Attached please find the final determination letter issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the appeals filed by both the Webster and Sutton based Nipmuc groups seeking recognition by the Federal Government as an Indian tribe. The appeals were filed by the Nipmuc groups after the Bureau of Indian Affairs earlier found that neither group met the recognition requirements of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be recognized by the Federal Government as an Indian tribe.
The final determination was a denial of the appeal, meaning that neither group has been recognized by the Federal Government.
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