Proposed Finding for Federal Acknowledgment of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

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Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), notice is hereby given that the Assistant Secretary proposes to acknowledge that the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, c/o Jerry D. Jackson, P.O. Box 14, Jena, Louisiana, 71342, exists as an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. This notice is based on a determination that the tribe meets the seven mandatory criteria set forth in 25 CFR 83.7. Therefore, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians meets the requirements necessary for a government- to-government relationship with the United States.