[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1470-1471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-571]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Receipt of Petition for Reassumption of Jurisdiction From the 
Chevak Traditional Council of Chevak, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in exercise of authority delegated by 
the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
    The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-608) provide, 
subject to certain specified conditions, that Indian tribes may 
petition the Secretary of the Interior for reassumption of jurisdiction 
over Indian child custody proceedings.
    In accordance with 25 CFR Part 13, this is notice that a petition 
has been received by the Secretary from the Chevak Traditional Council 
of Chevak, Alaska, for the tribal reassumption of jurisdiction over 
Indian child custody proceedings in the State of Alaska. The petition 
is under review and may be inspected or copied at the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Office of Tribal Services, 1849 C St., NW., room 4603 MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240.


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    Dated: December 26, 1996.
Elizabeth L. Homer,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-571 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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