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  2. List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United ...

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    Federal tribal recognition grants to tribes the right to certain benefits, and is largely administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). While trying to determine which groups were eligible for federal recognition in the 1970s, government officials became aware of the need for consistent procedures.

  3. Native American recognition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In order to become a federally recognized, tribes must meet certain requirements. The Bureau of Indian affairs defines a federally recognized tribe as an American Indian or Alaska Native tribal entity that is recognized having a government-to-government relationship with the United States, with the responsibilities, powers, limitations, and obligations attached to that designation, and is ...

  4. List of federally recognized tribes by state - Wikipedia

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    Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]

  5. ‘Long past time.’ Tillis, Budd legislation grants Lumbee ...

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    Members of Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina “deserve the same rights, privileges, and respect granted to other Native American tribes,” U.S. Sen. Ted Budd said.

  6. Contemporary Native American issues in the United States

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    Tribal courts were limited to sentences of one year or less, [77] until on July 29, 2010, the Tribal Law and Order Act was enacted which in some measure reforms the system permitting tribal courts to impose sentences of up to three years provided proceedings are recorded and additional rights are extended to defendants.

  7. Native American policy of the Ulysses S. Grant administration

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    The Modoc War (1872–1873) and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), were detrimental to Grant's goal of enforced Native assimilation to European American culture and society. Historians admire Grant's sincere efforts to improve Native relations in the United States but remain critical of the destruction of buffalo herds, which served as a ...

  8. Native American policy of the Barack Obama administration

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    The White House Tribal Nations Conference is an initiative created under the Barack Obama administration that aims to create dialogue between governments, give space for tribal leaders to bring issues that affect tribal communities to the attention of the United States federal government, and to make appropriate recommendations for policies and ...

  9. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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    A program of federal grants assists in the repatriation process and the Secretary of the Interior may assess civil penalties on museums that fail to comply. NAGPRA also establishes procedures for the inadvertent discovery or planned excavation of Native American cultural items on federal or tribal lands.