{"abstract":"Notice is hereby given that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) is changing certain internal procedures for processing petitions for federal acknowledgment as an Indian tribe, and clarifying other procedures. These revised procedures do not change the acknowledgment regulations, 25 CFR Part 83.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Indian Affairs","name":"Indian Affairs Bureau","id":234,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/indian-affairs-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/234","parent_id":253,"slug":"indian-affairs-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/02/11/00-3161.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 7052","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"These changes are effective as of February 11, 2000. They are to apply to all future proposed findings, except for Little Shell of Montana petitioner, and to all future final determinations, except for the Cowlitz petitioner, where technical reports have been prepared already.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-3161","effective_on":"2000-02-11","end_page":7053,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/02/11/00-3161.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/02/11/00-3161/changes-in-the-internal-processing-of-federal-acknowledgment-petitions","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-3161?publication_date=2000-02-11","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-02-11/00-3161/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":41,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 22:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-02-11/pdf/00-3161.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-02-11","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/02/11/00-3161.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":7052,"subtype":null,"title":"Changes in the Internal Processing of Federal Acknowledgment Petitions","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":65}