and the I United Stat" Go~ernment end in the Acts of the United Stsles Congress. Treaties ceded Dakota land in Minnesota and SUITounding States in the years of 1830, 1836, 1831 end 1851. lend..... &8t aside for a reset\fation for the Prairie Island Indian Community by the Treaty with the Sioux on August 5, 1851 at MendOla and that raseMltion was reduced by the Treaty with the I McI_kanton dated June 19, 1ll58. However. in Au;ult of 1862 a conflict broke out beIwHn the Oakota and white HItl_ Incl United Stat.. Governmenl agema In IOIItham Minnesota on and ne.,. the 'e..~_ d the I Oakote. This COnlllCl Is known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Conflict and Minnesota'a l~iarI War and resuhed from late or absent annuity payments and provisions from the United Stales GO\lllmmant lIMd the attempts to asslmllate the Dakota. I I- 1 I