Does the Secretary of the Interior have the statutory authority to keep an Accurate List of Federally Recognized Tribes
The Chickamauga Nation meets the Criteria of a Federally Recognized Tribe according to Carceiri v Salazar in that the Tribe was under the jurisdiction in 1934 when the Indian Reorganization Act was passed.
Further the 1994 Federally Recognized Tribes List Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to:
(6) the Secretary of the Interior is charged with the responsibility of keeping a list of all federally recognized tribes;
(7) the list published by the Secretary should be accurate, regularly updated, and regularly published, since it is used by the various departments and agencies of the United States to determine the eligibility of certain groups to receive services from the United States; and
(8) the list of federally recognized tribes which the Secretary publishes should reflect all of the federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States which are eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
The Secretary is in direct violation of Sec 103 and Sec 202. Therefore The Chickamauga Nation must be placed on the LIST immediately.
