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Notice2026-17054

Receipt of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe

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Published
August 21, 2026

Issuing agencies

Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau

Abstract

The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that the group known as the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of the Mission San Juan Bautista has filed a documented petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe with the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs. The Department seeks comments and evidence from the public on the petition.

Indexed from Federal Register on August 21, 2026.

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