[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1778-1779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-815]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Approval of Petition for Reassumption of Exclusive Jurisdiction
by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Bayfield,
Wisconsin, Over Indian Child Custody Proceedings Involving Indian
Children Who Are Enrolled or Eligible for Enrollment With the Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin and Who Reside or
are Domiciled Within the Exterior Boundaries of the Red Cliff Indian
Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, in the County of Bayfield
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin has filed a petition with the Department of the Interior to
reassume exclusive jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings
involving Indian children who are enrolled or eligible for enrollment
with the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
and who reside or are domiciled within the exterior boundaries of the
Red Cliff Indian Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, in the County
of Bayfield.
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs has reviewed the petition
and determined that tribal exercise of jurisdiction is feasible and
that the tribe has a suitable plan for exercising such jurisdiction.
This notice constitutes the
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official approval of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin's petition by the Department of the Interior.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin reassumes exclusive jurisdiction March 25, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The principal author of this document
is Betty B. Tippeconnie, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Division of Social Services, 1849 C St., N.W., Mail Stop 310
SIB, Washington, D. C., 20240. (202) 208-2721.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs to publish this notice is contained in 25 CFR 13.14 and
209 DM 8. Section 108 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Pub. L.
95-608, 92 Stat. 3074, 25 U.S.C. 1918, authorizes Indian tribes that
occupy a reservation as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1903(10) over which a
state asserts jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings,
pursuant to Federal statute, to reassume jurisdiction over such
proceedings.
To reassume such jurisdiction, a tribe must first file a petition
in the manner prescribed in 25 CFR Part 13. Notice of receipt of this
petition was published in the Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 211, page
55588, on November 1, 1995. The petition is then reviewed by the
Department of the Interior using criteria set out in 25 CFR 13.12. If
the Department finds that the tribe has submitted a suitable plan and
that tribal exercise of jurisdiction is feasible, the petition is
approved by publication in the Federal Register.
The geographic area subject to the reassumption of exclusive
jurisdiction by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin is within the exterior boundaries of the Red Cliff Indian
Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, in the County of Bayfield.
Dated: December 13, 1995.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-815 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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