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The process of acknowledgement for non-federally recognized tribes is long and complicated. Tribal groups seeking recognition spend many years in the process of seeking federal recognition. Seven criteria are required for recognition but a new proposed rule from the Bureau of Indian Affairs could mean big changes. How might these new regulations impact tribes seeking federal recognition? Could the proposed rules reduce the time it takes to gain recognition? Guests include: Kevin Washburn (Chickasaw) Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Pastor John Norwood (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape) co-chair of NCAI’s Federal Recognition Task Force, Chairman Gerald Gray (Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana) and Chief Kevin Brown (Pamunkey), Chief of the Pamunkey Tribe, Virginia

Break Music: Prayer Loop (song) Supaman (artist)