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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 93336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27619]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Acceptance of Retrocession of Jurisdiction for the Skokomish 
Nation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (Department) has accepted 
retrocession to the United States of partial criminal jurisdiction over 
the Skokomish Nation from the State of Washington.

DATES: The Department accepted retrocession on November 20, 2024. 
Complete implementation of jurisdiction will be effective May 27, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R. Glen Melville, Deputy 
Director--Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs (202) 
208-5787.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority in 25 U.S.C. 1323 
vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order No. 11435 of 
November 21, 1968 (33 FR 17339) and re-delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by part 209 chapter 8 of the Department of 
the Interior Departmental Manual, the United States accepts 
retrocession of partial criminal jurisdiction over the Skokomish 
Nation, which was acquired by the State of Washington pursuant to 
Public Law 83-280, 67 Stat. 588, 18 U.S.C. 1162, 28 U.S.C. 1360 and as 
provided in the Revised Code of Washington sections 37.12.010, 
37.12.021, 37.12.030, 37.12.040, 37.12.050 (1957), and 37.12.060 
(1963).
    The Tribe requested and the State of Washington offered, pursuant 
to the Revised Code of Washington sections 37.12.100-.120 and 37.12.180 
and Governor Mike Lowry's October 19, 1994, proclamation to partially 
retrocede criminal jurisdiction over certain criminal acts committed by 
Indians occurring on tribal or allotted lands within the exterior 
boundaries of the Skokomish Nation Reservation and held in trust by the 
United States, or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed 
by the United States. The State of Washington retains partial criminal 
jurisdiction over the Skokomish Nation Reservation as provided in the 
Revised Code of Washington Section 37.12.010, including over the eight 
enumerated categories of offenses committed by Indians on trust or 
allotted lands within the Reservation, over non-Indians, and over civil 
matters.
    This retrocession was offered by proclamation from the Governor of 
the State of Washington Mike Lowry, signed on October 19, 1994, 
revoking and superseding the July 13, 1957, proclamation, and 
transmitted to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs in accordance 
with the process in Revised Code of Washington sections 37.12.100-.120, 
and as provided by Skokomish Tribal Council Resolution No. 94-73, dated 
June 9, 1994, in which the Skokomish Nation requested that the State of 
Washington retrocede criminal jurisdiction to the Tribe.

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-27619 Filed 11-25-24; 8:45 am]
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