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25 CFR § 292.11 - What are “restored lands”? 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s292.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 292.11 - What are “restored lands”?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "292.11"
section_name: "What are “restored lands”?"
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"
positive_law: false
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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# 292.11 What are “restored lands”?

For newly acquired lands to qualify as ”restored lands” for purposes of § 292.7, the tribe acquiring the lands must meet the requirements of paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this section.

(a) If the tribe was restored by a Congressional enactment of legislation recognizing, acknowledging, affirming, reaffirming, or restoring the government-to-government relationship between the United States and the tribe, the tribe must show that either:

(1) The legislation requires or authorizes the Secretary to take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe within a specific geographic area and the lands are within the specific geographic area; or

(2) If the legislation does not provide a specific geographic area for the restoration of lands, the tribe must meet the requirements of § 292.12.

(b) If the tribe is acknowledged under § 83.8 of this chapter, it must show that it:

(1) Meets the requirements of § 292.12; and

(2) Does not already have an initial reservation proclaimed after October 17, 1988.

(c) If the tribe was restored by a Federal court determination in which the United States is a party or by a court-approved settlement agreement entered into by the United States, it must meet the requirements of § 292.12.