Regulation .04 Recognition Criteria.
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The Commission may recommend that an eligible petitioning group be formally recognized under Regulation .08 of this chapter as a Maryland Indian tribe, band, group, or clan if the petitioning group establishes, taking into account the special circumstances of Native Americans indigenous to Maryland, that:
A.
The group has been:
(1)
Identified as Native American from before 1790 until the present, and
(2)
Part of a continuous Native American community from before 1790 until the present;
B.
The members of the group are descendants from a tribe that:
(1)
Existed before 1790,
(2)
Is indigenous to Maryland, and
(3)
Inhabited a specific area in Maryland before 1790; and
C.
The membership of the group is composed principally of persons who are not members of any other acknowledged or recognized Native American tribe, band, group, or clan.