Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Which tribes does this law apply to?


The law applies to all tribal nations. The Indian Child Welfare Act defines an Indian tribe as any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary [of the Interior] because of their status as Indians. In our area that would be all the Sioux tribes, and all the tribes in North Dakota and South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. Those tribes are: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Flandreau-Santee Sioux Tribe, Yankton Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe. Other tribes in our area are the Santee Sioux Tribe, Winnebago Tribe, Three Affiliated - Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake, Omaha Tribe, Ponca Tribe.

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