Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation

Samenvatting

Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), notice is hereby given that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs proposes to decline to acknowledge that the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN), c/o Mr. Richard L. Velky, 33 Elizabeth Street, 4th Floor, Derby, Connecticut 06148, exists as an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. This notice is based on a determination that the petitioner does not satisfy all seven of the criteria set forth in 25 CFR 83.7, specifically criteria (b), and (c), and therefore does not meet the requirements for a government-to- government relationship with the United States.