[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-572]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Approval of Petition for Reassumption of Exclusive Jurisdiction 
by the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Crandon, Wisconsin, Over 
Indian Child Custody Proceedings Involving Indian Children Who Are 
Enrolled or Eligible for Enrollment With the Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Crandon, Wisconsin and Who Reside or Are Domiciled Within 
the Exterior Boundaries of the Forest County Potawatomi Communities, in 
the State of Wisconsin, in the Counties of Forest, Oconto, and 
Marinette

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Forest County Potawatomi Community of Crandon, 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 
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Crandon, Wisconsin and who reside 
or are domiciled within the exterior boundaries of the Forest County 
Potawatomi Communities, in the State of Wisconsin, in the Counties of 
Forest, Oconto, and Marinette.
    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 official approval of the the Forest County 
Potawatomi Community's petition by the Department of the Interior.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The Forest County Potawatomi Community, Crandon, 
Wisconsin, reassumes exclusive jurisdiction by March 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The principal author of this document 
is Betty Tippeconnie, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Office of Tribal Services, 1849 C St., N.W., Mail Stop 4603 
MIB, 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 areas subject to the reassumption of exclusive 
jurisdiction by the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Crandon, 
Wisconsin, are within the exterior boundaries of the Forest County 
Potawatomi Communities, in the State of Wisconsin, in the Counties of 
Forest, Oconto, and Marinette.

    Dated: December 23, 1996.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-572 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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