25 C.F.R. § 292.8
How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?
Cite as 25 C.F.R. § 292.8 (2025)
For a tribe to qualify as having been at one time federally recognized for purposes of § 292.7, one of the following must be true:
(a) The United States at one time entered into treaty negotiations with the tribe;
(b) The Department determined that the tribe could organize under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act;
(c) Congress enacted legislation specific to, or naming, the tribe indicating that a government-to-government relationship existed;
(d) The United States at one time acquired land for the tribe's benefit; or
(e) Some other evidence demonstrates the existence of a government-to-government relationship between the tribe and the United States.
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 292.7