Acknowledgment Decision Compilation (ADC) List: Petitions on Active Consideration
Updated September 12, 2012
DEPARTMENT'S ACTION ITEMS
Petitioners Awaiting Proposed Finding (PF): 4
- Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe (formerly Tiwa Indian Tribe), NM (#5)
- Meherrin Tribe, NC (#119b)
- Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation (formerly American Indian Council of Mariposa County), CA (#82)
- Muscogee Nation of Florida, FL (#32)
Petitioners Awaiting Final Determinations (FD): 1
- Tolowa Nation, CA (#85)
PETITIONER'S and THIRD PARTY ACTION ITEMS
Commenting on Proposed Finding: 0
Commenting on Amended Proposed Finding: 3
- Biloxi, Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Inc., LA (#56a)
- Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, LA (#56b) (Withdrew from the UHN #56 letter of intent 7/22/1996; responding to same proposed finding; comment period closed 11/6/97; active 2/4/05)
- United Houma Nation, Inc., LA (#56)
Responding to Comments on Proposed Finding: 0
Final Determination Issued; in 90-day Period during which Parties Can File an Appeal with Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA): 1
- Brothertown Indian Nation, WI (#67)
IN POST-FINAL DECISION APPEAL PROCESS - (3)
- Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of MT (#31)
- Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, CA (#84a)
- Choctaw Nation of Florida (#288)
DECISIONS IN LITIGATION - (2)
(Department resolved)
- Duwamish Indian Tribe, WA (#25) (denied eff. 5/8/02)
- Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of San Francisco Bay, CA [formerly Ohlone/Coastanoan Muwekma Tribe] (#111) (denied eff. 12/16/02)
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