Nation

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation

Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.

Recognition, as each source states it

Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.

Petitioning for federal acknowledgment, Connecticut (Kent)Re-petition R003 'Awaiting Active Consideration' (request noticed 90 FR 61161, Dec. 30, 2025); reconsidered final determination declined acknowledgment 70 FR 60101 (2005); party to Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Kempthorne (2d Cir. 2009) and Non-Intercourse Act suits v. Kent School Corp.source

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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federalregister.gov/documents/2005/10/14/05-20719/reconsidered-final-determination-to-declprimary record
Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Kent School Corp., Inc. , Civil No. 3:98 CVO1113 (PCD) and Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Connecticut Light and Power Company
federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/30/2025-23954/receipt-of-request-for-authorization-tprimary record
the group known as the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN) has submitted a request for authorization to re-petition for Federal acknowledgment