---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 292.10"
title: "25"
number: "292.10"
heading: "How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/292.10"
---

# §292.10. How does a tribe qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition?


For a tribe to qualify as having been restored to Federal recognition for purposes of [§ 292.7](/cfr/25/292.7.md), the tribe must show at least one of the following:

- (a) Congressional enactment of legislation recognizing, acknowledging, affirming, reaffirming, or restoring the government-to-government relationship between the United States and the tribe (required for tribes terminated by Congressional action);
- (b) Recognition through the administrative Federal Acknowledgment Process under [§ 83.8](/cfr/25/83.8.md) of this chapter; or
- (c) A Federal court determination in which the United States is a party or court-approved settlement agreement entered into by the United States.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 2719, 43 U.S.C. 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 29375, May 20, 2008, unless otherwise noted.