Petitions Resolved

The following tables show the petitioners that the Department acknowledged through 25 CFR Part 83, the petitioners that the Department declined to acknowledge through 25 CFR Part 83, and the petitioners that Congress recognized while DOI was reviewing a petition under 25 CFR Part 83.

List of Petition
Number	Name	State	Decision
001	Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe	Louisiana	Acknowledged
003	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians	Michigan	Acknowledged
004	Shinnecock Indian Nation	New York	Acknowledged
007	Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi	Alabama	Denied
008	Lower Muscogee Creek Tribe -- East of the Mississippi	Georgia	Denied
009	Huron Potawatomi, Inc.	Michigan	Acknowledged
009A	Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of MI	Michigan	Acknowledged
010	Creeks East of the Mississippi	Florida	Denied
011	Steilacoom Tribe of Indians	Washington	Denied
012	Snohomish Tribe of Indians	Washington	Denied
013	Poarch Band of Creeks	Alabama	Acknowledged
014	Samish Tribe of Indians	Washington	Acknowledged
015	Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.	Massachusetts	Acknowledged
016	Cowlitz Indian Tribe	Washington	Acknowledged
019	Jamestown Clallam Tribe of Indians	Washington	Acknowledged
020	Snoqualmie Tribal Organization	Washington	Acknowledged
026	Munsee-Thames River Delaware Indian Nation	Colorado	Denied
029	Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy (SECC)	Georgia	Denied
029A	Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band (SECC)	Oregon	Denied
029B	Red Clay Inter-tribal lndian Band (SECC)	Tennessee	Denied
031	Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana	Montana	Denied
035	Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut	Connecticut	Denied
038	Mohegan Tribe of Indians of the State of Connecticut	Connecticut	Acknowledged
041	Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee	Georgia	Denied
045	Jena Band of Choctaw Indians	Louisiana	Acknowledged
051	Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California	California	Acknowledged
052	Tchinouk Indians	Oregon	Denied
057	Chinook Indian Tribe / Chinook Nation	Washington	Denied
058	Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc.	New Jersey	Denied
059	Narragansett Indian Tribe	Rhode Island	Acknowledged
066	Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.	Indiana	Denied
067	Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Denied
068	St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont	Vermont	Denied
069A	Nipmuc Nation	Massachusetts	Denied
069B	Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians	Massachusetts	Denied
070	United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America, Inc.	California	Denied
070A	Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc.	California	Denied
071	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe	Arizona	Acknowledged
076	Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc.	Massachusetts	Acknowledged
079	Schaghticoke Tribal Nation	Connecticut	Denied
081	Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe	Connecticut	Denied
084B	Juaneño Band of Mission Indians	California	Denied
085	Tolowa Nation	California	Denied
086	Mobile-Washington County ("MOWA") Band of Choctaw Indians of South Alabama	Alabama	Denied
087	Machis Lower Alabama Creek lndian Tribe	Alabama	Denied
101	Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians	Michigan	Denied
111	Muwekma Ohlone Tribe	California	Denied
113	Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut	Connecticut	Denied
121	Yuchi Tribal Organization	Oklahoma	Denied
158	Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians	California
227	The Central Band of Cherokee	Tennessee	Denied
288	Choctaw Nation of Florida	Florida	Denied
323	Pamunkey Indian Tribe	Virginia	Acknowledged

Contact Us

Office of Federal Acknowledgment

1849 C Street NW MS-4071 MIB
Washington, DC 20240

Open 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday.

OFA_Info@bia.gov

202-513-7650