CFR > Title 25 - Indians > CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER N—ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES (parts 286 to 293) > PART 292—GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988 > SUBPART B—Exceptions to Prohibitions on Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (§292.3 to §292.12) > 292.9—How does a tribe show that it lost its government-to-government relationship?

292.9—How does a tribe show that it lost its government-to-government relationship?

For a tribe to qualify as having lost its government-to-government relationship for purposes of § 292.7, it must show that its government-to-government relationship was terminated by one of the following means:
(a) Legislative termination;
(b) Consistent historical written documentation from the Federal Government effectively stating that it no longer recognized a government-to-government relationship with the tribe or its members or taking action to end the government-to-government relationship; or
(c) Congressional restoration legislation that recognizes the existence of the previous government-to-government relationship.