The Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) within the Office off the Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior (DOI) implements Part 83 of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Procedures for Establishing that an American Indian Group Exists as an Indian Tribe. The Acknowledgment process is the Departments’ administrative process by which petitioning groups that meet the criteria are given Federal “acknowledgment” as Indian tribes and by which they become eligible to receive services provided to members of Indian tribes.
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Brief Overview of OFA 74 kbs
Number of Petitioners by State as of February 15, 2007 51 kbs
Number of Letter of Intent Received as of February 15, 2007 66 ksb
25CFR Part 83 Federal Acknowledgment Process 158 kbs
Brief overview of 25CFR Part 83 Criteria 42 kbs
List of Petitioners by State as of February 15, 2007 238 kbs
Summary Status of Acknowledgment Cases 254 kbs
Recent Decisions
#11 Stielacoom Tribe of Indians, WA 318 kbs
#84a Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, CA
#84b Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, CA
Petitioner #68 St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont
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