{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-292.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 292.8","heading":"How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?","body":"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:\n(a) The United States at one time entered into treaty negotiations with the tribe;\n(b) The Department determined that the tribe could organize under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act;\n(c) Congress enacted legislation specific to, or naming, the tribe indicating that a government-to-government relationship existed;\n(d) The United States at one time acquired land for the tribe's benefit; or\n(e) Some other evidence demonstrates the existence of a government-to-government relationship between the tribe and the United States.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER N—ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES","PART 292—GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988","Subpart B—Exceptions to Prohibitions on Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"156f519dbfe02ce9737b8698b66a058b1b5417c11ca122e49648b76aee394bec","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-292.7","next":"us/25-cfr-292.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}