[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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