Land purchases for tribes expands to 63 reservations

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department says it's adding 63 American Indian reservations in 16 states to a $1.9 program that seeks to restore land to tribal ownership:

— Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma

— Apache Tribe, Oklahoma

— Blue Lake Rancheria, California

— Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

— Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma

— Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma

— Colorado River Indian Tribe of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California

— Comanche Nation, Oklahoma

— Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon

— Eastern Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma

— Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin

— Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California

— Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, California

— Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin

— Hoopa Valley Tribe, California

— Hopi Tribe, Arizona

— Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation, Washington

— Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan

— Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas

— Kiowa Indian Tribe, Oklahoma

— Kootenai Tribe, Idaho

— Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin

— Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin

— Minnesota Chippewa - Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake), Minnesota

— Minnesota Chippewa - Grand Portage Band, Minnesota

— Minnesota Chippewa - Leech Lake Band, Minnesota

— Minnesota Chippewa - Mille Lacs Band, Minnesota

— Minnesota Chippewa - White Earth Band, Minnesota

— Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California

— Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington

— Nisqually Indian Tribe, Washington

— Omaha Tribe, Nebraska

— Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma

— Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California

— Pawnee Nation, Oklahoma

— Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California

— Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico

— Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington

— Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin

— Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota

— Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California

— Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska

— Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma

— Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Michigan

— Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska

— Skokomish Indian Tribe, Washington

— Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota

— Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington

— Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin

— Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington

— Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, California

— The Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma

— The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma

— The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma

— The Seminole Nation, Oklahoma

— Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona

— Tulalip Tribes, Washington

— Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota

— Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah

— Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah

— Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada

— Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico