Data / Federal rules / 2025-00709
Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes
The Indian Affairs Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025. It took effect on February 14, 2025.
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What the agency says
The United States Department of the Interior (Department) revises the regulations governing the process through which the Secretary acknowledges an Indian Tribe, creating a conditional, time- limited opportunity for denied petitioners to re-petition for Federal acknowledgment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-00709
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Indian Affairs Bureau
- Published
- January 15, 2025
- Takes effect
- February 14, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective on February 14, 2025.
- Docket
- BIA-2022-0001; 256A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1076-AF67
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 25 CFR 83
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Indians-tribal government
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 19
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