| Lost Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri Inc. |
| Mailing Address: 2201 Washington Ave. Conway, AR 72032 Phone: (501) 932-0928 Fax: (501) 932-0929 Email: office@lost-cherokee.com |
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"Letter of intent means an undocumented letter or resolution by
which an Indian group requests Federal acknowledgment as an
Indian tribe and expresses its intent to submit a documented
petition.
Petitioner means any entity that has submitted a letter of intent
to the Secretary requesting acknowledgment that it is an Indian
tribe." (CFR, Title 25, ch. 1, pt. 83.1, pg. 269)
"Evaluation of petitions shall take into account historical
situations and time periods for which evidence is demonstrably
limited or not available. The limitations inherent in
demonstrating the historical existence of community and political
influence or authority shall also be taken into account. Existence
of community and political influence or authority shall be
demonstrated on a substantially continuous basis, but this
demonstration does not require meeting these criteria at every
point in time." (pg. 271)
"The petitioner must provide an official membership list,
separately certified by the group's governing body, of all known
current members of the group. This list must include each
member's full name (including maiden name), date of birth, and
current residential address. The petitioner must also provide a
copy of each available former list of members based on the
group's own defined criteria as well as a statement describing the
circumstances surrounding the preparation of the current list and,
insofar as possible, the circumstances surrounding the
preparation of former lists." (pg. 273)
"The Assistant Secretary shall acknowledge the existence of the
petitioner as an Indian tribe when it is determined that the group
satisfies all of the criteria in §83.7. The Assistant Secretary
shall decline to acknowledge that a petitioner is an Indian tribe if
it fails to satisfy any one of the criteria in §83.7." (pg. 278)
which an Indian group requests Federal acknowledgment as an
Indian tribe and expresses its intent to submit a documented
petition.
Petitioner means any entity that has submitted a letter of intent
to the Secretary requesting acknowledgment that it is an Indian
tribe." (CFR, Title 25, ch. 1, pt. 83.1, pg. 269)
"Evaluation of petitions shall take into account historical
situations and time periods for which evidence is demonstrably
limited or not available. The limitations inherent in
demonstrating the historical existence of community and political
influence or authority shall also be taken into account. Existence
of community and political influence or authority shall be
demonstrated on a substantially continuous basis, but this
demonstration does not require meeting these criteria at every
point in time." (pg. 271)
"The petitioner must provide an official membership list,
separately certified by the group's governing body, of all known
current members of the group. This list must include each
member's full name (including maiden name), date of birth, and
current residential address. The petitioner must also provide a
copy of each available former list of members based on the
group's own defined criteria as well as a statement describing the
circumstances surrounding the preparation of the current list and,
insofar as possible, the circumstances surrounding the
preparation of former lists." (pg. 273)
"The Assistant Secretary shall acknowledge the existence of the
petitioner as an Indian tribe when it is determined that the group
satisfies all of the criteria in §83.7. The Assistant Secretary
shall decline to acknowledge that a petitioner is an Indian tribe if
it fails to satisfy any one of the criteria in §83.7." (pg. 278)
| For anyone confused about the difference between a federally recognized tribe and a non-recognized group, currently we are a group. Here is the federal law: "Indian group or group means any Indian or Alaska Native aggregation within the continental United States that the Secretary of the Interior does not acknowledge to be an Indian tribe. Indian tribe, also referred to herein as tribe, means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, pueblo, village, or community within the continental United States that the Secretary of the Interior presently acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe." (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 25, ch.1, pt. 83.1, pg. 268 |