[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Acceptance of Retrocession of Jurisdiction for the 
Santee Sioux Nation, NE

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of the 
Interior by Executive Order No. 11435 of November 21, 1968 (33 FR 
17339), and redelegated to the Associate Deputy Secretary, I hereby 
accept at 12:01 a.m. CST, February 15, 2006, retrocession to the United 
States of civil and criminal jurisdiction over the Santee Sioux Nation, 
which was acquired by the State of Nebraska, pursuant to Public Law 83-
280, 67 Stat. 588, 18 U.S.C. 1162, 28 U.S.C. 1360.
    The retrocession herein accepted was offered by Legislative 
Resolution 17 by the legislature of the State of Nebraska on May 31, 
2001, and transmitted to the Secretary on November 13, 2001. By 
Resolution No. 2001-12 dated December 20, 2000, the Santee Sioux Nation 
requested that the State of Nebraska retrocede civil and criminal 
jurisdiction to the United States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher B. Chaney, Deputy 
Bureau Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Law Enforcement 
Services, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 2429, Washington, DC 20240, 
Telephone number (202) 208-5787.

    Dated: February 8, 2006.
James E. Cason,
Associate Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-1437 Filed 2-10-06; 8:45 am]
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