25 C.F.R. § 292.8 : Indians — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR — ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES — GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988 — EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITIONS ON GAMING ON NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS —RESTORED LANDS" EXCEPTION — 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, 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.

25 C.F.R. § 292.8