Final Decision To Retract 1979 Decision of the Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs Regarding the Delaware Tribe of Indians

Résumé

This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) by 209 DM 8. Based on a comprehensive legal review conducted by the Division of Indian Affairs, Office of the Solicitor, dated June 19, 1996, and based on a review of the comments received from the public, the Assistant Secretary hereby retracts the letter of May 24, 1979, in which the Bureau of Indian Affairs through the Acting Deputy Commissioner determined that the Department of the Interior would engage in government-to-government relations with the Delaware Tribe of Indians only through the Cherokee Nation and that the Department would deal directly with the Delaware Tribe of Indians only for purposes of their claims against the United States. Notice is hereby given that the Delaware Tribe of Indians is a tribal entity recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs by virtue of its status as an Indian tribe. A Notice of Intent to Retract the 1979 Decision was published in the Federal Register on June 27, 1996 (61 FR 33534, June 27, 1996). The public was given until July 29, 1996 to