WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Bureau of Indian Affairs has issued a notice called: Notice of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 6 by Scott J. Davis, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising the delegated authority of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.

Summary: The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that the group known as the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, a petitioner for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe, has chosen to complete the petitioning process under the current version of the acknowledgment regulations (as revised July 31, 2015). The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians had been proceeding under...