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25 CFR §292.8

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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:
  1. (a)The United States at one time entered into treaty negotiations with the tribe;
  2. (b)The Department determined that the tribe could organize under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act;
  3. (c)Congress enacted legislation specific to, or naming, the tribe indicating that a government-to-government relationship existed;
  4. (d)The United States at one time acquired land for the tribe's benefit; or
  5. (e)Some other evidence demonstrates the existence of a government-to-government relationship between the tribe and the United States.