December 2016 – Guidelines for Implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act
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Appendix 1: BIA regional office addresses
§ 23.11 Notice.
(b)(1) For child-custody proceedings in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West
Virginia, or any territory or possession of the United States, notices must be sent to the following address:
Eastern Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee
37214.
(2) For child-custody proceedings in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, or Wisconsin,
notices must be sent to the following address: Minneapolis Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 331
Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2241.
(3) For child-custody proceedings in Nebraska, North Dakota, or South Dakota, notices must be sent to
the following address: Aberdeen Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115 Fourth Avenue, SE,
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401.
(4) For child-custody proceedings in Kansas, Texas (except for notices to the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
El Paso County, Texas), or the western Oklahoma counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckman, Blaine, Caddo,
Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon,
Harper, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne,
Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods or Woodward, notices must be sent to the
following address: Anadarko Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 368, Anadarko, Oklahoma
73005. Notices to the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo must be sent to the Albuquerque Regional Director at the address
listed in paragraph (b)(6).
(5) For child-custody proceedings in Wyoming or Montana (except for notices to the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana), notices must be sent to the following
address: Billings Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 316 N. 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59101.
Notices to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, must be sent to
the Portland Regional Director at the address listed in paragraph (b)(11).
(6) For child-custody proceedings in the Texas counties of El Paso and Hudspeth or in Colorado or
New Mexico (exclusive of notices to the Navajo Nation from the New Mexico counties listed in paragraph
(b)(9)), notices must be sent to the following address: Albuquerque Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
615 First Street, P.O. Box 26567, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87125. Notices to the Navajo Nation must be sent
to the Navajo Regional Director at the address listed in paragraph (b)(9).
(7) For child-custody proceedings in Alaska (except for notices to the Metlakatla Indian Community,
Annette Island Reserve, Alaska), notices must be sent to the following address: Juneau Regional Director,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1219. Notices to the Metlakatla Indian
Community, Annette Island Reserve, Alaska, must be sent to the Portland Regional Director at the address
listed in paragraph (b)(11).
(8) For child-custody proceedings in Arkansas, Missouri, or the eastern Oklahoma counties of Adair,
Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Choctaw, Coal, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes,
Jefferson, Johnson, Latimer, LeFlore, Love, Mayes, McCurtain, McClain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee,
Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Marshall, Rogers, Seminole,
Sequoyah, Stephens, Tulsa, Wagoner, or Washington, notices must be sent to the following address: Muskogee
Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 101 North Fifth Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401.
(9) For child-custody proceedings in the Arizona counties of Apache, Coconino (except for notices to
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona) or Navajo (except for notices to
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona); the New Mexico counties of McKinley (except for notices to the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation), San Juan, or Socorro; or the Utah county of San Juan, notices must be sent to the following
address: Navajo Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87301.
Notices to the Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribes of Arizona must be sent to the Phoenix Regional
Director at the address listed in paragraph (b)(10). Notices to the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation must be