25 CFR § 292.10 - How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?

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title: "25 CFR § 292.10 - How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "292.10"
section_name: "How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES"
part_number: "292"
part_name: "GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 2719, 43 U.S.C. 1457."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 29375, May 20, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "292"
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# 292.10 How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?

For a tribe to qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition for purposes of § 292.7, the tribe must show at least one of the following:

(a) Congressional enactment of legislation recognizing, acknowledging, affirming, reaffirming, or restoring the government-to-government relationship between the United States and the tribe (required for tribes terminated by Congressional action);

(b) Recognition through the administrative Federal Acknowledgment Process under § 83.8 of this chapter; or

(c) A Federal court determination in which the United States is a party or court-approved settlement agreement entered into by the United States.