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

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs [267A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.000000] AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: 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. DATES: Comments and evidence must be postmarked by December 21, 2026. ADDRESSES: Copies of the narrative portion of the documented petition, as submitted by the petitioner (with any redactions appropriate under 25 CFR 83.21(b) ), and other information are available at the Office of Federal Acknowledgement's (OFA) website: www.bia.gov/​as-ia/​ofa . Submit any comments or evidence to: Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Attention: Office of Federal Acknowledgement, Mail Stop 4071 MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, or by email to: Ofa_Info@bia.gov . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nikki Bass, OFA Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, by phone: (202) 513-7650; or by email: Ofa_Info@bia.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 31, 2015, the Department's revisions to 25 CFR part 83 became final and effective ( 80 FR 37861 ). A key goal of the revisions was to imp…