Bureaumeans the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior;
child abuseincludes but is not limited to—
child neglectincludes but is not limited to, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a person, including a person responsible for the child’s welfare, under circumstances which indicate that the child’s health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby;
family violencemeans any act, or threatened act, of violence, including any forceful detention of an individual, which—
foster care placementmeans any action removing an Indian child from a parent or Indian custodian for temporary placement in a foster home or institution or the home of a guardian or conservator if—
Indianmeans any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe;
Indian childhas the meaning given to such term by section 1903(4) of this title;
Indian countryhas the meaning given to such term by section 1151 of title 18;
Indian reservationmeans any Indian reservation, public domain Indian allotment, former Indian reservation in Oklahoma, or lands held by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations, or village corporations under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
inter-tribal consortiummeans a partnership between—
local child protective services agencymeans that agency of the Federal Government, of a State, or of an Indian tribe that has the primary responsibility for child protection on any Indian reservation or within any community in Indian country;
local law enforcement agencymeans that Federal, tribal, or State law enforcement agency that has the primary responsibility for the investigation of an instance of alleged child abuse within the portion of Indian country involved;
Secretarymeans the Secretary of the Interior;
Servicemeans the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services.
sheltermeans the provision of temporary refuge and related assistance in compliance with applicable Federal and tribal laws and regulations governing the provision, on a regular basis, of shelter, safe homes, meals, and related assistance to victims of family violence or their dependents;
tribal social services agencymeans the agency of an Indian tribe that has the primary responsibility for carrying out foster care licensing or approval (as of the date on which the proceeding described in paragraph (2)(A) commences) for the Indian tribe.