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A letter of intent to petition is no longer required or accepted under the current regulations. Instead, there are four (4) elements required for a documented petition to be considered complete. Incomplete petitions will not be evaluated. The following excerpt from 25 CFR Part 83 details the four (4) required elements:
§ 83.21 What must a documented petition include?
Updated April 18, 2016
The following table provides the comments or materials submitted by third parties to OFA relating to the documented petition in accordance with 25 CFR 83.22(c). These documents may be viewed via a browser or downloaded directly to a computer or mobile device. Additional documents may be obtained by making a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, in writing, to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment.
Under section 83.7(b) of the acknowledgment regulations, several petitioners chose to complete the acknowledgment process under the previous version of the acknowledgment regulations (the 25 CFR Part 83 acknowledgment regulations as revised April 1, 1994). These petitioners are:
Below is a list of notices that have been posted to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment website. These notices are, in general, expired and are listed here for reference purposes.
NOTE: The provision to request reconsideration via the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) is available under the 1994 revision of the acknowledgment regulations. It is not available under the acknowledgment regulations as revised in 2015. All references below to the 25 CFR Part 83 acknowledgment regulations refer to the 1994 revision of 25 CFR Part 83.
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