Delaware chief: Tribe regains federal recognition

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Aug 4, 2009

The chief of the Bartlesville-based Delaware Tribe says the tribe has regained federal recognition. Chief Jerry Douglas says the tribe was notified July 28 by the U.S. Department of Interior that it is again a federally recognized tribe. The tribe lost federal recognition in a 2004 court ruling in favor of the Cherokee Nation.

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