{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-83.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 83.5","heading":"How does a petitioner obtain Federal acknowledgment under this part?","body":"To be acknowledged as a federally recognized Indian tribe under this part, a petitioner must meet the Indian Entity Identification (§ 83.11(a)), Governing Document (§ 83.11(d)), Descent (§ 83.11(e)), Unique Membership (§ 83.11(f)), and Congressional Termination (§ 83.11(g)) Criteria and must:\n(a) Demonstrate previous Federal acknowledgment under § 83.12(a) and meet the criteria in § 83.12(b); or\n(b) Meet the Community (§ 83.11(b)) and Political Authority (§ 83.11(c)) Criteria.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER F—TRIBAL GOVERNMENT","PART 83—PROCEDURES FOR FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"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":"7e1ac5343759b9fc550c3a7d9b3716d79d0020db2ceeab9064dcb406daa95408","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-83.4","next":"us/25-cfr-83.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}