{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-292.9","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 292.9","heading":"How does a tribe show that it lost its government-to-government relationship?","body":"For a tribe to qualify as having lost its government-to-government relationship for purposes of § 292.7, it must show that its government-to-government relationship was terminated by one of the following means:\n(a) Legislative termination;\n(b) Consistent historical written documentation from the Federal Government effectively stating that it no longer recognized a government-to-government relationship with the tribe or its members or taking action to end the government-to-government relationship; or\n(c) Congressional restoration legislation that recognizes the existence of the previous government-to-government relationship.","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":"aff99acb5946892181b5adc32777aae1f57ae1fdb5e69c9f113be09c4c86f818","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-292.8","next":"us/25-cfr-292.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}