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Federally recognized tribes

Federally recognized tribes are those Indian tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for certain federal government purposes.

Description

In the United States, the Indian tribe is a fundamental unit, and the constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Sandoval (231 US. 28 [1913]) warned, "it is not... that Congress may bring a community or body of people within range of this power by arbitrarily calling them an Indian tribe, but only that in respect of distinctly Indian communities the questions whether, to what extent, and for what time they shall be recognized and dealt with as dependent tribes" (at 46).[1] Federal tribal recognition grants to tribes the right to certain benefits, and is largely controlled by the United States federal agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

On August 11, 2009, the U.S. government's Federal Register issued an official list of 564 tribes in the Federal Register as Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, which can be downloaded as a PDF document from the U.S. Library of Congress:[2]. USA.gov, the federal government's official web portal, also maintains a list of tribal governments which is constantly updated. Ancillary information present in former versions of this list but no longer contained in the current listing have been included here in italics print.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Sheffield (1998) p56
  2. ^ INDIAN ENTITIES RECOGNIZED AND ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 153 dated August 11, 2009 (74 FR 40218)

Federal Registers

Federal Registers containing the "Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs" to which "Federally recognized tribes" and "List of Alaska Native Tribal Entities" derive their listings. To view the Federal Register, please visit The Federal Register page of the GPO.

Current version

Former versions

  • Federal Register, Volume 73, Number 66 dated April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18553)
  • Federal Register, Volume 72, Number 55 dated March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648)
  • Federal Register, Volume 70, Number 226 dated November 25, 2005 (70 FR 71194)
  • Federal Register, Volume 68, Number 234 dated December 5, 2003 (68 FR 68180)
  • Federal Register, Volume 67, Number 134 dated July 12, 2002 (67 FR 46328)
  • Federal Register, Volume 65, Number 49 dated March 13, 2000 (65 FR 13298)
  • Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 250 dated December 30, 1998 (63 FR 71941)
  • Federal Register, Volume 62, Number 205 dated October 23, 1997 (62 FR 55270)
  • Federal Register, Volume 61, Number 220 dated November 13, 1996 (61 FR 58211)
  • Federal Register, Volume 60, Number 32 dated February 16, 1995 (60 FR 9250)
  • Federal Register, Volume 58, Number 202 dated October 21, 1993 (58 FR 54364)
  • Federal Register, Volume 53, Number 250 dated December 29, 1988 (53 FR 52829)
  • Federal Register, Volume 47, Number 227 dated November 24, 1982 (47 FR 53133) — First time listing that includes native entities within the state of Alaska
  • Federal Register, Volume 44, Number 26 dated February 6, 1979 (44 FR 7235) — First listing of Indian tribal entities within the contiguous 48 states

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