---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 292.8"
title: "25"
number: "292.8"
heading: "How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/292.8"
---

# §292.8. How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?


For a tribe to qualify as having been at one time federally recognized for purposes of [§ 292.7](/cfr/25/292.7.md), one of the following must be true:

- (a) The United States at one time entered into treaty negotiations with the tribe;
- (b) The Department determined that the tribe could organize under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act;
- (c) Congress enacted legislation specific to, or naming, the tribe indicating that a government-to-government relationship existed;
- (d) The United States at one time acquired land for the tribe's benefit; or
- (e) Some other evidence demonstrates the existence of a government-to-government relationship between the tribe and 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.