{
  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-22",
  "status": "Initial regional connections being reviewed for every directory entry; incomplete coverage",
  "coverageNote": "Modern regions are navigation aids, not Indigenous territories. Missing results mean connections await research. Counts are directory entries with overlapping names and umbrella access points, not distinct nations.",
  "associations": [
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 309,
      "name": "Prairie Band Potawatomi",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.knaa.ks.gov/tribes-in-ks",
      "evidenceNote": "Kansas directory lists Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation at Mayetta. Government location, not homeland boundaries; indexed record read, direct fetch returned 403.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 165,
      "name": "Kickapoo",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.knaa.ks.gov/tribes-in-ks",
      "evidenceNote": "Kansas directory lists Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas at Horton. One government within this broader entry; indexed record read, direct fetch returned 403.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 327,
      "name": "Sac and Fox",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.knaa.ks.gov/tribes-in-ks",
      "evidenceNote": "Directory lists Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska at Reserve. One government; indexed record read, direct fetch returned 403.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 144,
      "name": "Iowa (Ioway)",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.knaa.ks.gov/tribes-in-ks",
      "evidenceNote": "Kansas directory lists Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska at White Cloud. Specific government, not every Ioway community; indexed record read, direct fetch returned 403.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Present community service location",
      "period": "Page inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://delawaretribe.org/cultural-education/culture-and-language/lenape-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Delaware Tribe publishes a Caney, Kansas office. Not homeland boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 271,
      "name": "Osage",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; 2021 account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-nation-language-department-announces-2021-2022-community-class-schedule",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's account explicitly includes Kansas in earlier Osage country. No boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MO",
      "originalId": 271,
      "name": "Osage",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; 2021 account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-nation-language-department-announces-2021-2022-community-class-schedule",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's account explicitly includes Missouri in earlier Osage country. No boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AR",
      "originalId": 271,
      "name": "Osage",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; 2021 account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-nation-language-department-announces-2021-2022-community-class-schedule",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's account explicitly includes Arkansas in earlier Osage country. No boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-PA",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview names eastern Pennsylvania. Not the whole state.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NJ",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview explicitly names New Jersey. No boundary geometry.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-DE",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview explicitly names Delaware. No boundary geometry.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview names parts of New York. Not statewide territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CT",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview names parts of Connecticut. Not statewide territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MD",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography; community account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's overview names parts of Maryland. Not statewide territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OH",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement/removal",
      "period": "Eighteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation describes Ohio settlements following dispossession from eastern homelands.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IN",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical migration/settlement",
      "period": "Eighteenth–nineteenth centuries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's removal narrative explicitly includes Indiana. No current-government inference.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MO",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical migration/settlement",
      "period": "Late eighteenth–early nineteenth centuries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation describes Missouri settlement after movement from Indiana.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AR",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical migration/settlement",
      "period": "Early nineteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation describes Arkansas settlements during movement toward Texas.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement/removal",
      "period": "Nineteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation describes Texas settlements and later removal. Not present jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 182,
      "name": "Lenape",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Page inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://delawaretribe.org/cultural-education/culture-and-language/lenape-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Delaware Tribe identifies its Lenape government headquarters in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "originalId": 9,
      "name": "Alabama",
      "associationType": "Historical town connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-quassarte.com/getpage.php?name=About_Us&sub=About+Us",
      "evidenceNote": "Community account places the earlier Alabama and Quassarte towns in today's Alabama. Not all Indigenous peoples of the state.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 9,
      "name": "Alabama",
      "associationType": "Historical migration/settlement",
      "period": "Late eighteenth–early nineteenth centuries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-quassarte.com/getpage.php?name=About_Us&sub=About+Us",
      "evidenceNote": "Community account describes some Alabama/Quassarte groups moving to Louisiana. Not a single migration followed by everyone.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 9,
      "name": "Alabama",
      "associationType": "Oklahoma community/government history",
      "period": "Removal and later town organization",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-quassarte.com/getpage.php?name=About_Us&sub=About+Us",
      "evidenceNote": "Account concerns Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town in Oklahoma, distinct from the Texas government. No current enrollment or officeholders inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 9,
      "name": "Alabama",
      "associationType": "Texas community/government connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing Texas setting",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-coushatta.com/about-us/chief-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Tribe's account identifies the joint Alabama-Coushatta community's reservation in southeast Texas. Not a government for every Alabama person.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 89,
      "name": "Coushatta",
      "associationType": "Texas community/government connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing Texas setting",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-coushatta.com/about-us/chief-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Tribe's account distinguishes Coushatta leaders within the joint Texas community. This specific government does not represent every Coushatta community.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 6,
      "name": "Adai",
      "associationType": "Public community facility",
      "period": "Facility evidence inspected 2026-10-20",
      "sourceUrl": "https://adaicaddo.com/about/cultural-center/",
      "evidenceNote": "Previously inspected community page publishes its cultural center at Robeline, Louisiana. Road-number discrepancy remains; no geocoding or homeland boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 7,
      "name": "Ahtna",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing regional connection",
      "period": "Historical/contemporary account published 2024",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/upload/Ahtna-and-Wrangell-St-Elias-National-Park-and-Preserve-An-Ethnographic-Overview-and-Assessment.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Previously inspected report concerns Ahtna Copper River regional history in Alaska. Public regional association only; no sensitive places or exact territorial geometry.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "originalId": 265,
      "name": "Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Present-day communities",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mn.gov/commerce/about/tribal-affairs/tribal-nations-in-mn.jsp",
      "evidenceNote": "State page identifies seven Ojibwe/Chippewa reservations; specific sovereign governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "originalId": 95,
      "name": "Dakota",
      "associationType": "Present-day communities",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mn.gov/commerce/about/tribal-affairs/tribal-nations-in-mn.jsp",
      "evidenceNote": "State page identifies four Dakota communities, including Lower Sioux and Prairie Island; broader people-level access point.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 265,
      "name": "Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Several Lake Superior Chippewa and other Chippewa communities are listed; separate sovereign governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 307,
      "name": "Potawatomi",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Forest County Potawatomi Community is listed; this specific Wisconsin government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 130,
      "name": "Ho-Chunk",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Ho-Chunk Nation is listed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 208,
      "name": "Menominee",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is listed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 268,
      "name": "Oneida",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Oneida Nation is listed; distinct from other Oneida governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "originalId": 223,
      "name": "Mohican",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is listed; specific Wisconsin community.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 282,
      "name": "Passamaquoddy",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and present-day; archive introduction inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://digitalarchives.maine.gov/wabanaki_nations",
      "evidenceNote": "Archives introduction explicitly identifies Passamaquoddy communities in Maine.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 286,
      "name": "Penobscot",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and present-day; archive introduction inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://digitalarchives.maine.gov/wabanaki_nations",
      "evidenceNote": "Archives introduction explicitly identifies Penobscot communities in Maine.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 214,
      "name": "Mi'kmaq",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and present-day; archive introduction inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://digitalarchives.maine.gov/wabanaki_nations",
      "evidenceNote": "Archives introduction explicitly identifies Mi'kmaq communities in Maine.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 434,
      "name": "Wolastoqiyik",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and present-day; archive introduction inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://digitalarchives.maine.gov/wabanaki_nations",
      "evidenceNote": "Archives introduction identifies Maliseet communities; broad Wolastoqiyik access point, not every community.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 373,
      "name": "Taos Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Taos; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 292,
      "name": "Picuris Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Taos; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 264,
      "name": "Ohkay Owingeh",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Rio Arriba; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 334,
      "name": "Santa Clara Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Rio Arriba; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 332,
      "name": "San Ildefonso Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Santa Fe; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 236,
      "name": "Nambé Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Santa Fe; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 299,
      "name": "Pojoaque Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Santa Fe; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 380,
      "name": "Tesuque Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Santa Fe; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 80,
      "name": "Cochiti Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 331,
      "name": "San Felipe Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 333,
      "name": "Santa Ana Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 330,
      "name": "Sandia Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 452,
      "name": "Zia Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 150,
      "name": "Jemez Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Sandoval; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 145,
      "name": "Isleta Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Bernalillo and Valencia; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 4,
      "name": "Acoma Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Cibola; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 179,
      "name": "Laguna Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Cibola; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 454,
      "name": "Zuni",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: McKinley; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 209,
      "name": "Mescalero Apache",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "County listed: Otero; location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 244,
      "name": "Navajo (Diné)",
      "associationType": "Present-day community in state directory",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/native-american-election-information-program/23-nm-federally-recognized-tribes-in-nm-counties/",
      "evidenceNote": "State directory lists Navajo Nation across several New Mexico counties; no territorial outline inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 438,
      "name": "Yakama",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Toppenish. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 49,
      "name": "Chehalis",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Oakville. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 82,
      "name": "Colville",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Nespelem. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 90,
      "name": "Cowlitz",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Longview. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 154,
      "name": "Kalispel",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Usk. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 189,
      "name": "Lummi",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Bellingham. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 192,
      "name": "Makah",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Neah Bay. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 230,
      "name": "Muckleshoot",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Auburn. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 254,
      "name": "Nooksack",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Deming. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 312,
      "name": "Puyallup",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Tacoma. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 317,
      "name": "Quileute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: La Push. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 318,
      "name": "Quinault",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Taholah. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 357,
      "name": "Spokane",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Wellpinit. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 416,
      "name": "Umatilla",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Pendleton. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 428,
      "name": "Warm Springs",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Warm Springs. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 247,
      "name": "Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Government address: Lapwai. Location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ND",
      "originalId": 195,
      "name": "Mandan",
      "associationType": "Present-day joint tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.indianaffairs.nd.gov/three-affiliated-tribes-mha-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation at Fort Berthold, North Dakota; three distinct peoples share this government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ND",
      "originalId": 127,
      "name": "Hidatsa",
      "associationType": "Present-day joint tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.indianaffairs.nd.gov/three-affiliated-tribes-mha-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation at Fort Berthold, North Dakota; three distinct peoples share this government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ND",
      "originalId": 19,
      "name": "Arikara",
      "associationType": "Present-day joint tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.indianaffairs.nd.gov/three-affiliated-tribes-mha-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation at Fort Berthold, North Dakota; three distinct peoples share this government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 441,
      "name": "Yaqui",
      "associationType": "Present-day community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Yaqui_Background_Info.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Page 1 explicitly identifies small Yaqui communities in Arizona, California and Texas; not whole-state territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 441,
      "name": "Yaqui",
      "associationType": "Present-day community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Yaqui_Background_Info.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Page 1 explicitly identifies small Yaqui communities in Arizona, California and Texas; not whole-state territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 441,
      "name": "Yaqui",
      "associationType": "Present-day community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Yaqui_Background_Info.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Page 1 explicitly identifies small Yaqui communities in Arizona, California and Texas; not whole-state territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 62,
      "name": "Chitimacha",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, Charenton. Directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 89,
      "name": "Coushatta",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Elton. Directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 65,
      "name": "Choctaw",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Trout; specific government within broader Choctaw entry. Directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 410,
      "name": "Tunica",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Marksville; joint government, not an interchangeability claim. Directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 30,
      "name": "Biloxi",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Marksville; joint government, not an interchangeability claim. Directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-UT",
      "originalId": 114,
      "name": "Gosiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Confederated Tribes of Goshute, Ibapah; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-UT",
      "originalId": 347,
      "name": "Shoshone",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Ogden; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-UT",
      "originalId": 276,
      "name": "Paiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Cedar City; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-UT",
      "originalId": 420,
      "name": "Ute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Ute Indian Tribe, Fort Duchesne, and Ute Mountain Ute White Mesa community; separate governments/communities.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CO",
      "originalId": 420,
      "name": "Ute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 244,
      "name": "Navajo (Diné)",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "Navajo Nation, Window Rock; government address only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 356,
      "name": "Southern Paiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indian.utah.gov/tribalnations/",
      "evidenceNote": "San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Tuba City; specific government address only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "originalId": 274,
      "name": "Ottawa (Odawa)",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and government connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government",
      "evidenceNote": "Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Manistee, and Little Traverse Bay Bands; specific governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "originalId": 265,
      "name": "Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and government connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government",
      "evidenceNote": "Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Mount Pleasant, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe; specific governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "originalId": 307,
      "name": "Potawatomi",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and government connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government",
      "evidenceNote": "State lists Gun Lake and Pokagon Potawatomi governments; separate governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IN",
      "originalId": 307,
      "name": "Potawatomi",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and government connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government",
      "evidenceNote": "Pokagon Band explicitly identifies homelands in Michigan and Indiana; one specific Potawatomi government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MS",
      "originalId": 55,
      "name": "Chickasaw",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; broad history passage",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chickasaw.net/our-nation/history",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly names Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee; broad regional connection, not statewide boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KY",
      "originalId": 55,
      "name": "Chickasaw",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; broad history passage",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chickasaw.net/our-nation/history",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly names Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee; broad regional connection, not statewide boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "originalId": 55,
      "name": "Chickasaw",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; broad history passage",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chickasaw.net/our-nation/history",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly names Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee; broad regional connection, not statewide boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TN",
      "originalId": 55,
      "name": "Chickasaw",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Before nineteenth-century removal; broad history passage",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chickasaw.net/our-nation/history",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly names Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee; broad regional connection, not statewide boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 55,
      "name": "Chickasaw",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Mid-nineteenth century onward",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chickasaw.net/our-nation/history",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history identifies a new homeland in south-central Oklahoma and subsequent government history.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-GA",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Centuries before removal; source updated August 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ identifies northern Georgia as part of earlier homelands; partial-state connection.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Centuries before removal; source updated August 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ identifies northern Alabama as part of earlier homelands; partial-state connection.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TN",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Centuries before removal; source updated August 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ identifies southern Tennessee as part of earlier homelands; partial-state connection.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Centuries before removal; source updated August 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ identifies western North Carolina as part of earlier homelands; partial-state connection.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KY",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical hunting-area connection",
      "period": "Historical; FAQ inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ explicitly identifies Kentucky and Virginia as hunting areas; distinct from settlement or present government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 51,
      "name": "Cherokee",
      "associationType": "Historical hunting-area connection",
      "period": "Historical; FAQ inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation FAQ explicitly identifies Kentucky and Virginia as hunting areas; distinct from settlement or present government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MS",
      "originalId": 65,
      "name": "Choctaw",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Before and after nineteenth-century removal",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.choctaw.org/about-us/tribal-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Mississippi Band history describes communities that remained after removal and later tribal government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NE",
      "originalId": 267,
      "name": "Omaha",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indianaffairs.state.ne.us/resources/tribes-of-nebraska/",
      "evidenceNote": "State commission lists Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NE",
      "originalId": 302,
      "name": "Ponca",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indianaffairs.state.ne.us/resources/tribes-of-nebraska/",
      "evidenceNote": "State commission lists Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NE",
      "originalId": 335,
      "name": "Santee Dakota",
      "associationType": "Present-day tribal-government association",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://indianaffairs.state.ne.us/resources/tribes-of-nebraska/",
      "evidenceNote": "State commission lists Santee Sioux Nation; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WY",
      "originalId": 18,
      "name": "Arapaho",
      "associationType": "Continuing reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Continuing Wind River connection; undated state overview",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-history",
      "evidenceNote": "State history identifies Arapaho and Shoshone communities at Wind River; no population totals or historical stereotypes adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WY",
      "originalId": 347,
      "name": "Shoshone",
      "associationType": "Continuing reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Continuing Wind River connection; undated state overview",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-history",
      "evidenceNote": "State history identifies Arapaho and Shoshone communities at Wind River; no population totals or historical stereotypes adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NV",
      "originalId": 114,
      "name": "Gosiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Goshute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Utah border.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-UT",
      "originalId": 114,
      "name": "Gosiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Goshute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Utah border.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NV",
      "originalId": 347,
      "name": "Shoshone",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Idaho border; joint government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 347,
      "name": "Shoshone",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Idaho border; joint government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NV",
      "originalId": 276,
      "name": "Paiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Idaho border; joint government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 276,
      "name": "Paiute",
      "associationType": "Present-day reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute reservation explicitly crosses Nevada-Idaho border; joint government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-SC",
      "originalId": 42,
      "name": "Catawba",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catawba.com/about-the-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation identifies Piedmont South Carolina in ancestral lands; regional, not whole-state, scope.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 42,
      "name": "Catawba",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catawba.com/about-the-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation identifies Piedmont North Carolina in ancestral lands; regional, not whole-state, scope.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 42,
      "name": "Catawba",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catawba.com/about-the-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation identifies southern Virginia in ancestral lands; regional, not whole-state, scope.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-SC",
      "originalId": 42,
      "name": "Catawba",
      "associationType": "Present-day community and government location",
      "period": "Present-day; undated page inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catawba.com/about-the-nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation identifies present lands in York County and government address in Rock Hill.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 165,
      "name": "Kickapoo",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific tribal-government/community location",
      "period": "Present-day; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://kickapootexas.org/",
      "evidenceNote": "Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas explicitly places its reservation south of Eagle Pass, Maverick County; specific government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-RI",
      "originalId": 238,
      "name": "Narragansett",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://narragansettindiannation.org/history/early/",
      "evidenceNote": "Tribal history identifies Rhode Island homelands and continuing reservation connection; no archaeological age claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IA",
      "originalId": 210,
      "name": "Meskwaki",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing settlement connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.meskwaki.org/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Meskwaki history identifies purchased Settlement lands and Tribal Center in Tama, Iowa; distinct from Sauk identity.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "originalId": 210,
      "name": "Meskwaki",
      "associationType": "Historical removal and return connection",
      "period": "Nineteenth-century removal and return",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.meskwaki.org/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "History describes forced removal to east-central Kansas and returns to Iowa; historical movement, not a present Kansas government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 340,
      "name": "Seminole",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.semtribe.com/history/introduction",
      "evidenceNote": "Seminole Tribe of Florida narrative identifies Florida as homeland; not interchangeable with separate Miccosukee or Oklahoma governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MA",
      "originalId": 425,
      "name": "Wampanoag",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/",
      "evidenceNote": "Aquinnah government's public introduction identifies Martha's Vineyard; broader history explicitly names southeastern Massachusetts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-RI",
      "originalId": 425,
      "name": "Wampanoag",
      "associationType": "Historical regional homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical; undated community introduction",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/",
      "evidenceNote": "About Our Tribe passage explicitly identifies eastern Rhode Island; no claim to the whole state.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 31,
      "name": "Blackfoot",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Blackfeet Nation. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 92,
      "name": "Crow",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Crow Nation. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 52,
      "name": "Cheyenne",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 115,
      "name": "Gros Ventre",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Fort Belknap Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 20,
      "name": "Assiniboine",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Fort Belknap and Fort Peck Assiniboine communities. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 91,
      "name": "Cree",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Rocky Boy's Chippewa and Cree Tribe. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 265,
      "name": "Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Rocky Boy's Chippewa and Cree Tribe and Little Shell Chippewa. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 174,
      "name": "Kootenai (Ktunaxa)",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific tribal-government/community association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "evidenceNote": "Historical Society partnership list: Confederated Salish, Pend d’Oreille and Kootenai Tribes. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-SD",
      "originalId": 180,
      "name": "Lakota",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community-land connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; NPS article updated 2020",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/south-unit-badl.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS identifies Oglala Lakota connection to Pine Ridge/South Unit; South Dakota tag confirms state. Broader Lakota access point.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IL",
      "originalId": 140,
      "name": "Illinois (Illiniwek)",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement-region connection",
      "period": "Initial European contact and subsequent contraction, 1600s–early 1800s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/id_terr.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Museum identifies Illinois-confederation communities in western Illinois; specific constituent peoples and periods differ.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IA",
      "originalId": 140,
      "name": "Illinois (Illiniwek)",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement-region connection",
      "period": "Initial European contact and subsequent contraction, 1600s–early 1800s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/id_terr.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Museum identifies Illinois-confederation communities in eastern Iowa; specific constituent peoples and periods differ.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MO",
      "originalId": 140,
      "name": "Illinois (Illiniwek)",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement-region connection",
      "period": "Initial European contact and subsequent contraction, 1600s–early 1800s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/id_terr.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Museum identifies Illinois-confederation communities in eastern Missouri; specific constituent peoples and periods differ.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AR",
      "originalId": 140,
      "name": "Illinois (Illiniwek)",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement-region connection",
      "period": "Initial European contact and subsequent contraction, 1600s–early 1800s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/id_terr.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Museum identifies Illinois-confederation communities in northeastern Arkansas; specific constituent peoples and periods differ.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IA",
      "originalId": 289,
      "name": "Peoria",
      "associationType": "Historical settlement-region connection",
      "period": "Initial European contact; seventeenth-century context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/id_terr.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Museum specifically identifies Peoria communities in what is now eastern Iowa.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VT",
      "originalId": 1,
      "name": "Abenaki",
      "associationType": "Historical ancestral-territory connection",
      "period": "Before European colonization; continuing homeland relationship",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gcnwa.com/histoire-de-la-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly includes Vermont in Ndakina. Historical territory does not authenticate present state-recognized identity claims; no whole-state polygon inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NH",
      "originalId": 1,
      "name": "Abenaki",
      "associationType": "Historical ancestral-territory connection",
      "period": "Before European colonization; continuing homeland relationship",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gcnwa.com/histoire-de-la-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly includes New Hampshire in Ndakina. Historical territory does not authenticate present state-recognized identity claims; no whole-state polygon inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 1,
      "name": "Abenaki",
      "associationType": "Historical ancestral-territory connection",
      "period": "Before European colonization; continuing homeland relationship",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gcnwa.com/histoire-de-la-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly includes Maine in Ndakina. Historical territory does not authenticate present state-recognized identity claims; no whole-state polygon inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MA",
      "originalId": 1,
      "name": "Abenaki",
      "associationType": "Historical ancestral-territory connection",
      "period": "Before European colonization; continuing homeland relationship",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gcnwa.com/histoire-de-la-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation history explicitly includes part of Massachusetts in Ndakina. Historical territory does not authenticate present state-recognized identity claims; no whole-state polygon inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "originalId": 14,
      "name": "Anishinaabe",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary organizational/community association; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://anishinabek.ca/about-us/",
      "evidenceNote": "About section explicitly describes the Anishinabek Nation's member First Nations across Ontario. This organizational footprint supports a provincial link, not the whole Anishinaabe homeland.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Anishinabek Nation",
      "reviewedScope": "About and history paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-MB",
      "originalId": 15,
      "name": "Anishininew",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary community; school account discusses 2021–2022",
      "sourceUrl": "https://george-knott-school.ca/GKSprofile.html",
      "evidenceNote": "School account explicitly locates Wasagamack in Manitoba. FARHA's About page identifies the Island Lake communities as Anishininew Nations. This is one supported community connection, not all Anishininew geography.",
      "sourceTitle": "Wasagamack First Nation School",
      "reviewedScope": "Community-location paragraph; FARHA mission cross-check",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://fourarrowsrha.org/about-farha/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 1,
      "name": "Abenaki",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary community association",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.quebec.ca/en/government/quebec-at-a-glance/first-nations-and-inuit/profile-of-the-nations/abenakis",
      "evidenceNote": "Population/territory section explicitly locates Odanak and Wôlinak in Québec. No population total or boundary is inferred.",
      "sourceTitle": "Abenaki — Gouvernement du Québec",
      "reviewedScope": "Population et territoire",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 22,
      "name": "Atikamekw",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary community association; updated May 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.quebec.ca/en/government/quebec-at-a-glance/first-nations-and-inuit/profile-of-the-nations/atikamekw",
      "evidenceNote": "Population/territory and organization sections identify Manawan, Wemotaci and Obedjiwan in Québec regions.",
      "sourceTitle": "Atikamekw — Gouvernement du Québec",
      "reviewedScope": "Population and territory; Economy",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 141,
      "name": "Innu",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary community association",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.quebec.ca/en/government/quebec-at-a-glance/first-nations-and-inuit/profile-of-the-nations/innu",
      "evidenceNote": "Population/territory lists Innu communities in Québec. The provincial page does not establish the full Innu homeland or exclude Labrador.",
      "sourceTitle": "Innu — Gouvernement du Québec",
      "reviewedScope": "Population and territory",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NS",
      "originalId": 214,
      "name": "Mi'kmaq",
      "associationType": "historical-homeland",
      "period": "Ancestral association continuing in public cultural interpretation",
      "sourceUrl": "https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/culture/autochtone-indigenous/mikmaq",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening text explicitly connects Mi'kmaw ancestral history with the Nova Scotia area occupied by Kejimkujik. This is a supported Nova Scotia connection, not a full Mi'kma'ki extent.",
      "sourceTitle": "A Mi'kmaw history — Parks Canada",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening; Cultural landscape; Stopping Place",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 120,
      "name": "Gwich'in",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Historical homeland and continuing community links",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gwichintribal.ca/history.html",
      "evidenceNote": "History identifies present Gwich'in communities in the Northwest Territories and a broader homeland. No totals adopted.",
      "sourceTitle": "Gwich'in History — Gwich'in Tribal Council",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening history paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "originalId": 120,
      "name": "Gwich'in",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Historical homeland and continuing community links",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gwichintribal.ca/history.html",
      "evidenceNote": "History explicitly connects ancestral lands and continuing relatives/communities with Yukon. No totals adopted.",
      "sourceTitle": "Gwich'in History — Gwich'in Tribal Council",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening history paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 27,
      "name": "Babine",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Traditional territory and communities described in February 2024",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs/news/2024/02/lake-babine-nation-and-canada-sign-agreement-to-support-community-vision-for-governance-capacity-development-and-infrastructure-priorities-for-wita.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Dateline and quick facts explicitly place Lake Babine Nation and traditional territory in British Columbia. Does not equate all Babine communities with this single government.",
      "sourceTitle": "Lake Babine Nation and Canada sign agreement — CIRNAC",
      "reviewedScope": "Dateline; Quick facts",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "originalId": 100,
      "name": "Denesuline",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Contemporary language-community geography; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/dene-suline",
      "evidenceNote": "Overview identifies Dëne Sųłıné/Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and communities in the Northwest Territories. This is language-community geography, not government jurisdiction.",
      "sourceTitle": "Dëne Sųłıné Resources — NWT Education, Culture and Employment",
      "reviewedScope": "Overview",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 100,
      "name": "Denesuline",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Contemporary language-community geography; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/dene-suline",
      "evidenceNote": "Overview identifies Dëne Sųłıné/Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and communities in the Northwest Territories. This is language-community geography, not government jurisdiction.",
      "sourceTitle": "Dëne Sųłıné Resources — NWT Education, Culture and Employment",
      "reviewedScope": "Overview",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-MB",
      "originalId": 100,
      "name": "Denesuline",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Contemporary language-community geography; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/dene-suline",
      "evidenceNote": "Overview identifies Dëne Sųłıné/Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and communities in the Northwest Territories. This is language-community geography, not government jurisdiction.",
      "sourceTitle": "Dëne Sųłıné Resources — NWT Education, Culture and Employment",
      "reviewedScope": "Overview",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 100,
      "name": "Denesuline",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Contemporary language-community geography; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/dene-suline",
      "evidenceNote": "Overview identifies Dëne Sųłıné/Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and communities in the Northwest Territories. This is language-community geography, not government jurisdiction.",
      "sourceTitle": "Dëne Sųłıné Resources — NWT Education, Culture and Employment",
      "reviewedScope": "Overview",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "originalId": 123,
      "name": "Han",
      "associationType": "historical-homeland",
      "period": "Hän-speaking communities in historical account, including nineteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.trondek.ca/who-we-are/our-story/",
      "evidenceNote": "Our history locates Hän speakers in western Yukon and eastern Alaska and distinguishes Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in as one group. The existing profile label Han is retained for routing.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Story — Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Government",
      "reviewedScope": "Our history, opening paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "originalId": 398,
      "name": "Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Ancestral territory and present government account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.trondek.ca/who-we-are/our-story/",
      "evidenceNote": "Nation's history directly identifies Yukon ancestral territory and Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in as a distinct Hän group. Not all Hän people are this government.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Story — Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Government",
      "reviewedScope": "Our history",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "originalId": 349,
      "name": "Siksika",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Institutional community association, history through 2000s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.siksikafamilyservices.com/about/our-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "History discusses Siksika services in Alberta; Nation office explicitly has an Alberta address. Not a boundary for Blackfoot territory.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Siksika Family Services",
      "reviewedScope": "History; Siksika Nation office location",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NB",
      "originalId": 434,
      "name": "Wolastoqiyik",
      "associationType": "historical-homeland",
      "period": "Traditional homeland described by the Nation",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wnnb.wolastoqey.ca/about-us/our-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening history explicitly includes parts of New Brunswick and Québec in the Wolastoq watershed homeland. The organization separately describes its New Brunswick community mandate.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening homeland and mandate paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 434,
      "name": "Wolastoqiyik",
      "associationType": "historical-homeland",
      "period": "Traditional homeland described by the Nation",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wnnb.wolastoqey.ca/about-us/our-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening history explicitly includes parts of New Brunswick and Québec in the Wolastoq watershed homeland. The organization separately describes its New Brunswick community mandate.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening homeland and mandate paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 142,
      "name": "Inuit",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Inuit Nunangat regional association; page contains dated statistics not adopted",
      "sourceUrl": "https://itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/",
      "evidenceNote": "Inuit Regions of Canada explicitly locates Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the selected province/territory. Only this direct region association is used, not its old population/economic forecasts.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Canadian Inuit — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami",
      "reviewedScope": "Inuit Regions of Canada",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NL",
      "originalId": 142,
      "name": "Inuit",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Inuit Nunangat regional association; page contains dated statistics not adopted",
      "sourceUrl": "https://itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/",
      "evidenceNote": "Inuit Regions of Canada explicitly locates Nunatsiavut in Labrador in the selected province/territory. Only this direct region association is used, not its old population/economic forecasts.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Canadian Inuit — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami",
      "reviewedScope": "Inuit Regions of Canada",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 142,
      "name": "Inuit",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Inuit Nunangat regional association; page contains dated statistics not adopted",
      "sourceUrl": "https://itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/",
      "evidenceNote": "Inuit Regions of Canada explicitly locates Nunavik in the selected province/territory. Only this direct region association is used, not its old population/economic forecasts.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Canadian Inuit — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami",
      "reviewedScope": "Inuit Regions of Canada",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NU",
      "originalId": 142,
      "name": "Inuit",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Inuit Nunangat regional association; page contains dated statistics not adopted",
      "sourceUrl": "https://itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/",
      "evidenceNote": "Inuit Regions of Canada explicitly locates Nunavut in the selected province/territory. Only this direct region association is used, not its old population/economic forecasts.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Canadian Inuit — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami",
      "reviewedScope": "Inuit Regions of Canada",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 143,
      "name": "Inuvialuit",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Inuvialuit Settlement Region association",
      "sourceUrl": "https://itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Inuvialuit subsection directly locates the region in the northwestern Northwest Territories and identifies its Inuit as Inuvialuit. This starter does not imply an exclusive NWT geography.",
      "sourceTitle": "About Canadian Inuit — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami",
      "reviewedScope": "Inuvialuit Settlement Region",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "originalId": 69,
      "name": "Chorotega",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Historical language area; descendant community described in source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dipalicori.ucr.ac.cr/lengua-cultura/chorotega/",
      "evidenceNote": "Text locates historical Chorotega in northern Costa Rica and identifies descendants at Matambú. Language loss is not treated as disappearance of people.",
      "sourceTitle": "Chorotega — DIPALICORI, Universidad de Costa Rica",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic and present-descendants paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "NI",
      "originalId": 69,
      "name": "Chorotega",
      "associationType": "historical-language-area",
      "period": "Historical language geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dipalicori.ucr.ac.cr/lengua-cultura/chorotega/",
      "evidenceNote": "Text explicitly identifies regions of Nicaragua in the historical Chorotega/Mangue language area. This entry makes no present community-organization claim.",
      "sourceTitle": "Chorotega — DIPALICORI, Universidad de Costa Rica",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "originalId": 405,
      "name": "Tsuut'ina",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Nation history and present-location statement",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tsuutina.com/our-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening section explicitly places the present Nation southwest of Calgary and describes Alberta ancestral movement. Provincial association only; no territory shape inferred.",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Tsuut'ina Nation",
      "reviewedScope": "Our Story; opening timeline",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "sourceGeographyQualifier": "Calgary, Alberta is named in the same page's timeline."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-PE",
      "originalId": 214,
      "name": "Mi'kmaq",
      "associationType": "historical-and-present",
      "period": "Ancestral and present community association",
      "sourceUrl": "https://abegweit.ca/faq/",
      "evidenceNote": "The First Nation's FAQ explicitly places Mi'kmaq and Abegweit communities on Prince Edward Island. No population or antiquity estimate adopted.",
      "sourceTitle": "FAQ — Abegweit First Nation",
      "reviewedScope": "Who are the PEI Mi'kmaq?; Where is Abegweit?",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NL",
      "originalId": 29,
      "name": "Beothuk",
      "associationType": "historical-origin",
      "period": "Historic homeland/origin, described in a 2020 repatriation announcement",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2020/exec/0311n10/",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening explicitly identifies Newfoundland and Labrador as the origin of Nonosabasut and Demasduit, two Beothuk. Historical connection only; no claim about current population or identity continuity is inferred.",
      "sourceTitle": "Nonosabasut and Demasduit Returned to Newfoundland and Labrador",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 8,
      "name": "Akateko",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Catalogue geographic references; not a current population survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/html/v_akateko.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Table lists Akateko communities in Campeche, Chiapas and Quintana Roo. Country navigation link only, not an exhaustive distribution or government boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales — INALI",
      "reviewedScope": "Full short geographic-reference table",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 13,
      "name": "Amuzgo",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Catalogue geographic references; not a current population survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/html/v_amuzgo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Inspected northern and southern Amuzgo rows explicitly list communities in Guerrero, Mexico. Country navigation link only, not an exhaustive distribution or government boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales — INALI",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic-reference rows",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 451,
      "name": "Zapotec",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Catalogue geographic references; not a current population survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/html/v_zapoteco.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Inspected initial Zapotec rows explicitly list communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Country navigation link only, not an exhaustive distribution or government boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales — INALI",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic-reference rows",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 217,
      "name": "Mixe",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Catalogue geographic references; not a current population survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/html/v_mixe.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Inspected Mixe rows explicitly list communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Country navigation link only, not an exhaustive distribution or government boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales — INALI",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening northern/central highland geographic rows",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 218,
      "name": "Mixtec",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Catalogue geographic references; not a current population survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/html/v_mixteco.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Inspected opening Mixtec rows explicitly list communities in Guerrero, Mexico. Country navigation link only, not an exhaustive distribution or government boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales — INALI",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening Guerrero geographic-reference rows",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 314,
      "name": "Q'eqchi'",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Geographic description in record updated January 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=inali_li&table_id=65",
      "evidenceNote": "Description and settlement sections explicitly identify Q'eqchi' in Campeche and Quintana Roo. No speaker total adopted; not an assertion that Mexico is the full homeland.",
      "sourceTitle": "Q'eqchi' — Sistema de Información Cultural",
      "reviewedScope": "Description; Genealogía; Asentamiento histórico",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "GT",
      "originalId": 70,
      "name": "Ch'orti'",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary project/community association; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sites.msudenver.edu/chortiproject/",
      "evidenceNote": "Project introduction explicitly names Ch'orti' community partners in Guatemala and Honduras. This directly supports those country links without defining the entire homeland.",
      "sourceTitle": "Ch'orti' Language Project — MSU Denver",
      "reviewedScope": "Project introduction",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "HN",
      "originalId": 70,
      "name": "Ch'orti'",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary project/community association; page undated",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sites.msudenver.edu/chortiproject/",
      "evidenceNote": "Project introduction explicitly names Ch'orti' community partners in Guatemala and Honduras. This directly supports those country links without defining the entire homeland.",
      "sourceTitle": "Ch'orti' Language Project — MSU Denver",
      "reviewedScope": "Project introduction",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "HN",
      "originalId": 183,
      "name": "Lenca",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Contemporary organizational/community association",
      "sourceUrl": "https://copinh.org/quienes-somos/",
      "evidenceNote": "COPINH identifies itself as founded by Lenca communities and locates its territorial work in southwestern Honduras. Does not exclude Lenca communities elsewhere.",
      "sourceTitle": "Quiénes Somos — COPINH",
      "reviewedScope": "Qué es COPINH? opening paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "originalId": 34,
      "name": "Bribri",
      "associationType": "language-community",
      "period": "Language-community geography in overview updated 2020",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dipalicori.ucr.ac.cr/lengua-cultura/bribri/",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening locates Bribri in the Talamanca and Buenos Aires regions of Costa Rica. No census/speaker figures adopted; cross-border communities are not excluded.",
      "sourceTitle": "Bribri — DIPALICORI, Universidad de Costa Rica",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "originalId": 35,
      "name": "Brörán",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Community described in December 2017 reporting",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ucr.ac.cr/noticias/2017/12/26/terraba-un-pueblo-que-nunca-deja-de-luchar.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Article identifies Térraba/Brörán in southern Costa Rica. Country association only; no current land-status conclusion or equation with a Panamanian government.",
      "sourceTitle": "Térraba: un pueblo que nunca deja de luchar — Universidad de Costa Rica",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening community-location and field-visit paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "PA",
      "originalId": 34,
      "name": "Bribri",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Community/territorial dialogue reported May 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mingob.gob.pa/definir-los-limites-territoriales-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-es-una-prioridad-para-la-ministra-de-gobierno/",
      "evidenceNote": "Panamanian ministry report directly identifies these communities/comarcas in a Bocas del Toro territorial dialogue. Navigation association only; planned demarcation is not a finalized boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Definir los límites territoriales de los pueblos indígenas... — Ministerio de Gobierno de Panamá",
      "reviewedScope": "Substantive article, opening through commitments",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "PA",
      "originalId": 240,
      "name": "Naso Tjër Di",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Community/territorial dialogue reported May 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mingob.gob.pa/definir-los-limites-territoriales-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-es-una-prioridad-para-la-ministra-de-gobierno/",
      "evidenceNote": "Panamanian ministry report directly identifies these communities/comarcas in a Bocas del Toro territorial dialogue. Navigation association only; planned demarcation is not a finalized boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Definir los límites territoriales de los pueblos indígenas... — Ministerio de Gobierno de Panamá",
      "reviewedScope": "Substantive article, opening through commitments",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "PA",
      "originalId": 248,
      "name": "Ngäbe",
      "associationType": "present-community",
      "period": "Community/territorial dialogue reported May 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mingob.gob.pa/definir-los-limites-territoriales-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-es-una-prioridad-para-la-ministra-de-gobierno/",
      "evidenceNote": "Panamanian ministry report directly identifies these communities/comarcas in a Bocas del Toro territorial dialogue. Navigation association only; planned demarcation is not a finalized boundary.",
      "sourceTitle": "Definir los límites territoriales de los pueblos indígenas... — Ministerio de Gobierno de Panamá",
      "reviewedScope": "Substantive article, opening through commitments",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "originalId": 379,
      "name": "Teribe",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Public reference uses census-2000 context; uploaded by 2010, not a present legal-boundary record",
      "sourceUrl": "https://atlaspueblosindigenas.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/teribe.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "General-data table explicitly identifies Teribe/Térraba in Costa Rica, distinct from Naso naming in Panama. Retains the existing broad profile label; not a claim of one cross-border government.",
      "sourceTitle": "Pueblo: Teribe — public Indigenous atlas reference",
      "reviewedScope": "Page 1 general data and page 2 geographic table",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "sourceScopeLimit": "Public reference copy; no separate publication date or publisher credit inferred from the hosting domain."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "PA",
      "originalId": 379,
      "name": "Teribe",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Public reference uses census-2000 context; uploaded by 2010, not a present legal-boundary record",
      "sourceUrl": "https://atlaspueblosindigenas.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/teribe.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "General-data table explicitly identifies Naso/Teribe in Panama, distinct from the Costa Rican community. Retains the existing broad profile label; not a claim of one cross-border government.",
      "sourceTitle": "Pueblo: Teribe — public Indigenous atlas reference",
      "reviewedScope": "Page 1 general data and page 2 geographic table",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "sourceScopeLimit": "Public reference copy; no separate publication date or publisher credit inferred from the hosting domain."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "NI",
      "originalId": 321,
      "name": "Rama",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Nicaraguan community/language work described in 2022 abstract",
      "sourceUrl": "https://revistas.uraccan.edu.ni/index.php/Caribe/article/view/1165",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual abstract directly places Rama community language work on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Full article was not read for this map task.",
      "sourceTitle": "Revitalización lingüística de la lengua Rama en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua",
      "reviewedScope": "Full abstract and publication metadata",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "SV",
      "originalId": 37,
      "name": "Cacaopera",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Community public event documented August 2023",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cultura.gob.sv/en-cacaopera-conmemoraron-el-dia-de-los-pueblos-indigenas/",
      "evidenceNote": "El Salvador's ministry describes Indigenous communities of Cacaopera in Morazán. This supports a country link for the existing Cacaopera entry; it does not define all Kakawira communities.",
      "sourceTitle": "En Cacaopera conmemoraron el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas — Ministerio de Cultura",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening event-location paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "name": "Huetar",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://drea.mep.go.cr/educacion-civica/infografias-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-de-costa-rica",
      "sourceTitle": "Infografías de los Pueblos Indígenas de Costa Rica — Ministerio de Educación Pública",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual introductory listing and authorship statement; linked infographic PDFs not inspected",
      "evidenceNote": "The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Huetar among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://conagebio.go.cr/Conagebio/public/permisosInfoPueblos.html"
      ],
      "supportingSourceScope": "CONAGEBIO's actual opening country-list paragraph; dated census figures and legal interpretations not adopted.",
      "originalId": 136
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "name": "Maleku",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://drea.mep.go.cr/educacion-civica/infografias-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-de-costa-rica",
      "sourceTitle": "Infografías de los Pueblos Indígenas de Costa Rica — Ministerio de Educación Pública",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual introductory listing and authorship statement; linked infographic PDFs not inspected",
      "evidenceNote": "The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Maleku among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://conagebio.go.cr/Conagebio/public/permisosInfoPueblos.html"
      ],
      "supportingSourceScope": "CONAGEBIO's actual opening country-list paragraph; dated census figures and legal interpretations not adopted.",
      "originalId": 193
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "name": "Ngäbe",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://drea.mep.go.cr/educacion-civica/infografias-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-de-costa-rica",
      "sourceTitle": "Infografías de los Pueblos Indígenas de Costa Rica — Ministerio de Educación Pública",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual introductory listing and authorship statement; linked infographic PDFs not inspected",
      "evidenceNote": "The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Ngöbe among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://conagebio.go.cr/Conagebio/public/permisosInfoPueblos.html"
      ],
      "supportingSourceScope": "CONAGEBIO's actual opening country-list paragraph; dated census figures and legal interpretations not adopted.",
      "originalId": 248
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CR",
      "name": "Cabécar",
      "associationType": "documented-community",
      "period": "Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey",
      "sourceUrl": "https://drea.mep.go.cr/educacion-civica/infografias-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-de-costa-rica",
      "sourceTitle": "Infografías de los Pueblos Indígenas de Costa Rica — Ministerio de Educación Pública",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual introductory listing and authorship statement; linked infographic PDFs not inspected",
      "evidenceNote": "The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Cabécar among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://conagebio.go.cr/Conagebio/public/permisosInfoPueblos.html"
      ],
      "supportingSourceScope": "CONAGEBIO's actual opening country-list paragraph; dated census figures and legal interpretations not adopted.",
      "profileMatch": {
        "name": "Cabécar",
        "added": true,
        "note": "Existing canonical added profile has no originalId; match by exact name or its generated route. Do not create a new profile."
      }
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 3,
      "name": "Absentee Shawnee",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and government location",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.astribe.com/about-us",
      "evidenceNote": "Tribal About page identifies Little Axe and Shawnee, Oklahoma, communities and government address; separate from other Shawnee governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 5,
      "name": "Achumawi",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing constituent-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://pitrivertribe.gov/constitution/",
      "evidenceNote": "Constitution preamble and Article I identify Ajumawi/Atsugewi Nation and California counties. Achumawi spelling is an atlas access point; eleven autonomous bands remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 23,
      "name": "Atsugewi",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing constituent-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://pitrivertribe.gov/constitution/",
      "evidenceNote": "Constitution preamble and Article I identify Ajumawi/Atsugewi Nation and California counties. Achumawi spelling is an atlas access point; eleven autonomous bands remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 10,
      "name": "Aleut (Unangax̂)",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.apiai.org/departments/cultural-heritage-department/culture-history/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "APIA introduction and territory section explicitly identify Unangax/Aleut homelands in southwestern Alaska; no current speaker/population totals imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 12,
      "name": "Alutiiq",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alutiiqmuseum.org/alutiiq-people/",
      "evidenceNote": "Indigenous museum Our Homeland section explicitly locates Alutiiq/Sugpiaq in coastal south-central Alaska; identity distinct from Unangax.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "originalId": 2,
      "name": "Abihka",
      "associationType": "Historical town and continuing cultural relationship",
      "period": "Historical town-ground relationship; 2022 return event",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mvskokemedia.com/mcn-makes-trek-to-homelands-in-alabama/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual 2022 report identifies original Arbeka ceremonial grounds at Oxford, Alabama. Abihka/Arbeka naming relationship follows developed profile; not blanket continuity of every settlement or a new government claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 39,
      "name": "Cahuilla",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cahuilla-nsn.gov/about/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual tribal History introduction identifies Southern California and Riverside/San Diego counties; one Cahuilla government speaks here.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 72,
      "name": "Chumash",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://chumash.gov/chumash-history",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Santa Ynez tribal history identifies California coast homeland; specific government within broader Chumash people.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 28,
      "name": "Bannock",
      "associationType": "Continuing joint tribal-government community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sbtribes.com/about/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual tribal About passage explicitly locates Shoshone-Bannock Fort Hall Reservation in southeastern Idaho; separate constituent peoples remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 11,
      "name": "Alsea",
      "associationType": "Continuing constituent-community government association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctsi.nsn.us/introduction/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Siletz tribal heritage introduction names Alsea, Coos and Galice/Applegate among distinct constituent peoples; government address is Siletz, Oregon. This is a diaspora/government connection, not all ancestral lands.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 86,
      "name": "Coos",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctclusi.org/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual confederated tribal history identifies Coos constituent bands and South-Central Oregon coastal ancestry; distinct from Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw constituent peoples.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 111,
      "name": "Galice",
      "associationType": "Continuing constituent-community government association",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctsi.nsn.us/introduction/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Siletz tribal heritage introduction names Alsea, Coos and Galice/Applegate among distinct constituent peoples; government address is Siletz, Oregon. This is a diaspora/government connection, not all ancestral lands.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "originalId": 44,
      "name": "Cayuga",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cayuganation-nsn.gov/history-culture/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual homeland paragraph explicitly identifies Finger Lakes, New York. Only geography used; unrelated legal timeline claims not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 107,
      "name": "Eyak",
      "associationType": "Continuing joint tribal-government community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.eyak-nsn.gov/about-us/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual government About identifies Eyak among four distinct peoples and Cordova, Alaska, address; government membership is not synonymous with all Eyak people.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 96,
      "name": "Deg Hit'an",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing language-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/degxinag.php",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Alaska Native Language Center entry identifies Deg Hit’an communities on lower Yukon and explicitly includes Deg Xinag among Alaska indigenous languages; dated headcounts excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 113,
      "name": "Gitxsan",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gitxsan.ca/about/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Huwilp government About identifies Northwest British Columbia lands from Terrace to Hazelton to Smithers; independent Houses retain distinctions.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 84,
      "name": "Comox",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://komoks.ca/cultures/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual K’ómoks community cultural history identifies Comox-area communities and British Columbia context; K’ómoks and Pentlatch identities are not interchangeable.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 38,
      "name": "Caddo",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical Caddo communities, including 1687 map-caption geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/early-caddo-history.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS history/map caption explicitly identifies East Texas Caddo communities in 1687; historical geography only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 16,
      "name": "Apache",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific constituent-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://yavapai-apache.org/yavapai-apache-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nation introduction locates Arizona Verde Valley and explicitly distinguishes Apache and Yavapai peoples; broader Apache entry, not all Apache nations.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 98,
      "name": "Dena'ina",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing language-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/denaina.php",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual ANLC entry explicitly locates Dena’ina around Alaska Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula and Alaska Range; geography only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 129,
      "name": "Holikachuk",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing language-community connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/holikachuk.php",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual ANLC entry identifies Innoko River/Holikachuk and relocation to Grayling on lower Yukon within its explicit Alaska-language context; dated headcounts excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 139,
      "name": "Iñupiat",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/locations/alaska/native-heritage-inup.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS introduction explicitly locates Iñupiat homeland in northernmost Alaska and heritage center at Utqiagvik.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 56,
      "name": "Chilcotin (Tŝilhqot'in)",
      "associationType": "Continuing government and community location",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tsilhqotin.ca/our-nation/language-and-culture/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual government passage identifies Tŝilhqot’in people living at Williams Lake and office in British Columbia. Office is on Secwépemc territory; not a claim that office site is Tŝilhqot’in ancestral land.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 126,
      "name": "Heiltsuk",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.heiltsuk.ca/index.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nation introduction explicitly identifies Central Coast British Columbia; general regional link only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-IA",
      "originalId": 109,
      "name": "Fox (Meskwaki)",
      "associationType": "Continuing community connection; alternate access point",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.meskwaki.org/history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Previously inspected actual Meskwaki history identifies Tama, Iowa. Fox (Meskwaki) and Meskwaki are alternate directory access points to this people, not separate nations.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 97,
      "name": "Delaware (Lenape)",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific government connection; alternate access point",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; selected geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://delawaretribe.org/cultural-education/culture-and-language/lenape-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "Previously inspected actual Lenape history/footer locates Delaware Tribe government at Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Delaware/Lenape is an alternate access point, with separate Lenape governments remaining distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 24,
      "name": "Awaswas",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/awaswas.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies North shore Monterey Bay and Mission Santa Cruz. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 47,
      "name": "Chalon",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/chalon.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Chalone Creek east of Salinas River and Mission Soledad. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 64,
      "name": "Chochenyo",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/chochenyo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Eastern San Francisco Bay from Richmond to Fremont. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 57,
      "name": "Chilula",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/hupa.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Chilula language communities along Redwood Creek, west of Hoopa Valley. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 137,
      "name": "Hupa",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/hupa.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Hupa language region along lower Trinity River in Humboldt County. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 58,
      "name": "Chimariko",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/chimariko.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Chimariko language region along Trinity/New River. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 105,
      "name": "Esselen",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community area; archival description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/esselen.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description identifies Northern Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County. California-language context explicit; linguistic geography does not establish modern government boundaries. No language-loss claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 17,
      "name": "Apalachee",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific community connection",
      "period": "Present-day geography; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://talimaliband.com/apalachee-indians-today",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Talimali Band page explicitly locates Apalachee descendants and its organization in Pineville, Louisiana. Community self-description; no federal recognition determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 151,
      "name": "Jumano",
      "associationType": "Historical community-region connection",
      "period": "Sixteenth–nineteenth-century geography; 2019 resolution",
      "sourceUrl": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HR01565F.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Texas House resolution identifies Jumano history in West Texas. Commemorative legislative source, not federal or state recognition instrument; no descent totals imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 125,
      "name": "Havasupai",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific government/education location",
      "period": "Present-day directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.azed.gov/oie/22-federally-recognized-tribes-arizona",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual state education directory gives Havasupai at Supai, Arizona; directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 131,
      "name": "Hopi",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific government/education location",
      "period": "Present-day directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.azed.gov/oie/22-federally-recognized-tribes-arizona",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual state education directory gives Hopi at Kykotsmovi, Arizona; directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 133,
      "name": "Hualapai",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific government/education location",
      "period": "Present-day directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.azed.gov/oie/22-federally-recognized-tribes-arizona",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual state education directory gives Hualapai at Peach Springs, Arizona; directory location only.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 40,
      "name": "Calusa",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical southwest Florida community-region connection",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/people/calusa.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS first geography paragraph locates Calusa along southwest Florida coast. Other stereotypes, population estimates and material-culture claims not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ME",
      "originalId": 132,
      "name": "Houlton Band of Maliseet",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific government location",
      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.narf.org/nill/tribes/houlton_maliseet.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Indigenous-led NARF law-library directory gives Houlton Band contact and court in Littleton, Maine; location only, not current law review.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 102,
      "name": "Duwamish",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.duwamishtribe.org/faqs",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual community FAQ explicitly identifies Seattle and central King County, Washington, as Duwamish homeland; no legal-status or boundary adjudication imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "originalId": 32,
      "name": "Blood (Kainai)",
      "associationType": "Continuing community institution location",
      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kainaied.ca/about/kainayssini",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Kainai Board of Education declaration identifies Blood Indian Nation; institution address is Stand Off, Alberta. Institution/community link, not all ancestral lands.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 99,
      "name": "Dene",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific constituent-community association",
      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://denenation.com/contact/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Dene Nation directory lists Dene member communities in Northwest Territories, including Lutsel K’e and Yellowknives Dene; broad Dene entry does not denote one government.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 138,
      "name": "Huron-Wendat",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific government/community location",
      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wendake.ca/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nation Wendat public site gives government/community address in Wendake, Québec. Huron-Wendat is the atlas access label; no merger with separate Wyandot governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
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      "period": "Selected geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://goia.wa.gov/tribal-directory/federally-recognized-tribes-washington-state",
      "evidenceNote": "Previously inspected state directory lists Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe at Port Angeles, Washington. Clallam is the atlas spelling; one distinct Klallam government, not all communities.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
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    },
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      "name": "Awakateko",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Ayapaneco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 26,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chatino",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chichimeca Jonaz",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 54,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chinanteco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 59,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chocholteco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 63,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Ch'ol",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 66,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chontal of Oaxaca",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chontal of Tabasco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 68,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Chuj",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 71,
      "catalogueLabel": "Chuj"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Cora",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 87,
      "catalogueLabel": "cora"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Cuicateco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 93,
      "catalogueLabel": "cuicateco"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Guarijío",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 118,
      "catalogueLabel": "guarijío"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Huastec",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 134,
      "catalogueLabel": "huasteco"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Huave (Ikoots)",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 135,
      "catalogueLabel": "huave"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Ixcateco",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 147,
      "catalogueLabel": "ixcateco"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Ixil",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 148,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Jakaltek",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 149,
      "catalogueLabel": "Jakalteko"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Kaqchikel",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 156,
      "catalogueLabel": "Kaqchikel"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Kiliwa",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 166,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "K'iche'",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 169,
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Lacandón",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 178,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Mam",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 194,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Matlatzinca",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 200,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Mayo (Yoreme)",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 204,
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Mazahua",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Mazatec",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Nahua",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 235,
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Otomí",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Paipai",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Pame",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
      "originalId": 278,
      "catalogueLabel": "pame"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Popoloca",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
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      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
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      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
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      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
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      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
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      "name": "Teko",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    },
    {
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      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Tepehuán",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Texistepequeño",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
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      "name": "Tlahuica",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "INALI catalogue context; not a current census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/",
      "evidenceNote": "Listed national language grouping; country link only.",
      "reviewedScope": "Agrupación lingüística: named item in complete list",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary text opened and read.",
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    {
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      "sourceTitle": "Culture & History — Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe locates its community in western Oregon and names Tillamook among its constituent peoples. The connection concerns a descendant community rather than a complete historical territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "The Grand Ronde Community Today, constituent list and location paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 429,
      "name": "Wasco",
      "associationType": "Historical and confederated community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://warmsprings-nsn.gov/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs",
      "evidenceNote": "The tribal history describes Wasco Columbia River communities within its account of Oregon bands and the 1855 establishment of Warm Springs Reservation. One confederated community connection, not all Wasco settlements.",
      "reviewedScope": "The Wascoes and Arrival of the Settlers sections",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 351,
      "name": "Siuslaw",
      "associationType": "Constituent community and historical homeland",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctclusi.org/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribes identify Siuslaw as a constituent people whose ancestors lived along Oregon's south-central coast. This broad state connection does not reproduce local cultural sites or mark a territorial boundary.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening constituent list, Oregon location and Siuslaw watershed paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 259,
      "name": "Nuxalk",
      "associationType": "Community-published homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nuxalk.net/html/nuxalkmc.html",
      "sourceTitle": "Nuxalkmc: Nuxalk People — Nuxalk Smayusta",
      "evidenceNote": "The community-published opening identifies Nuxalk Territory, also called the Bella Coola Valley, on British Columbia's central coast. Undated account; no population figure or precise boundary is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening Nuxalk people and territory paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 184,
      "name": "Lillooet (St'át'imc)",
      "associationType": "Present community service location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://statimc.ca/about/about-us/",
      "sourceTitle": "Ucwalmicw (people of the land) — St'át'imc Government Services",
      "evidenceNote": "St'át'imc Government Services describes the St'át'imc people and publishes its office location as Lillooet, BC. The directory's Lillooet alias connects here; an office location does not define the nation's territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "Who are St'at'imc people section and Lillooet, BC footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 418,
      "name": "Upper Tanana",
      "associationType": "Documented language-community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/uppertanana.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Upper Tanana — Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The University of Alaska Fairbanks language profile explicitly identifies Northway, Tetlin and Tok as Alaska villages associated with Upper Tanana. No present speaker count or complete language boundary is inferred.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening paragraph identifying the Alaska villages",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 371,
      "name": "Tanacross",
      "associationType": "Documented language-community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/tanacross.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Tanacross — Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The university's language profile explicitly locates Tanacross village in eastern Alaska and discusses the language name and associated communities. No present speaker count is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Name History section",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 158,
      "name": "Karuk",
      "associationType": "Tribal land-management connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.karuk.us/departments/public-works/land-management",
      "sourceTitle": "Land Management — Karuk Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe's historical account situates its land-management experience in California, describes its middle Klamath River villages, and discusses later tribal property acquisitions. Only a state connection is indexed; no acreage, site locations or boundary is reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "History timeline, 1851, 1905 and Today entries",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 433,
      "name": "Wiyot",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and present government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wiyot.us/",
      "sourceTitle": "Wiyot Tribe — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe describes its longstanding Humboldt Bay and northern California connection and publishes a Loleta, California office. No local cultural sites or exact homeland boundary are reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tribe History paragraph and Contact footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Yuki",
      "associationType": "Ancestral homeland and constituent community",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rvit.org/about/about-us",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — Round Valley Indian Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe identifies Round Valley as Yuki homeland and includes Yuki in its present confederation, whose published address is Covelo, California. No speculative migration, genetic or language-family claims from this page are adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Pre-History opening, History of the Round Valley Indian Tribes and California footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 447
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Wailaki",
      "associationType": "Constituent people in present confederated community",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rvit.org/about/about-us",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — Round Valley Indian Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe names Wailacki among the peoples whose descendants formed Round Valley Indian Tribes and publishes its Covelo, California location. The directory's Wailaki entry connects to this descendant government, without defining all Wailaki territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "History of the Round Valley Indian Tribes constituent list and California footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 423
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Nomlaki",
      "associationType": "Constituent people in present confederated community",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rvit.org/about/about-us",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — Round Valley Indian Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe names Nomlacki among the peoples whose descendants formed Round Valley Indian Tribes and publishes its Covelo, California location. The directory's Nomlaki spelling connects to one descendant government rather than all Nomlaki communities.",
      "reviewedScope": "History of the Round Valley Indian Tribes constituent list and California footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 253
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Konkow Maidu",
      "associationType": "Community-published homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.konkow.us/index.php/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History of the Konkow Indian Tribe — Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The Band explicitly identifies its longstanding residence in California's Konkow Valley and identifies itself as Konkow Maidu. Only a broad state connection is indexed; detailed cultural practices are not reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and self-identification paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 173
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Maidu",
      "associationType": "Specific community within broader people entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.konkow.us/index.php/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History of the Konkow Indian Tribe — Konkow Valley Band of Maidu Indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The Konkow Valley Band identifies itself as Maidu and locates its community's longstanding residence in California. This links the broader Maidu directory entry to a specific Maidu community; it does not equate all Maidu peoples with that Band.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and self-identification paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 191
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "name": "Klamath",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and confederated community",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://klamathtribes.org/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Klamath Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Klamath Tribes identify Klamath among their constituent peoples and explicitly locate their longstanding homeland in Oregon's Klamath Basin. Only a state connection is indexed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Klamath Tribal History opening and final government identification",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 172
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "name": "Modoc",
      "associationType": "Constituent people in confederated community",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://klamathtribes.org/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Klamath Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Klamath Tribes identify Modoc among their constituent peoples and situate their collective history in Oregon's Klamath Basin. This links one Modoc descendant government connection; it does not replace other Modoc governments or the wider homeland.",
      "reviewedScope": "Klamath Tribal History opening and final government identification",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 220
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Yurok",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.yuroktribe.org/our-history",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Yurok Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe explicitly identifies itself as a California tribe and publishes a Klamath, CA office. No membership totals or exact homeland boundary are adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Today section and Klamath, CA footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 450
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "name": "Stillaguamish",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and present tribal government",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.stillaguamish.com/our-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Stillaguamish Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe's history, updated March 5, 2026, explicitly places its ancestral river communities and present headquarters in Washington. No reservation acreage or precise territorial outline is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Our History opening, updated 3/5/2026",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "name": "Onondaga",
      "associationType": "Nation-published historical place connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.onondaganation.org/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Onondaga Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Brad Powless's Nation-published historical account explicitly locates Onondaga Lake in present-day central New York. Only that broad geographic connection is indexed; the account is not used to assign a precise confederacy formation date.",
      "reviewedScope": "Birth of a Nation opening geographic sentence",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 269
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "name": "Coquille",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.coquilletribe.org/our-lands/through-the-millennia/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual tribal history identifies southwest Oregon and Coquille/Coos Bay villages; explicitly says exact ancestral reach cannot be fully defined. No polygons inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Kansa (Kaw)",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific government location",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kawnation.gov/history-of-kaw-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nation history names Kanza/Kaw/Kansa and dual headquarters at Kaw City and Newkirk, Oklahoma; current headquarters rather than entire ancestral territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 155
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "name": "Kewa Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Continuing community connection",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/places/pueblo-of-santo-domingo-kewa-pueblo.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS title and geography/language introduction: Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo explicitly identified in New Mexico.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 164
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "name": "Keres",
      "associationType": "Continuing community connection",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/places/pueblo-of-santo-domingo-kewa-pueblo.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS title and geography/language introduction: Kewa/Santo Domingo is explicitly described as a Keresan-speaking New Mexico community; one constituent community, not all Keres pueblos or one merged polity.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 163
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Kiowa",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community connection",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kiowatribe.org/about-us",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nation history explicitly identifies reservation/community history in southwestern Oklahoma; no migration origin theories or stereotypes imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 167
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Koyukon",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing language-community region",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/koyukon.php",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual ANLC introduction identifies Koyukon/Denaakk’e as an Alaska Athabascan language around Koyukuk/middle Yukon villages; dated speaker totals excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 175
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Lower Tanana",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing language-community region",
      "period": "Geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/tanana.php",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual ANLC introduction identifies Tanana at Nenana and Minto, discusses Lower Tanana documentation, and explicitly includes the language in Alaska context; no conflation with Upper Tanana.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 186
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Cupeño",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/cupeno.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: Headwaters of San Luis Rey River and Hot Springs Mountain. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 94
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Kato",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/kato.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: Cahto and Long valleys in Mendocino County; Kato/Cahto spelling explicitly linked. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 162
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Kashaya Pomo",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/kashaya.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: Coast from Bodega Bay to Stewarts Point/Annapolis; Kashaya, Kashia and Southwestern Pomo explicitly linked. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 159
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Lassik",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/eel-river-athabaskan.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: Lassik specifically identified along Dobbyn/Eel rivers and Alderpoint, not interchangeable with all Eel River Dene. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 181
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Kumeyaay",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/kumeyaay.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: Southern San Diego County explicitly identified; umbrella covers multiple distinct languages/communities. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 176
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Luiseño",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography; actual description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/luiseno.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual University of California archive description: San Luis Rey and Santa Margarita rivers/Lake Elsinore-Temecula identified. California-language context explicit. Only geography used; no claim that language status means people disappeared.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 187
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Carrier",
      "associationType": "Continuing community and institution connection",
      "period": "Geographical passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://carriersekani.ca/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Council library/archives mandate identifies Dakelh and Sekani people of North Central British Columbia. Carrier access point maps to the Dakelh context; the two peoples and constituent governments remain distinct.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 41
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Haisla",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific community location",
      "period": "Geographical passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/haisla-first-nation-kitimaat-village-council",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual BC government profile identifies Haisla First Nation/Kitimaat Village Council and its North Coast location. Used only for geographic connection; agreement status/population not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 122
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Lipan Apache",
      "associationType": "Historical community-region connection",
      "period": "Eighteenth–nineteenth-century regional history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/foda/learn/historyculture/lipan-apache.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS historical geography explicitly identifies northwest Texas, San Antonio and later south Texas; no blanket contemporary boundaries or disappearance claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 185
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "name": "Lumbee",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Geographical passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lumbeetribe.com/history-and-culture",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual tribal history opening explicitly identifies southeastern North Carolina and Lumbee River homeland; recognition and population claims are outside this map review.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 188
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Chemehuevi",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/chemehuevi.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual university archive geography introduction: Mojave Desert and Colorado River/Chemehuevi Valley, within the explicit California-language description. No language-status or government-border claims imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 50
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Gabrielino-Tongva",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/gabrielino.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual university archive geography introduction: Los Angeles basin/San Fernando Valley; Gabrielino and Tongva naming relationship explicit. This does not merge differently named contemporary organizations. No language-status or government-border claims imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 110
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Juaneño (Acjachemen)",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Historical language-community geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/juaneno.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual university archive geography introduction: San Juan Creek in present Orange County, within the explicit California-language description. Historical Juaneño access point; not a modern recognition finding. No language-status or government-border claims imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 152
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Cocopa",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community country connection",
      "period": "Pre-contact language-community geography",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/kumeyaay.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Yuman-family discussion explicitly locates pre-contact Cocopa around Colorado River Delta in Mexico. Country-level connection only, not all Cocopa communities or a Baja/Sonora boundary claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 79
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "name": "Eufaula",
      "associationType": "Historical Muscogee town connection",
      "period": "Historical Alabama Muscogee town; article naming passage",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=EU001",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual OHS article says Oklahoma civic town was named after a Muscogee tribal town in Alabama. This indexes that historical Alabama town, not the modern municipality as a people.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 106
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Kiowa Apache",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing specific-community connection",
      "period": "Circa 1800 onward; specific Plains Apache community",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=AP002",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual OHS article identifies Apache Tribe of Oklahoma/Plains Apache in Oklahoma and notes Kiowa-Apache is often an erroneous label. Preserved directory access point; this people is distinct from Kiowa.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 168
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Coeur d'Alene",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Actual geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdatribe-nsn.gov/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual tribal homepage Time Immemorial paragraph explicitly identifies Schitsu’umsh/Coeur d’Alene people in North Idaho and eastern Washington. Idaho index only, not all ancestral boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 81
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "name": "Chinook",
      "associationType": "Present-day specific community-government location",
      "period": "Actual geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://chinooknation.org/our-present/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Our Present page identifies continuing Chinook Indian Nation and office at Bay Center, Washington. Geographic association only; no federal-recognition determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 60
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-SC",
      "name": "Congaree",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland-region connection",
      "period": "Historical Congaree river-region connection",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/cong/learn/historyculture/history-culture.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual NPS opening links Congaree people to park/river region; Congaree Today paragraph explicitly locates it in Midlands of South Carolina. No absorption or disappearance claim imported.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 85
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Guachichil",
      "associationType": "Reported historical country-region connection",
      "period": "Historical geography, as reported in May 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://congresosanluis.gob.mx/node/20771",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual 2026 state-congress article quotes researcher describing Guachichil presence in San Luis Potosí and other Mexican states. Country-level link only; not independent inspection of the book discussed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 116
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "name": "Atakapa",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland-region connection",
      "period": "Historical coastal/bayou communities before early nineteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/atakapa-indians",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual dated Handbook introduction identifies southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. Only historical geography used; offensive labels, cannibalism assertions and disappearance claims in this older article are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 21
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 316,
      "name": "Quechan",
      "associationType": "Present government mailing location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://quechantribe.com/about-us.html",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe's own page, updated May 9, 2025, publishes its Yuma, Arizona mailing address and describes the reservation near Yuma. This records a present contact connection, not a reservation boundary.",
      "reviewedScope": "About Us opening and Contact footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 442,
      "name": "Yavapai",
      "associationType": "Constituent people within present government",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://yavapai-apache.org/yavapai-apache-nation/",
      "sourceTitle": "Yavapai-Apache Nation — official account",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly locates itself in Arizona's Verde Valley and identifies Yavapai and Apache as two distinct constituent peoples. This links one Yavapai community; it does not subsume all Yavapai governments.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and constituent-peoples paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 443,
      "name": "Yavapai Apache",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://yavapai-apache.org/yavapai-apache-nation/",
      "sourceTitle": "Yavapai-Apache Nation — official account",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly locates its five communities in Arizona's Verde Valley. The directory entry refers to a government formed by distinct Yavapai and Apache peoples; it is not a claim that they are one ancestral people.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and constituent-peoples paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 336,
      "name": "Saulteaux",
      "associationType": "Published language-community geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/saulteaux.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Saulteaux — William Asikinack, Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia",
      "evidenceNote": "Asikinack identifies Saulteaux as Plains Ojibway and explicitly lists associated communities in Saskatchewan. Only that broad geographic connection is adopted; the essay's treaty-cession characterization is not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening naming sentence and Saskatchewan community paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 298,
      "name": "Plains Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Overlapping directory name and community geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/saulteaux.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Saulteaux — William Asikinack, Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia",
      "evidenceNote": "The essay explicitly identifies Saulteaux as Plains Ojibway and lists Saskatchewan communities. This overlaps the Saulteaux directory route rather than identifying an additional distinct nation.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening naming sentence and Saskatchewan community paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 213,
      "name": "Miccosukee",
      "associationType": "Tribe-published historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://miccosukee.com/miccosukee-tribe-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "A Brief History of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida",
      "evidenceNote": "The tribal enterprise's history explicitly describes Miccosukee ancestral towns in northern Florida and later camps in southern Florida's Everglades. Only the Florida connection is indexed; other historical identity arguments are not generalized.",
      "reviewedScope": "Ancestral Homelands and Language and Conflict, Migration, and the Seminole Wars",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 226,
      "name": "Monacan",
      "associationType": "Nation-published community continuity",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.monacannation.gov/our-history.html",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Monacan Indian Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly describes Monacan people remaining in Virginia and the development of the Amherst-area community. No population total or exact historic territorial outline is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Paragraph beginning Some of the Monacan people stayed in Virginia",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CT",
      "originalId": 198,
      "name": "Mashantucket Pequot",
      "associationType": "Nation-published historical community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mptn-nsn.gov/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation's history describes Connecticut colonial grants and the Mashantucket community's return to its original land. Only a Connecticut connection is indexed, without reproducing acreage or treating colonial grants as the origin of Pequot rights.",
      "reviewedScope": "1651 resettlement and Mashantucket reservation paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CT",
      "originalId": 291,
      "name": "Pequot",
      "associationType": "Specific descendant government within broader people entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mptn-nsn.gov/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation situates its Pequot history and Mashantucket community in Connecticut. This supplies one Pequot descendant-government connection and does not equate all Pequot communities with Mashantucket.",
      "reviewedScope": "Pequot War and Connecticut resettlement paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 322,
      "name": "Rappahannock",
      "associationType": "Tribal center and historical community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rappahannocktribe.org/tribal-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tribal History — Rappahannock Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe explicitly describes its Virginia history and publishes its Tribal Center at Indian Neck, Virginia. The older page's recognition narrative is not treated as a current federal-status account.",
      "reviewedScope": "Virginia historical paragraphs and Tribal Center contact block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 396,
      "name": "Towa",
      "associationType": "Language-community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.jemezpueblo.org/about/",
      "sourceTitle": "About Jemez Pueblo — Pueblo of Jemez",
      "evidenceNote": "The Pueblo identifies Towa as its language and explicitly locates Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico. Towa is a language access point here, not a separate tribal government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening About Jemez Pueblo paragraph and Quick Facts",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 310,
      "name": "Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Specific community within broader Pueblo entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.jemezpueblo.org/about/",
      "sourceTitle": "About Jemez Pueblo — Pueblo of Jemez",
      "evidenceNote": "Jemez Pueblo explicitly describes itself as one of New Mexico's pueblos. This provides one community connection for the broader Pueblo entry, without treating all Pueblo peoples as one nation.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening About Jemez Pueblo paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Siberian Yupik",
      "associationType": "Documented language-community geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/siberianyupik.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Siberian Yupik — Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The university profile identifies St. Lawrence Island villages and explicitly discusses Siberian Yupik people in Alaska. This Alaska connection does not conflate Siberian Yupik with Central Alaskan Yup'ik; dated speaker totals are excluded.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and distinction from Central Alaskan Yup'ik",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Yup'ik",
      "associationType": "Documented language-community geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/centralakyupik.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Central Yup'ik — Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The university profile explicitly locates Central Yup'ik people on Alaska's western central coast. This concerns Central Alaskan Yup'ik rather than every Yupik language; conflicting and dated speaker totals are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Central Yup'ik geography paragraph in Dog Names introduction",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 449
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Squamish",
      "associationType": "Present government and community-facility location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.squamish.net/about-our-nation/our-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History — Squamish Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its main office in North Vancouver, BC, and Totem Hall in Squamish, BC, alongside its history. This records a provincial community connection, not its complete traditional territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "Main Office and Totem Hall contact blocks",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 358
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Tsleil-Waututh",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://twnation.ca/our-story/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Story — Tsleil-Waututh Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its North Vancouver, BC, address with its community history. Its broader discussion of Coast Salish peoples across several regions is not applied wholesale to Tsleil-Waututh.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tsleil-Waututh Nation footer address",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 403
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Taltan",
      "associationType": "Nation-published territorial connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tahltan.org/our-territory/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Territory — Tahltan Central Government",
      "evidenceNote": "Tahltan Central Government explicitly describes Tahltan Territory in British Columbia and publishes its Dease Lake, BC office. The directory's Taltan spelling connects here; no precise boundary or acreage is reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Our Territory description and TCG contact block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 369
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-DE",
      "name": "Nanticoke",
      "associationType": "Community-published historical connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nanticokeindians.org/about/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Nanticoke Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe describes Nanticoke families settling in Delaware and their subsequent community organization there. This provides one Nanticoke community connection; no present population estimate or universal migration narrative is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Conflicts and survival sections describing Delaware settlement",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 237
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "name": "Meherrin",
      "associationType": "Present community and mailing location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://meherrinnation.org/history-culture/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Meherrin Indian Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its tribal grounds and mailing address in Ahoskie, North Carolina. This is a present community connection, not an assertion that the listed address marks all ancestral Meherrin territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "Connect: mailing address and Meherrin Tribal Grounds",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 207
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Quapaw",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.quapawtribe.com/31/Culture",
      "sourceTitle": "Culture — Quapaw Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation's official culture page publishes its government address in Quapaw, Oklahoma. This contact-location association does not imply the location represents the entire Quapaw homeland.",
      "reviewedScope": "Contact Us block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 315
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Otoe",
      "associationType": "Constituent people within present government",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.omtribe.org/who-we-are/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Otoe-Missouria Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe identifies its Otoe-Missouria community as currently located in Red Rock, Oklahoma. This supplies one Otoe community connection and preserves the distinction between the two constituent peoples.",
      "reviewedScope": "Paragraph beginning In 1881 they were moved to Red Rock",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 272
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "name": "Shinnecock",
      "associationType": "Present community center location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.shinnecock-nsn.gov/who-we-are",
      "sourceTitle": "Who We Are — Shinnecock Nation, Shane Weeks",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its Shinnecock Community Center in Southampton, New York, with citizen historian Shane Weeks's account. No ancient population or settlement-age estimate is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Shinnecock Indian Nation contact block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 346
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "name": "Maricopa",
      "associationType": "Specific Piipaash community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://srpmic-nsn.gov/about/piipaash/",
      "sourceTitle": "Xalychidom Piipaash (Maricopa) — Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community",
      "evidenceNote": "The Community identifies Maricopa as an externally applied name and distinguishes its Xalychidom Piipaash community from Gila River Piipaash. Its account situates the people within Arizona's Yuman region; the companion history identifies the Arizona ancestral setting.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening self-identification and distinct Piipaash groups; companion history Arizona paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 197,
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://srpmic-nsn.gov/about/history/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "name": "Pima (Akimel O'odham)",
      "associationType": "Specific O'odham community within broader people entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://srpmic-nsn.gov/about/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community",
      "evidenceNote": "The Community's history explicitly links its contemporary Onk Akimel O'odham with Arizona's Phoenix Valley. This records one community connection rather than treating all Akimel O'odham as one government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Early History Hohokam and contemporary O'odham paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 293
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Opata",
      "associationType": "Community-published historical connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://opatanation.org/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Opata Nation community website",
      "evidenceNote": "The community history explicitly locates the Opata homeland in Sonora, Mexico. Only a country connection is indexed; this does not establish official recognition status or reproduce the page's detailed territorial claims.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening historical-geography paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 270
    },
    {
      "regionId": "NI",
      "name": "Mayangna",
      "associationType": "Documented community and education-project location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.unesco.org/en/links/mayangna",
      "sourceTitle": "Mayangna language, culture and knowledge — UNESCO",
      "evidenceNote": "UNESCO's account of its collaborative Mayangna education project explicitly identifies Mayangna communities in Nicaragua's Bosawas reserve. This is one documented community setting rather than the full distribution of Mayangna peoples.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography and project account, updated August 26, 2024",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 203
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "name": "Pirinda",
      "associationType": "Published historical geographic definition",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dem.colmex.mx/ver/pirinda",
      "sourceTitle": "pirinda — Diccionario del español de México, El Colegio de México",
      "evidenceNote": "The Mexican scholarly dictionary defines pirinda as a Matlatzinca person who lived among Purépecha in Michoacán. This records historical geographic usage within Mexico; it does not identify a separate contemporary government or equate all Matlatzinca with Pirinda.",
      "reviewedScope": "Complete pirinda dictionary entry",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 294
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "name": "Tagish",
      "associationType": "Documented historical language geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ynlc.ca/about-the-tagish-language/",
      "sourceTitle": "About the Tā̀gish language — Yukon Native Language Centre",
      "evidenceNote": "The Centre explicitly identifies the Tagish language with the southern lakes area of Yukon. This adopts the historical geographic connection only; the older page's speaker and school-program descriptions are not current claims.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 367
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "name": "Tutchone",
      "associationType": "Specific language community within broader entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ynlc.ca/about-the-southern-tutchone-language/",
      "sourceTitle": "About the Dän K'è (Southern Tutchone) language — Yukon Native Language Centre",
      "evidenceNote": "The Centre explicitly locates Southern Tutchone in southwestern Yukon. This supplies one part of the broader Tutchone entry, preserving the distinction from Northern Tutchone and avoiding current speaker or program claims.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening Southern Tutchone geographic paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 412
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 374,
      "name": "Tataviam",
      "associationType": "Community-published homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tataviam-nsn.us/heritage/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The Band identifies its ancestors and present community with northern Los Angeles County and explicitly discusses their Southern California setting. This links one Tataviam descendant government; historical legal and acreage claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening identity and Before Colonization paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 370,
      "name": "Tamien",
      "associationType": "Present organization mailing location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tamien.org/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Tamien Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its mailing location in San Jose, California. The history body remains under construction; this connection relies only on the public contact block and makes no historical-content or recognition-status claim.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tamien Nation footer, San Jose CA mailing location",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 324,
      "name": "Rumsen",
      "associationType": "Community-published historical geography",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rumsenohlone.com/who-we-are",
      "sourceTitle": "Who We Are — Rumsen Ohlone Tribal Community",
      "evidenceNote": "The Community identifies Rumsen ancestry with the Carmel-Monterey area and explicitly situates Ohlone history along California's central coast. This indexes one community connection without adopting an exact territorial boundary.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening community geography and Who We Are naming paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 263,
      "name": "Ohlone",
      "associationType": "Specific community within broader people entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rumsenohlone.com/who-we-are",
      "sourceTitle": "Who We Are — Rumsen Ohlone Tribal Community",
      "evidenceNote": "The Rumsen Ohlone Tribal Community locates its heritage on California's central coast and explains Rumsen as an Ohlone heritage-language identity. The broader Ohlone route overlaps this specific community connection rather than denoting one unified Ohlone government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Who We Are and Ohlone vs Costanoan paragraphs",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 227,
      "name": "Mono",
      "associationType": "Specific community within broader people entry",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://northforkrancheria-nsn.gov/our-people/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California",
      "evidenceNote": "The Rancheria identifies itself primarily with Northfork Mono and explicitly places its continuing community history in California. This supplies one Mono government connection, not every Mono community.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tribe opening and Today California paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 216,
      "name": "Miwok",
      "associationType": "Ancestral constituents of present government",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://northforkrancheria-nsn.gov/our-people/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California",
      "evidenceNote": "The Rancheria's California history identifies Miwok ancestry among its citizens. This records one descendant-community connection, rather than equating the Rancheria with all Miwok peoples or governments.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tribe paragraph identifying Miwok ancestry, and Today California paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 445,
      "name": "Yokuts",
      "associationType": "Ancestral constituents of present government",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://northforkrancheria-nsn.gov/our-people/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California",
      "evidenceNote": "The Rancheria's California history identifies ancestors from Yokut linguistic groups among its citizens. This records one descendant-community connection for the broader Yokuts entry; it is not a comprehensive Yokuts homeland description.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tribe paragraph identifying Yokut ancestry, and Today California paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 385,
      "name": "Timucua",
      "associationType": "Documented historical language-area connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/timupeople.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "The Timucua: North Florida's Early People — National Park Service",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS explicitly identifies northern Florida among the historical Timucua-speaking areas and notes that the communities were politically distinct. The umbrella directory name does not imply one Timucua government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic and political-distinction paragraph; updated July 6, 2023",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 432,
      "name": "Wintu",
      "associationType": "Documented historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/whis/learn/historyculture/the-wintu.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "The Wintu — Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, NPS",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS situates Wintu homelands in northern California and identifies their continuing presence. Only a state connection is adopted; local village locations and population estimates are excluded.",
      "reviewedScope": "Wintu homeland discussion and California-map caption",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 426,
      "name": "Wanapum",
      "associationType": "Community heritage-center and historical connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hanford-visit-the-wanapum-heritage-center.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "Hanford: Visit the Wanapum Heritage Center — National Park Service",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS explicitly identifies Wanapum homeland and the public Wanapum Heritage Center in Washington. No complete territorial boundary is inferred.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening homeland paragraph and Heritage Center location; updated February 24, 2022",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 395,
      "name": "Tonto Apache",
      "associationType": "Specific reservation-community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/tont/learn/historyculture/tonto-apache-war.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "Tonto Apache War — Tonto National Monument, NPS",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS explicitly locates the Tonto Apache Reservation near Payson in Arizona and distinguishes Tonto Apache communities from the Yavapai-Apache Nation. No reservation acreage or membership total is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "New Reservations on Ancestral Lands; updated June 20, 2026",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 284,
      "name": "Pawnee",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://pawneenation.org/pawnee-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Pawnee History — Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes its government address in Pawnee, Oklahoma, with its historical account. This present government connection does not replace its pre-removal homelands.",
      "reviewedScope": "Pawnee Nation footer contact addresses",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 394,
      "name": "Tonkawa",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tonkawatribe.com/language-culture/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tribal History — Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe publishes its address in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Only this government connection is indexed; the older text's stereotypes and wider historical generalizations are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Contact Us block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 431,
      "name": "Wichita",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wichitatribe.com/",
      "sourceTitle": "Wichita and Affiliated Tribes — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes publish their government location in Anadarko, Oklahoma. This indexes a particular government connection and does not define all ancestral Wichita territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "Contact Us block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "originalId": 341,
      "name": "Seneca",
      "associationType": "Specific government and historical-community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sni.org/culture/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Seneca Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly places its historic and continuing communities in New York. This concerns the Seneca Nation's account rather than identifying every Seneca government with that institution.",
      "reviewedScope": "History opening geography paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 212,
      "name": "Miami",
      "associationType": "Specific present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://miamination.com/",
      "sourceTitle": "Miami Tribe of Oklahoma — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe publishes its national headquarters in Miami, Oklahoma. This provides one Myaamia government connection without treating the present headquarters as the full ancestral homeland.",
      "reviewedScope": "Miami Nation Headquarters footer address",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-GA",
      "originalId": 232,
      "name": "Muscogee (Creek)",
      "associationType": "Documented pre-removal historical connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/ocmu/learn/historyculture/the-muscogee-nation.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "The Muscogee Nation — Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, NPS",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS describes Muscogee towns and the encroachment of settlers in Georgia before removal. Only a historical Georgia connection is indexed, not the location of the present Muscogee Nation government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Early Interactions and Removal sections",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 446,
      "name": "Yuchi",
      "associationType": "Documented community-language project location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.firstnations.org/stories/the-yuchi-language-comes-home/",
      "sourceTitle": "The Yuchi Language Comes Home — First Nations Development Institute",
      "evidenceNote": "The Indigenous-led Institute's published interview identifies the community-based Yuchi Language Project in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. This is a specific community project connection, not a distinct territorial government or complete Yuchi distribution.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening interview identifying Halay Turning Heart and the Yuchi Language Project",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MA",
      "originalId": 249,
      "name": "Nipmuc",
      "associationType": "Community-published historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nipmucnation.org/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Hassanamisco Nipmuc Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Hassanamisco Nipmuc account explicitly identifies central Massachusetts among Nipmuc homelands. This is one community's published history, without equating every Nipmuc community with its government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Homelands of the Nipmuc section",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Sechelt (Shíshálh)",
      "associationType": "Nation-published territorial connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://shishalh.com/",
      "sourceTitle": "shíshálh Nation — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly situates the shíshálh people's swiya on British Columbia's south coast. Its government section also identifies the Sechelt name. No detailed boundary or cultural-site location is reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "About the shishalh Nation and Nation Government District sections",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 338
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Stó:lō",
      "associationType": "Specific intercommunity service organization",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.stolonation.bc.ca/about",
      "sourceTitle": "About — Stó:lō Service Agency",
      "evidenceNote": "The Agency describes its constituent Stó:lō communities and explicitly locates its core administrative service area in BC. This is a service-organization connection, not a claim that it governs every Stó:lō community.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening community description and core administrative area paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 361
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Wet’suwet’en",
      "associationType": "Specific present First Nation location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wetsuweten.net/about-wfn/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Wet'suwet'en First Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "Wet'suwet'en First Nation explicitly locates itself in BC's Central Interior. This links a particular First Nation within the broader Wet'suwet'en entry; it does not equate that elected government with every Wet'suwet'en house, community or hereditary authority.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography paragraph",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "name": "Stoney Nakoda",
      "associationType": "Shared council contact location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://stoneynakodanations.com/tribal-council/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tribal Council — Stoney Nakoda Nations",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nations identify Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney as separate First Nations and publish their shared council contact in Mini Thni, Alberta. No outdated individual leadership term is treated as current.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening three-Nation distinction and Contact Us address",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 360
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "name": "Tulalip",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government location",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/WhoWeAre/History",
      "sourceTitle": "Tulalip History — Tulalip Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribes publish their government address in Tulalip, Washington, with their history. This present government connection does not define all constituent peoples' ancestral homelands.",
      "reviewedScope": "Information and Contact footer addresses",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 409
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "name": "Pecos Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Descendant community within present Pueblo",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.jemezpueblo.org/about/pecos-pueblo/",
      "sourceTitle": "Pecos Pueblo History — Christopher Toya, Pueblo of Jemez THPO",
      "evidenceNote": "Toya identifies Pecos descendants as living at Jemez Pueblo, and the same page explicitly locates Jemez in New Mexico. This preserves Pecos identity and descendant continuity rather than describing an independent present Pecos government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Pecos descendants and 1838 joining paragraphs; About the Pueblo of Jemez geography",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 285
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Sac (Sauk)",
      "associationType": "Specific Sauk-language community connection",
      "period": "Public content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/",
      "sourceTitle": "Sac and Fox Nation — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation publishes Sauk language resources and identifies its administration building in Stroud, Oklahoma. This links a particular Sauk community within a shared government; the separate Sac and Fox directory route overlaps it.",
      "reviewedScope": "Sac and Fox Language section and Location footer",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "originalId": 325
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Algonquin",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and continuing cultural connection",
      "period": "Historical territory described on the current heritage-river page; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.chrs.ca/en/rivers/ottawa-river",
      "evidenceNote": "The Canadian Heritage Rivers System's Ottawa River, Ontario page identifies the Ontario heritage-river segment as the cultural heartland of the Algonquin people. Its plaque text describes the Ottawa River as flowing through Algonquin Traditional Territory and names Kitchisippi. Used for an Ontario regional connection only, not a claim over the entire province or an adjudication of modern land claims. The actual page was read, including Designation and Plaque Text; community-site and Natural Resources Canada requests failed and were not substituted as inspected evidence.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 121,
      "name": "Haida",
      "associationType": "Continuing specific community and government connection",
      "period": "Joint community/provincial publication dated April 14, 2024; geography inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.haidanation.ca/public-notices/for-immediate-release-haida-nation-bc-recognize-haida-aboriginal-title-a-historic-first-in-canada",
      "evidenceNote": "The Council of the Haida Nation's joint release locates Haida Gwaii off the northern coast of British Columbia, identifies the Council and its stewardship mandate, and describes the continuing Haida relationship with Haida Gwaii. This record uses the explicit place/community connection, not later legal-status conclusions. It covers Haida Gwaii and does not subsume the separate Kaigani Haida jurisdiction in Alaska or imply Haida presence throughout British Columbia.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 45,
      "name": "Cayuse",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland described by the constituent tribal government",
      "period": "Historical homeland before and during nineteenth-century territorial change",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctuir.org/about/brief-history-of-ctuir/",
      "sourceTitle": "Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation — A Brief History of CTUIR",
      "evidenceNote": "In its account of the lower Columbia peoples, CTUIR locates Cayuse communities along Blue Mountain tributary valleys and quotes a historical description placing most of their country in Oregon, with a smaller part in Washington Territory. This supports an Oregon historical connection; it does not confine Cayuse history to Oregon.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML text inspected: People of the lower Columbia, lines 94–100. Separate CTUIR About page, lines 61 and 73, identifies Cayuse as one of three constituent peoples and gives the shared government address at Pendleton, Oregon. Owner Umatilla study includes the history URL as a reading lead; original content was independently read for this map association.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla are distinct constituent peoples. The shared CTUIR government is not an interchangeable identity label.",
        "The proposed record is a historical state connection, not an exclusive homeland boundary, current reservation polygon or current-law review."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 73,
      "name": "Clackamas",
      "associationType": "Historical village and continuing ancestral-place connection",
      "period": "Village history before the 1855 treaty and forced removal; later Grand Ronde account of ancestral connection",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.grandronde.org/news/2024/vision-for-willamette-falls-property/",
      "sourceTitle": "Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde — Vision for Willamette Falls Property",
      "evidenceNote": "Grand Ronde places its Willamette Falls property on the east bank of the Willamette River in Oregon City. It identifies the former Kosh-huk-shix village there as a Clackamas community and describes treaty cession and forced removal to Grand Ronde. This directly supports an Oregon historical-place connection.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML text inspected: tumwata village | Oregon City, lines 54–58; continuing stewardship statement at line 72. Only the publicly named city/falls context is used. No coordinates or archaeological site geometry were copied.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Grand Ronde is a confederated government with multiple constituent peoples; this record does not treat all Grand Ronde history as specifically Clackamas.",
        "The path year and event dates within this page are not used to claim a current development-project status.",
        "This is one public ancestral-place connection, not a complete Clackamas territory or a cadastral/rights boundary."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 75,
      "name": "Clatskanie",
      "associationType": "Historical village-region connection in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Early nineteenth-century villages in the Portland Basin",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/wappato_valley_villages/",
      "sourceTitle": "Robert Boyd and Henry Zenk — Portland Basin Chinookan Villages in the early 1800s (Oregon Encyclopedia)",
      "evidenceNote": "Boyd and Zenk explicitly place non-Chinookan Clatskanie villages in present-day Columbia County in the Portland Basin. The named county supplies the Oregon state connection. Their separate treatment of these communities avoids confusing Clatskanie with Chinookan villages or with Clatsop.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML introduction inspected, lines 25–40, especially line 34; the article identifies its authors and distinguishes the non-Chinookan communities from the principal Chinookan village table. Corroborating Boyd Wapato Valley entry, line 46, locates Clatskanies with an 1855 temporary reserve at Milton Creek near St. Helens. The linked St. Helens entry, lines 32–38, identifies that town as the Columbia County seat and situates it on the lower Columbia. State indexing resolves this explicitly named Oregon county; it is not inferred from the encyclopedia project title alone.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "This is historical settlement evidence, not a claim that the modern city of Clatskanie is itself a tribal government.",
        "Clatskanie and Clatsop are distinct labels; no Clatsop source is reused for this record.",
        "The sources inspected here do not establish an exclusive territory, present citizenship, contemporary political continuity or which modern government should speak for all Clatskanie descendants."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 424,
      "name": "Walla Walla",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and seasonal-use connection",
      "period": "Historical regional life described before the early 1900s; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctuir.org/about/brief-history-of-ctuir/",
      "evidenceNote": "The CTUIR history's Life cycle and Foods section explicitly places the three constituent peoples, including Walla Walla, primarily in southeastern Washington and its neighboring cross-border region. Its lower-Columbia account separately identifies Walla Walla river communities and bands. This is a broad historical connection, not presence everywhere in the state or a merged Cayuse/Umatilla/Walla Walla identity. This supplied-study URL was independently read.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 424,
      "name": "Walla Walla",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and seasonal-use connection",
      "period": "Historical regional life described before the early 1900s; geography passage inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ctuir.org/about/brief-history-of-ctuir/",
      "evidenceNote": "The CTUIR history's Life cycle and Foods section explicitly places the three constituent peoples, including Walla Walla, primarily in northeastern Oregon and its neighboring cross-border region. Its lower-Columbia account separately identifies Walla Walla river communities and bands. This is a broad historical connection, not presence everywhere in the state or a merged Cayuse/Umatilla/Walla Walla identity. This supplied-study URL was independently read.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CT",
      "originalId": 222,
      "name": "Mohegan",
      "associationType": "Present community and government location",
      "period": "Current tribal-site geography statement inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/about/our-tribal-history/historical-figures/sachem-uncas",
      "evidenceNote": "The Mohegan Tribe's Sachem Uncas page explicitly identifies its reservation in southeastern Connecticut. Only this geographical statement is used here, not the page's interpretation of seventeenth-century alliances. Mohegan is not treated as interchangeable with Mohican or Pequot.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 233,
      "name": "Musqueam",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing homeland connection",
      "period": "Community territory account and 1976 declaration; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-story/our-territory/",
      "evidenceNote": "Musqueam's own territory page describes ancestors throughout the Fraser River estuary and identifies modern Vancouver and neighboring municipalities within the territory. The same page locates its Band in Vancouver, BC. This regional index does not reproduce the declaration as a polygon, adjudicate title or imply all British Columbia is Musqueam territory.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 250,
      "name": "Nisga'a",
      "associationType": "Present specific government and community region",
      "period": "Current government-site geography passages inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nisgaanation.ca/",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual Nisga’a Lisims Government page text identifies the Nisga’a relationship with the Nass River Valley and gives the government location in New Aiyansh, BC. This is a specific community/government route, not a full homeland polygon or a review of treaty terms. The inspected geographical paragraph and government-location text, rather than the bare homepage title, support this map connection; no speaker figures used.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 196,
      "name": "Manzanita Kumeyaay",
      "associationType": "Present specific community and reservation location",
      "period": "SCTCA Background section inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sctca.net/manzanita-band-of-the-kumeyaay-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association locates the Manzanita Reservation in southeastern San Diego County, California, and identifies its members as part of the Kumeyaay Nation. This supports Manzanita specifically, without assigning every broader Kumeyaay homeland association to this individual band. Officeholder names and historical acreage are not adopted as current verified facts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 251,
      "name": "Nisenan",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing specific community homeland connection",
      "period": "County-library/community educational collaboration; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nevadacountyca.gov/2862/Nisenan-Heritage",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nevada County Library/HUṠWEJ project identifies Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan ancestral and current homelands in northern California. The actual Who are the Nisenan and curriculum passages name California counties and Nevada City/Grass Valley. This record follows the specific community scope; it does not reduce all Nisenan communities to one rancheria, equate Nisenan with all Maidu or make a current federal-recognition claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 400,
      "name": "Tsawwassen",
      "associationType": "Historical and continuing community territory connection",
      "period": "Community Our Nation account inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/about-tfn/our-nation/",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual Our Traditional Territory section identifies lower-Fraser/Salish Sea places including Pitt Meadows, New Westminster and Gulf Islands; Our Future explicitly places the Nation within the Metro Vancouver/BC context. This provides a British Columbia regional connection, not a treaty-land or traditional-territory polygon. Dated March 2019 membership figures and current-law totals were excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 201,
      "name": "Mattole",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/mattole.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Lower Mattole River and Bear River in Humboldt County; the text explicitly identifies California Dene. Only the Mattole-related geography is indexed, not a merged contemporary government. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 234,
      "name": "Mutsun",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/mutsun.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Pajaro drainage, Monterey Bay, Gilroy, Hollister and Pinnacles, with San Juan Bautista mission-period context. The article separately notes community revitalization; no people-disappearance inference is drawn. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 256,
      "name": "Northern Pomo",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-pomo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Russian River/Clear Lake coastward area and named valley communities including Sherwood, Redwood and Potter valleys. This is Northern Pomo specifically, not all Pomoan peoples. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 283,
      "name": "Patwin",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/patwin.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: River Patwin on the Sacramento in Colusa County and Hill Patwin westward foothills. Poorly attested Southern Patwin is discussed separately; its classification is not resolved here. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 297,
      "name": "Plains Miwok",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/plains-miwok.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Eastern Sacramento River area between Sacramento and Rio Vista toward Sierra Nevada foothills. This is Plains Miwok specifically, not every Miwokan community. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 421,
      "name": "Ventureño Chumash",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/ventureno.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Coast from Carpinteria to Malibu and San Buenaventura mission-period context. The article explicitly identifies Ventureño as Chumashan; uncertain Alliklik/Castac relationships are excluded. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 440,
      "name": "Yana",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/yana.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Eastern Sacramento Valley hills/canyons between the Pit and Feather rivers. The Yahi reference is preserved as a subgroup/naming context, not a separate modern government. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 427,
      "name": "Wappo",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/wappo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Alexander Valley, most of Napa Valley and northern Sonoma Valley. No inference about contemporary citizenship or community disappearance follows from the language-status discussion. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 170,
      "name": "Kitanemuk",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/kitanemuk.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Tehachapi Pass and western Mojave Desert. This limited traditional language-area connection is not a claim about all Takic peoples or present government boundaries. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 343,
      "name": "Serrano",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/serrano.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: San Bernardino Mountains and adjacent Mojave Desert. Related Vanyume is distinguished, not automatically absorbed into the Serrano access point. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 328,
      "name": "Salinan",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/salinan.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Salinas River Valley and adjacent mountain ranges. Only the geographic description is used, not speculative language-family classification or dated speaker totals. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 408,
      "name": "Tübatulabal",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/tubatulabal.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Upper Kern River northeast of Bakersfield; the article explicitly links Tubatulabal and Tübatulabal spellings. No current speaker totals are adopted. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 280,
      "name": "Panamint",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/panamint.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Owens Lake/Coso and Panamint valleys, and central Death Valley language varieties. This initial California route does not limit broader cross-border Panamint/Timbisha connections. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 430,
      "name": "Washoe",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/washo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: Lake Tahoe area from Honey Lake to Antelope Valley; the article explicitly links Washo and Washoe spellings. This California route does not deny the people’s Nevada connections. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 320,
      "name": "Ramaytush",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional language area described in specialist archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/ramaytush.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual California Language Archive introductory geography paragraph read: San Francisco Peninsula south to Palo Alto and Pescadero and Mission Dolores context. The article's uncertain northern extension is not made definite. The archive's explicit California-language context supplies state indexing. No precise territory polygon or profile-source adequacy claim is made.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 301,
      "name": "Pomo",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection through a named constituent language community",
      "period": "Traditional Northern Pomo geography; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-pomo.html",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual introduction places Northern Pomo in named north-coastal California valleys and explicitly identifies it as one of seven Pomoan languages. This umbrella access point uses one constituent community as an initial regional route, without merging distinct Pomo peoples or governments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 255,
      "name": "Northern Paiute",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-paiute.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory paragraph explicitly names California communities and traditional Northern Paiute areas in Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. This US-CA route follows that stated regional scope; it neither maps political boundaries nor adopts dated speaker counts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NV",
      "originalId": 255,
      "name": "Northern Paiute",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-paiute.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory paragraph explicitly names California communities and traditional Northern Paiute areas in Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. This US-NV route follows that stated regional scope; it neither maps political boundaries nor adopts dated speaker counts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 255,
      "name": "Northern Paiute",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-paiute.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory paragraph explicitly names California communities and traditional Northern Paiute areas in Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. This US-OR route follows that stated regional scope; it neither maps political boundaries nor adopts dated speaker counts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 255,
      "name": "Northern Paiute",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/northern-paiute.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory paragraph explicitly names California communities and traditional Northern Paiute areas in Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. This US-ID route follows that stated regional scope; it neither maps political boundaries nor adopts dated speaker counts.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 392,
      "name": "Tolowa",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/tolowa.html",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual geography paragraph names Del Norte County, California, and extension north into Oregon, while distinguishing related Chetco. This is a broad historical regional route, not a complete homeland or contemporary-government boundary. No disappearance inference is drawn from language status.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 392,
      "name": "Tolowa",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/tolowa.html",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual geography paragraph names Del Norte County, California, and extension north into Oregon, while distinguishing related Chetco. This is a broad historical regional route, not a complete homeland or contemporary-government boundary. No disappearance inference is drawn from language status.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 344,
      "name": "Shasta",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/shasta.html",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual introductory geography paragraph explicitly names Rogue River/Bear Creek in Oregon and upper Klamath/Shasta/Scott rivers in California. This is a broad historical regional route, not a complete homeland or contemporary-government boundary. No disappearance inference is drawn from language status.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 344,
      "name": "Shasta",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Traditional geography described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/shasta.html",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual introductory geography paragraph explicitly names Rogue River/Bear Creek in Oregon and upper Klamath/Shasta/Scott rivers in California. This is a broad historical regional route, not a complete homeland or contemporary-government boundary. No disappearance inference is drawn from language status.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MS",
      "originalId": 46,
      "name": "Chakchiuma",
      "associationType": "Historical tribal-group geography in specialist reference",
      "period": "Sixteenth-century Spanish-contact records, interpreted by later scholarship",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/protohistoric-period/",
      "sourceTitle": "Mississippi Encyclopedia — Protohistoric Period",
      "evidenceNote": "The article explicitly identifies Sacchuma with Chakchiuma among historic tribal groups in Mississippi named in the Spanish accounts. This supports a Mississippi historical connection while attributing the correspondence to the encyclopedia interpretation.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML body inspected, lines 19–30, especially line 22; limited to the explicit state association and name correspondence.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "A geographic connection, not a full Chakchiuma history or proof of a precise town location.",
        "No claim of extinction, modern citizenship, or identity interchangeability with Chickasaw or Choctaw is adopted."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TN",
      "originalId": 53,
      "name": "Chiaha",
      "associationType": "Historical town connection in specialist reference",
      "period": "Sixteenth-century Chiaha town visited in 1540",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/soto-expedition/",
      "sourceTitle": "David H. Dye — Soto Expedition (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
      "evidenceNote": "Dye places the fortified town of Chiaha on Zimmerman’s Island in the French Broad River near modern Dandridge, Tennessee, in the account of the 1540 expedition. The map record indexes that historical town connection.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML passage inspected, lines 27–32, including the explicit town/state location and subsequent expedition movements.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Chiaha is treated here as a historical town/access point, not as a newly verified present-day tribal government.",
        "The source presents one scholarly location interpretation. Other location proposals and later migrations are not resolved by this record.",
        "No archaeological coordinates or site geometry are supplied."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-AB",
      "originalId": 61,
      "name": "Chipewyan",
      "associationType": "Specific present-day First Nations listed in provincial directory",
      "period": "Provincial directory content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alberta.ca/first-nations-relations",
      "sourceTitle": "Government of Alberta — First Nations Relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Under its Alberta First Nations introduction and Treaty-territory directory, the province lists Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Chipewyan Prairie First Nation. These named governments establish a specific Alberta community connection for the Chipewyan access point.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML introduction, lines 57–62, and Treaty 8 community entries at lines 116 and 119 inspected. Government seat, population and full treaty boundaries were not reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "These specific First Nations do not encompass every community or person represented by the broader Chipewyan name.",
        "This record does not equate all Dene peoples or governments with Chipewyan, or settle preferred names across communities.",
        "The province-wide directory is used for community association, not as a map of exclusive traditional territory."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 77,
      "name": "Coca",
      "associationType": "Specific community geography in a community-authored published chapter",
      "period": "Mezcala community described in a 2017 publication",
      "sourceUrl": "https://culturaspopulareseindigenas.cultura.gob.mx/pdf/2020/recetarios/Recetario%20coca.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "Sarah Bak-Geller Corona and Rocío Moreno, coordinators — Recetario coca de Mezcala, Jalisco (Secretaría de Cultura, 2017)",
      "evidenceNote": "The government-published volume identifies Mezcala, Jalisco in its title. Rocío Moreno, introduced as a Mezcala comunera and Coca delegate, explicitly identifies Mezcala as a Coca Indigenous community on the north side of Lake Chapala. This supports a Mexico connection through one identified community.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual PDF text inspected: title/publication pages (PDF pages 2–5) and selected opening chapter passages, printed pages 7–9 / PDF pages 8–10. The 81-page volume was not read in full; no recipes or ceremonial instructions were reproduced.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The country index preserves Jalisco/Mezcala in the evidence note; it is not comprehensive Coca geography.",
        "The chapter’s community identity is not invalidated by its discussion of historical language loss.",
        "Contemporary land litigation, ownership boundaries and the present status of projects described in 2017 were not verified."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 83,
      "name": "Comanche",
      "associationType": "Present tribal government and community location",
      "period": "Community-authored public history and headquarters description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.comanchenation.com/about/page/history",
      "sourceTitle": "Comanche Nation — History",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation’s history describes settlement in southwestern Oklahoma and explicitly places its main headquarters north of Lawton, Oklahoma. These passages directly support a present government/community connection to Oklahoma.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML body inspected, lines 172–178 and address lines 184–186. Only the Oklahoma location statements are used, not demographic estimates or all historical characterizations.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "This is one present government/community connection, not a boundary for the full historical Comanche homeland or migration range.",
        "Population figures and broader historical claims on the page were not adopted."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 101,
      "name": "Dogrib (Tłı̨chǫ)",
      "associationType": "Documented Indigenous language geography and name correspondence",
      "period": "Territorial language-resource description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/indigenous-language-resources/tlicho-resources",
      "sourceTitle": "Government of the Northwest Territories, Education, Culture and Employment — Tłı̨chǫ Resources",
      "evidenceNote": "The territorial language overview explicitly locates Tłı̨chǫ’s territorial extent within the Northwest Territories and identifies Dogrib as a historical English exonym used for the language. This supports a carefully scoped Northwest Territories connection for the directory access point.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML Overview, lines 43–49, inspected. Selected language-geography passage only; vocabulary examples and audio were not used as separate evidence.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Language geography is the stated evidence type; it is not a cadastral boundary, modern government jurisdiction or a claim that every speaker has the same political affiliation.",
        "No settlement-agreement terms, population counts or present citizenship rules were reviewed."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 103,
      "name": "Eno",
      "associationType": "Historical river-community geography in state and specialist accounts",
      "period": "Early European-contact history; state management plan dated September 2017",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncparks.gov/planning-files/general-management-plan-eno-river-state-park/open",
      "sourceTitle": "Eno River State Park General Management Plan — North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation",
      "sourceType": "Primary state park management plan",
      "evidenceNote": "The state plan identifies Eno people living along the Eno River at early European contact. Jean B. Anderson's Library of North Carolina account independently locates the historical Eno in North Carolina's Piedmont. This supports a historical North Carolina connection without assigning a modern Eno government or adopting uncertain descendant-identification claims.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual PDF cover, mission text and printed page 3 (PDF page 2), II. HISTORY, especially lines 31–34 identifying Eno, Shakori and Occoneechee along the river. Supporting Anderson, Eno Indians (2006), first geographic paragraph was read in complete indexed article text; direct NCpedia fetch returned 403. No old profile source was reused.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.ncpedia.org/eno-indians"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Historical state connection only. Related Siouan peoples and contemporary descendant governments are not interchangeable.",
        "No archaeological site coordinates or exclusive territorial outline are reproduced."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-PA",
      "originalId": 104,
      "name": "Erie",
      "associationType": "Historical lakeshore settlement described by county government",
      "period": "Historical settlement before the mid-seventeenth century; undated county account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eriecountypa.gov/about/about-erie-county/history-of-erie-county/",
      "sourceTitle": "History of Erie County — Erie County, Pennsylvania",
      "sourceType": "Primary county-government public history",
      "evidenceNote": "Erie County's own history identifies the Eriez people as the source of the Pennsylvania county's name and describes their settlement on its lakeshore. This is a specific Pennsylvania historical connection for the Erie access point, rather than an inference from a modern lake or city name. Inspection limit: indexed original-source text was inspected; the direct page could not be rendered in this review. This is an inspected excerpt, not a full-work content check.",
      "reviewedScope": "The county's indexed opening paragraph and explicit page identification as Erie County, PA were read. Direct fetch timed out. The paragraph actually names Eriez people; it is not a modern canal or unrelated Erie County source. The account's claim that the people were destroyed is not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Indexed primary text inspection is disclosed; direct page content could not be independently retrieved in this bounded pass.",
        "The connection makes no extinction claim, identifies no present representative government and does not mark the entire Erie homeland."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "originalId": 108,
      "name": "Flathead (Bitterroot Salish)",
      "associationType": "Specific constituent people within a present confederated government",
      "period": "Continuing confederated community connection; public account inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cskt.org/our-story/",
      "sourceTitle": "Who We Are — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes",
      "sourceType": "Primary tribal-government self-description",
      "evidenceNote": "CSKT identifies Bitterroot Salish as one of its three distinct constituent nations, discusses their Montana reservation connection, and publishes its Pablo, Montana government address. Its explanation says Flathead is associated with the reservation name and favors the peoples' specific identities. The directory's older Flathead access label therefore points here without treating all CSKT peoples as Bitterroot Salish.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML History & Culture paragraph at line 496; explanation of CSKT and Flathead at line 541; tribal mailing-address block. The companion Séliš-Ql̓ispé Culture Committee page was also inspected, but its restricted archives were not accessed.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://cskt.org/sqcc/history-culture/"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Bitterroot Salish, Upper Pend d'Oreille and Kootenai are distinct constituent nations.",
        "Only Montana is proposed; the combined territorial description is not indiscriminately assigned to each constituent nation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-GA",
      "originalId": 117,
      "name": "Guale",
      "associationType": "Documented historical community and mission-era connection",
      "period": "Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century island communities",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/places/st-catherine-s-island-ga.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "St. Catherines Island, GA — National Park Service",
      "sourceType": "Primary federal public-history place record",
      "evidenceNote": "NPS explicitly describes Guale people living on St. Catherines Island in Georgia's Sea Islands during the mission era. This provides a Georgia historical-community connection; the former Spanish Florida jurisdiction does not turn the record into a present-day Florida location.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML Quick Facts location, and opening history paragraph at line 46 identifying both Guale people and Georgia's Sea Islands. Additional mission-era paragraphs were read only to establish historical context.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "No public-access invitation is implied: the source identifies the island as private and not open to the public.",
        "No mission site coordinates, territorial polygon or contemporary community identity claim is reproduced."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 124,
      "name": "Hatteras",
      "associationType": "Historical people-name and coastal geography in specialist reference",
      "period": "Sixteenth- through eighteenth-century historical naming; essay published 2006",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncpedia.org/croatoan-indians",
      "sourceTitle": "Croatoan Indians — Phillip W. Evans, Encyclopedia of North Carolina / NCpedia",
      "sourceType": "Specialist historical encyclopedia essay hosted by the Library of North Carolina",
      "evidenceNote": "Evans explicitly identifies Croatoan/Croatan as a group later known as Hatteras Indians and locates their historical communities on North Carolina's Outer Banks. The proposed connection concerns that historical people-name usage, without deciding the present representation or recognition of communities using Roanoke-Hatteras or related names. Inspection limit: indexed original-source text was inspected; the direct page could not be rendered in this review. This is an inspected excerpt, not a full-work content check.",
      "reviewedScope": "Complete indexed 2006 essay read, especially the first paragraph's explicit Hatteras alias, island geography and later reference to coastal North Carolina. No inaccessible NPS report or uninspected Dare County resolution is relied on. The essay's statement that no tribal entities survive is excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Indexed text inspection, not a claimed successful direct fetch, is disclosed.",
        "The 2006 essay is not a current recognition-status or descendant-community assessment.",
        "Specific village, archaeological and burial locations are omitted."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-GA",
      "originalId": 128,
      "name": "Hitchiti",
      "associationType": "Historical regional geography in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Early-contact historical geography described in a regional essay",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/wiregrass-georgia/",
      "sourceTitle": "Wiregrass Georgia — New Georgia Encyclopedia",
      "sourceType": "Specialist historical-geographic encyclopedia essay",
      "evidenceNote": "The essay identifies Hitchiti among the native inhabitants of southern Georgia's wiregrass region and places them along the Ocmulgee River. This supports a Georgia historical connection for the people-name access point; it does not locate a particular Hitchiti tribal town or equate every Hitchiti-speaking town with that town.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML Human History paragraph at line 98 explicitly naming Hitchiti and wiregrass Georgia. Only the geographic identification is used; the essay's qualified de Soto-era dating is not converted into a definite settlement date.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Hitchiti can designate a town and a broader language/people context; the limited regional source does not resolve every use.",
        "No contemporary government, complete territorial range or settlement coordinates are asserted."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 157,
      "name": "Karankawa",
      "associationType": "Traditional coastal homeland in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Traditional and early-contact homeland described in the revised reference essay",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/karankawa-indians",
      "sourceTitle": "Karankawa Indians — Carol A. Lipscomb, revised by Tim Seiter, Handbook of Texas",
      "sourceType": "Specialist historical encyclopedia essay",
      "evidenceNote": "The essay explicitly locates traditional Karankawa homelands on Texas's Gulf Coast and explains that the name encompasses several coastal groups. Only the broad Texas connection is indexed; the account does not justify collapsing the groups into a single historical government.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML opening geographic and naming paragraph at line 9 and author/reviser credits at lines 6–8. Later passages were not used for this limited map finding aid.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "No precise homeland boundary, cultural-practice description or current descendant/recognition-status claim is adopted.",
        "The source's later accounts of violence and ceremonial practices are outside the scope of this connection."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 160,
      "name": "Kaska",
      "associationType": "Named constituent First Nations and communities in a provincial record",
      "period": "Provincial listing updated April 15, 2024; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/kaska-dena-council",
      "sourceTitle": "Kaska Nation — Province of British Columbia",
      "sourceType": "Primary provincial-government First Nations record",
      "evidenceNote": "The Province explicitly identifies Kaska communities in British Columbia, including Dease River, Kwadacha and Lower Post, alongside Yukon connections. British Columbia is proposed as one useful connection for the broader Kaska entry, without implying that Kaska people or governments are confined to that province.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML Current activities paragraph at line 44, the listing's date and Information/Members section. No linked agreement is claimed as read and no count of distinct governments is inferred from overlapping cross-border listings.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Kaska is a broader people-name access point, not an interchangeable name for one council or one First Nation.",
        "The listing is dated; current negotiations, population figures and exact territorial boundaries are outside this finding aid."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 161,
      "name": "Kathlamet",
      "associationType": "Ancestral constituent-people geography in the Nation's self-description",
      "period": "Ancestral-community identification described in the Nation's public account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://chinooknation.org/who-we-are/",
      "sourceTitle": "The Chinook Indian Nation — Who We Are",
      "sourceType": "Primary tribal-community self-description",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly identifies Cathlamet (Kathlamet) as a constituent people of present-day Oregon. This directly supplies the spelling relationship and an Oregon connection, while preserving the distinction between a constituent people and the shared Chinook Indian Nation government. Inspection limit: indexed original-source text was inspected; the direct page could not be rendered in this review. This is an inspected excerpt, not a full-work content check.",
      "reviewedScope": "Complete indexed Who We Are text inspected, especially the first constituent-list paragraph naming Cathlamet (Kathlamet) and Oregon. The same wording was independently present in the indexed July 22, 2021 Chinook vs. Chinookan article. Direct community-site opens timed out; no treaty text or legal-status review is claimed.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://chinooknation.org/chinook-vs-chinookan/"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "One historical state connection is proposed, not a denial of Kathlamet connections on both sides of the Columbia River.",
        "The constituent description does not make all Chinookan peoples citizens of one government or adjudicate present recognition status."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "name": "Samish",
      "profileMatch": {
        "name": "Samish",
        "added": true
      },
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Traditional homeland described in undated Nation-published cultural account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.samishtribe.nsn.us/who-we-are/culture",
      "sourceTitle": "Samish Culture",
      "publisher": "Samish Indian Nation",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening cultural account explicitly places traditional Samish territory in Northwest Washington and the Salish Sea. Only the broad state connection is used; no land-claim boundary or exclusive occupancy inference.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual Samish Culture opening geographic paragraph; About Samish institutional account also read.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual community-page content opened and read; embedded video and storymaps not reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 352,
      "name": "Skokomish",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Public government contact location inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://skokomish.org/tribal-directory/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tribal Departments",
      "publisher": "Skokomish Indian Tribe",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "Official tribal directory identifies the Skokomish Indian Tribe's government contact address in Shelton, Washington. This establishes a state connection, not a reservation boundary or the full Twana homeland.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual institutional heading, Contact Us address block and mission statement.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual official content opened and read. The enrollment ordinance was inspected initially but not used as geographic evidence.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 355,
      "name": "Snoqualmie",
      "associationType": "Present government mailing location",
      "period": "Official public mailing address inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://snoqualmietribeforms.us/contact-us/?fromsite=main",
      "sourceTitle": "Contact Us",
      "publisher": "Snoqualmie Indian Tribe",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe's public contact page explicitly identifies its mailing location as Snoqualmie, Washington. Reached through the main official tribal website. Mailing location supports this broad state link without defining homeland, reservation or service-area limits.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual public mail/phone address line and link back to main tribal site.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual official contact text opened and read. No form filled or sent, login entered or contact made. History and Rights Day framing were also read but not used to infer geography.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 359,
      "name": "Squaxin Island",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland and present community institution",
      "period": "Historical southern Puget Sound homeland account; public museum location inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://squaxinislandmuseum.org/culture/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History",
      "publisher": "Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "The tribal museum identifies ancestral communities around southern Puget Sound. Its actual contact page places the institution in Kamilche, Washington. Together these support the state connection; historical travel farther afield is not treated as equivalent homeland or jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual History geographic/community paragraphs; Visit, Directions and public Contact address.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://squaxinislandmuseum.org/contact-us/"
      ],
      "supportingSourceScope": "Actual address block explicitly says Kamilche, WA.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual tribal museum pages opened and read. No sacred narrative, ceremonial instructions or images reproduced.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 363,
      "name": "Suquamish",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Ancestral geography in undated Tribe-published history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://suquamish.nsn.us/home/about-us/history-culture/",
      "sourceTitle": "History & Culture",
      "publisher": "Suquamish Tribe",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "Opening paragraph explicitly locates Suquamish ancestral lands and waterways in Washington's Central Puget Sound region. This supports a broad Washington link, not a complete treaty-area map or present legal conclusion.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening geographic paragraph and early timeline context.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual tribal history content opened and read; no claim to auditing treaty instruments or present rights litigation.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 388,
      "name": "Tlingit",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland / community government connection",
      "period": "Historical Southeast Alaska geography in the joint Council's public timeline",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tlingitandhaida.gov/about-us/history/",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Our History: A Timeline",
      "publisher": "Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-led",
      "evidenceNote": "The Council's timeline explicitly identifies Tlingit and Haida as distinct nations and repeatedly locates the historical land-use and claims account in Southeast Alaska. Supports Alaska for the Tlingit directory entry; this joint Council does not stand for every Tlingit community or the full cross-border homeland.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual Time Immemorial–1930s and 1930–1950s timeline sections, including Southeast Alaska geographic references.",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual tribal-government history opened and read. Historical court descriptions are not a present jurisdictional assessment; no British Columbia/Yukon link is inferred from the directory region string.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 239,
      "name": "Naskapi",
      "associationType": "Present specific community and government location",
      "period": "Current Nation-published land account inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://naskapi.ca/nation/land/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach's actual Land page describes its community northeast of Schefferville and gives its address at Kawawachikamach, Quebec. This is one present community/government route for the broader Naskapi access point. The source also describes historical movement into Labrador; this initial Quebec route is not an exclusive homeland boundary or a current land-claim assessment.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-QC",
      "originalId": 221,
      "name": "Mohawk",
      "associationType": "Present specific constituent community location",
      "period": "Community's About page inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://kahnawake.com/about/",
      "evidenceNote": "Kahnawà:ke's own Community and History sections identify it as a Mohawk/Kanien’kehá:ka community on the St. Lawrence just south of Montreal. The regional route indexes this specific Quebec community, not every Mohawk community or the entire historical Mohawk homeland. Kahnawà:ke, Akwesasne and other communities remain distinct; no treaty, citizenship or jurisdictional boundary is inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "originalId": 76,
      "name": "Coahuiltecan",
      "associationType": "Historical regional umbrella in specialist reference",
      "period": "Historical geography described in Handbook of Texas; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/coahuiltecan-indians",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory and geographic sections place this broad historical label in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. The article emphasizes many autonomous named groups and uncertain classification. This route does not assert one unified people/government, adopt extinction claims or establish modern recognition.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 76,
      "name": "Coahuiltecan",
      "associationType": "Historical regional umbrella in specialist reference",
      "period": "Historical geography described in Handbook of Texas; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/coahuiltecan-indians",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual introductory and geographic sections place this broad historical label in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. The article emphasizes many autonomous named groups and uncertain classification. This route does not assert one unified people/government, adopt extinction claims or establish modern recognition.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 224,
      "name": "Mojave",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Nineteenth-century regional expansion described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/mojave.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual opening geography paragraph identifies Mojave language communities along the Colorado River and explicit nineteenth-century expansion toward Blythe, California, and Ehrenberg, Arizona. This is language-community geography, not a modern jurisdiction or complete homeland. Dated speaker totals were excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 224,
      "name": "Mojave",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community region",
      "period": "Nineteenth-century regional expansion described in archive overview; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/mojave.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Actual opening geography paragraph identifies Mojave language communities along the Colorado River and explicit nineteenth-century expansion toward Blythe, California, and Ehrenberg, Arizona. This is language-community geography, not a modern jurisdiction or complete homeland. Dated speaker totals were excluded.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-HI",
      "name": "Native Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli)",
      "associationType": "Indigenous homeland connection in a dated primary document",
      "period": "Ancestral presence before 1778, described in the 1993 federal resolution",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-107/pdf/STATUTE-107-Pg1510.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "Public Law 103–150: acknowledgment and apology for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi",
      "evidenceNote": "Section 2 connects Native Hawaiian ancestry with the islands now constituting Hawaiʻi. This instrument-specific definition supports a state-index route, not a universal citizenship rule or territorial-rights determination.",
      "reviewedScope": "1993 resolution section 2, 107 Stat. 1513, with section 3 disclaimer at 1514; UH naming reference lines 45–47.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The legal definition belongs to this instrument and is not a universal community identity or citizenship rule.",
        "No precise boundaries, island-specific coverage or modern political consensus are claimed."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "BZ",
      "originalId": 112,
      "name": "Garifuna",
      "associationType": "Living community and community-representation connection in national cultural reporting",
      "period": "Belize heritage project reported October 22, 2024",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nichbelize.org/living-african-descendant-heritage/",
      "sourceTitle": "Capacity Building Project of the Living African-descendant Heritage in the SICA Region and Cuba — NICH",
      "sourceType": "Primary national cultural-institute project account, written by April Martinez, NICH-ISCR",
      "evidenceNote": "NICH identifies Garifuna communities as part of Belize's living heritage and names a National Garifuna Council representative on its Belize project team. This supports a present-day Belize community connection, rather than reducing Garifuna identity to an earlier Caribbean migration history or treating Garifuna and Kriol as interchangeable. Inspection: Actual HTML article dated October 22, 2024: Belize national team and Garifuna Council representative, lines 33–47; safeguarding approach, lines 52–62; author credit, lines 63–65. Related NICH 2024–25 fund entry explicitly describes a Garifuna-language resource for learners in Belize. No restricted practice or cultural instruction reproduced. Limits: Country connection only; the source does not enumerate every Garifuna settlement or define a territorial polygon. A 2024 named project representative is not asserted to hold the same office in October 2026. Garifuna and Kriol remain distinct named communities in the source.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML article dated October 22, 2024: Belize national team and Garifuna Council representative, lines 33–47; safeguarding approach, lines 52–62; author credit, lines 63–65. Related NICH 2024–25 fund entry explicitly describes a Garifuna-language resource for learners in Belize. No restricted practice or cultural instruction reproduced.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://nichbelize.org/bcf-awardees/",
        "https://nichbelize.org/living-heritage-going-digital/"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Country connection only; the source does not enumerate every Garifuna settlement or define a territorial polygon.",
        "A 2024 named project representative is not asserted to hold the same office in October 2026.",
        "Garifuna and Kriol remain distinct named communities in the source."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "BZ",
      "originalId": 229,
      "name": "Mopan Maya",
      "associationType": "Present cultural-community connection in a national grant record",
      "period": "Belize Culture Fund grant cycles 2023–24 and 2024–25",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nichbelize.org/bcf-awardees/",
      "sourceTitle": "Belize Culture Fund Awardees — National Institute of Culture and History",
      "sourceType": "Primary national cultural-institute grant/project record",
      "evidenceNote": "NICH describes Katherine Karas's Mopan Maya photographic project through her family roots in southern Belize and lists a later Mopan mentor-and-apprentice initiative. These are living cultural-community connections. They do not assign every archaeological Maya site in Belize to Mopan people. Inspection: Actual HTML fund administration and grant-cycle headings; Katherine Karas entry, lines 128–131; Stanley Peck mentorship entry, lines 159–162. No project completion or current funding is inferred. Limits: Family and cultural-program accounts do not represent all Mopan histories or priorities. Broad country geography only; no archaeological identity or boundary inferred.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML fund administration and grant-cycle headings; Katherine Karas entry, lines 128–131; Stanley Peck mentorship entry, lines 159–162. No project completion or current funding is inferred.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/defending-community-territory-and-indigenous-environmental-relations/3E9F8AADC6D23D51A9DCFB93567FCE92"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Family and cultural-program accounts do not represent all Mopan histories or priorities. Broad country geography only; no archaeological identity or boundary inferred."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "BZ",
      "originalId": 314,
      "name": "Q'eqchi'",
      "associationType": "Contemporary linguistic-community geography in community-coauthored scholarship",
      "period": "Work published online August 8, 2025; geographic passage inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/defending-community-territory-and-indigenous-environmental-relations/3E9F8AADC6D23D51A9DCFB93567FCE92",
      "sourceTitle": "Defending Community, Territory, and Indigenous Environmental Relations — Levi Gahman, Filiberto Penados, Cristina Coc and Shelda-Jane Smith",
      "sourceType": "Original open-access research coauthored by a Maya Leaders Alliance representative",
      "evidenceNote": "The authors identify Q'eqchi' and Mopan as distinct linguistic communities living predominantly in southern Belize. This is a present-community connection, rather than an inference from archaeological remains. Inspection: Publisher HTML, Section 2 geographic introduction, lines 641–643; author affiliations and August 8, 2025 publication date also checked. Limits: Selected geography only; no present population total, land boundary or legal holding adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Publisher HTML, Section 2 geographic introduction, lines 641–643; author affiliations and August 8, 2025 publication date also checked.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/indigenous-peoples-of-guatemala-and-belize-enhance-relations-in-the-adjacency-zone",
        "https://www.jcsbelize.org/pages/staff&affil.php"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Selected geography only; no present population total, land boundary or legal holding adopted."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "BZ",
      "originalId": 202,
      "name": "Maya",
      "associationType": "Broader Maya access point overlapping specifically named contemporary communities",
      "period": "Contemporary community geography in scholarship published August 8, 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/defending-community-territory-and-indigenous-environmental-relations/3E9F8AADC6D23D51A9DCFB93567FCE92",
      "sourceTitle": "Defending Community, Territory, and Indigenous Environmental Relations — community-coauthored Cambridge Element",
      "sourceType": "Original open-access research coauthored by a Maya Leaders Alliance representative",
      "evidenceNote": "The same passage names multiple Maya linguistic groups in Belize. This broader access point overlaps the Mopan and Q'eqchi' entries, rather than denoting an additional distinct nation. Inspection: Section 2 opening geographic paragraph; NICH contemporary cultural-project pages separately checked. Limits: Maya is an umbrella; no archaeological site is assigned a modern language identity.",
      "reviewedScope": "Section 2 opening geographic paragraph; NICH contemporary cultural-project pages separately checked.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://nichbelize.org/bcf-awardees/",
        "https://nichbelize.org/living-heritage-going-digital/"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Maya is an umbrella; no archaeological site is assigned a modern language identity."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WV",
      "originalId": 345,
      "name": "Shawnee",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection",
      "period": "Early historic/colonial Ohio Valley and Western Virginia connections; 1774 event provides a specific example",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/805",
      "sourceTitle": "Indians",
      "publisher": "West Virginia Humanities Council, e-WV",
      "author": "Robert F. Maslowski",
      "sourceType": "Specialist regional encyclopedia",
      "publicationDate": "2024-04-25",
      "evidenceNote": "The specialist overview explicitly identifies Shawnee among peoples historically associated with Western Virginia and discusses hunting, travel and regional influence. The separate Chief Logan article locates Shawnee participation at Point Pleasant in 1774. This is a historical connection, not a claim of exclusive state-wide occupation or present government location. Inspection: Actual historical-regional paragraphs; Chief Logan article's 1774 Point Pleasant paragraph as corroboration.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual historical-regional paragraphs; Chief Logan article's 1774 Point Pleasant paragraph as corroboration.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1397"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual encyclopedia text opened and read. Sweeping empty-land, population, ancestry and modern-organization assertions elsewhere in the overview are not adopted."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WV",
      "originalId": 215,
      "name": "Mingo",
      "associationType": "Historical conflict / regional connection",
      "period": "Eighteenth-century Ohio Valley; explicitly documented connection to West Virginia settlements in the 1770s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1771",
      "sourceTitle": "Mingo",
      "publisher": "West Virginia Humanities Council, e-WV",
      "author": "John Alexander Williams",
      "sourceType": "Specialist regional encyclopedia",
      "publicationDate": "2024-04-25",
      "evidenceNote": "The article directly connects people described historically as Mingo with conflicts involving West Virginia settlements. It locates many participants' home villages in Pennsylvania or Ohio and explains the label's mixed, changing use. The link therefore records historical activity involving this region, not a resident Mingo state-wide homeland or a present single government. Inspection: Full short article, especially the paragraph on West Virginia settlements and discussion of the historical name.",
      "reviewedScope": "Full short article, especially the paragraph on West Virginia settlements and discussion of the historical name.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual specialist text opened and read. No connection is inferred from Mingo County, Logan place names or a named monument.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WV",
      "originalId": 364,
      "name": "Susquehannock",
      "associationType": "Reported historical displacement connection",
      "period": "Displacement after Conestoga Town's destruction; community page supplies no precise settlement dates",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.conestogasusquehannocktribe.com/historic-territory-1",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Historic Territory",
      "publisher": "The Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe",
      "sourceType": "Community-published historical account",
      "evidenceNote": "The community account cautiously reports evidence suggesting displaced Susquehannock people inhabited West Virginia. Maslowski's specialist overview also names Susquehannock among historically associated groups. Retain the source's uncertainty: this is a reported displacement connection, not a verified continuous settlement, exclusive homeland boundary or present legal title. Inspection: Actual three-paragraph historical-territory account; e-WV's named historical-group paragraph as supporting context.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual three-paragraph historical-territory account; e-WV's named historical-group paragraph as supporting context.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/805"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual community text opened and read. Embedded/linked maps and underlying deeds were not independently reviewed."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "GL",
      "originalId": 142,
      "name": "Inuit",
      "associationType": "Circumpolar people / Greenland connection",
      "period": "Historical and continuing organizational/community relationship described by ICC",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/about-icc/",
      "sourceTitle": "About ICC",
      "publisher": "Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada",
      "sourceType": "Inuit-led circumpolar organization",
      "evidenceNote": "ICC's own account explicitly identifies Inuit leaders from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) alongside Alaska and Canada at its founding and describes subsequent Inuit participation. This directly supports Greenland for the broad Inuit access point without making a Canadian organization the government of Greenlandic communities. Inspection: Actual Our Story paragraphs on the 1977 founding, 1980 Nuuk assembly, charter ratification and circumpolar representation.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual Our Story paragraphs on the 1977 founding, 1980 Nuuk assembly, charter ratification and circumpolar representation.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual Inuit-led institutional text opened and read. Current population, policy, sovereignty and legal claims are not copied.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "GL",
      "name": "Kalaallit",
      "associationType": "People-name / Greenland connection",
      "period": "Identity/geography in undated tourism-board overview; no current statistics adopted",
      "sourceUrl": "https://visitgreenland.com/articles/10-facts-about-greenland-that-you-might-not-know/",
      "sourceTitle": "10 Facts about Greenland that You Might Not Know",
      "publisher": "Visit Greenland",
      "sourceType": "Government-owned national tourism board; popular cultural overview",
      "evidenceNote": "Section 5 discusses Kalaallit in the context of Greenlandic Inuit. This supports a Greenland connection for the existing access label, not the proposition that every Greenland resident is Kalaallit or that regional Inuit identities are interchangeable. Inspection: Actual section 5 identity/geography text and publisher ownership statement. Population percentages, current conditions and legal/political claims are not adopted. Limits: Popular tourism introduction, not an authoritative resolution of all regional self-designations. No current demographic figures or claim that all Greenlanders share one Indigenous identity.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual section 5 identity/geography text and publisher ownership statement. Population percentages, current conditions and legal/political claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual primary publisher page opened and read. Its broad naming language is used only for the limited connection described.",
      "limits": [
        "Popular tourism introduction, not an authoritative resolution of all regional self-designations.",
        "No current demographic figures or claim that all Greenlanders share one Indigenous identity."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 362,
      "name": "Sugpiaq",
      "associationType": "People-name / traditional regional connection",
      "period": "Undated museum educational account; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alutiiqmuseum.org/alutiiq-people/",
      "sourceTitle": "Alutiiq People — Alutiiq Museum",
      "evidenceNote": "The community museum identifies Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people with southcentral Alaska, including Prince William Sound, the outer Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula. Its naming lesson explains community variation in use of Sugpiaq and Alutiiq. These overlapping access names do not denote two wholly separate nations, and neither is interchangeable with the Unangan of the Aleutian Islands. Inspection: Actual opening identity/geography paragraphs and naming lesson, especially community-specific name usage.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening identity/geography paragraphs and naming lesson, especially community-specific name usage.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://alutiiqmuseum.org/alutiiq-people/language/lessons/alutiiq-what-is-in-a-name/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 414,
      "name": "Twana",
      "associationType": "Named Twana community / historical regional connection",
      "period": "Traditional Hood Canal connection and continuing Skokomish community, described in tribal history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://skokomish.org/culture-and-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Culture and History — Skokomish Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe identifies Twana as a Salishan people connected with the Hood Canal drainage in western Washington. This supports Twana and a narrow route through the broader Salish access point. Salish is an overlapping language/cultural grouping here, not one government. Historical Twana communities and the present Skokomish Tribe require their own distinctions. Inspection: Actual opening historical-geographic paragraphs and public heritage-preservation account; no restricted cultural material or precise sites reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening historical-geographic paragraphs and public heritage-preservation account; no restricted cultural material or precise sites reproduced.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 329,
      "name": "Salish",
      "associationType": "Named Twana community / historical regional connection",
      "period": "Traditional Hood Canal connection and continuing Skokomish community, described in tribal history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://skokomish.org/culture-and-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Culture and History — Skokomish Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe identifies Twana as a Salishan people connected with the Hood Canal drainage in western Washington. This supports Twana and a narrow route through the broader Salish access point. Salish is an overlapping language/cultural grouping here, not one government. Historical Twana communities and the present Skokomish Tribe require their own distinctions. Inspection: Actual opening historical-geographic paragraphs and public heritage-preservation account; no restricted cultural material or precise sites reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening historical-geographic paragraphs and public heritage-preservation account; no restricted cultural material or precise sites reproduced.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 337,
      "name": "Secwepemc",
      "associationType": "Related people-names / specific council connection",
      "period": "Council institutional account, with founding in 1980; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://shuswapnation.org/about/",
      "sourceTitle": "About — Shuswap Nation Tribal Council",
      "evidenceNote": "SNTC identifies its origins in Secwepemc chiefs and its work with Shuswap communities, and locates its office in Kamloops, British Columbia. Secwepemc and Shuswap are overlapping access names in this context. One council office and its constituency do not define the whole people, homeland or government structure. Inspection: Actual About paragraphs, lines 35–42, and Kamloops location, lines 43–47. Current membership totals, territorial-title assertions and political outcomes are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual About paragraphs, lines 35–42, and Kamloops location, lines 43–47. Current membership totals, territorial-title assertions and political outcomes are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 348,
      "name": "Shuswap",
      "associationType": "Related people-names / specific council connection",
      "period": "Council institutional account, with founding in 1980; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://shuswapnation.org/about/",
      "sourceTitle": "About — Shuswap Nation Tribal Council",
      "evidenceNote": "SNTC identifies its origins in Secwepemc chiefs and its work with Shuswap communities, and locates its office in Kamloops, British Columbia. Secwepemc and Shuswap are overlapping access names in this context. One council office and its constituency do not define the whole people, homeland or government structure. Inspection: Actual About paragraphs, lines 35–42, and Kamloops location, lines 43–47. Current membership totals, territorial-title assertions and political outcomes are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual About paragraphs, lines 35–42, and Kamloops location, lines 43–47. Current membership totals, territorial-title assertions and political outcomes are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 252,
      "name": "Nlaka'pamux",
      "associationType": "Related people-names / regional community connection",
      "period": "Geography in a Parks Canada historical backgrounder, 2018",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/08/nlakapamux-basket-making.html",
      "sourceTitle": "Nlaka’pamux Basket-making — Parks Canada",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual backgrounder explicitly connects Nlaka’pamux with British Columbia’s Interior Plateau and identifies Thompson as an earlier outside name. Both directory access points therefore lead from British Columbia to the same related people. This route does not establish a single government or an exclusive territorial boundary. Inspection: Actual identity/geography paragraph, line 31; no claim of comprehensive cultural or modern demographic review.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual identity/geography paragraph, line 31; no claim of comprehensive cultural or modern demographic review.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 383,
      "name": "Thompson (Nlaka'pamux)",
      "associationType": "Related people-names / regional community connection",
      "period": "Geography in a Parks Canada historical backgrounder, 2018",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/08/nlakapamux-basket-making.html",
      "sourceTitle": "Nlaka’pamux Basket-making — Parks Canada",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual backgrounder explicitly connects Nlaka’pamux with British Columbia’s Interior Plateau and identifies Thompson as an earlier outside name. Both directory access points therefore lead from British Columbia to the same related people. This route does not establish a single government or an exclusive territorial boundary. Inspection: Actual identity/geography paragraph, line 31; no claim of comprehensive cultural or modern demographic review.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual identity/geography paragraph, line 31; no claim of comprehensive cultural or modern demographic review.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 339,
      "name": "Sekani",
      "associationType": "One named Sekani community / regional connection",
      "period": "Living community account and historical land relationship; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tsaykeh.com/",
      "sourceTitle": "About Tsay Keh Dene — Tsay Keh Dene Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation describes itself as one of the Sekani bands of northern interior British Columbia, with homes around Williston Lake. This establishes a route through one specifically named Sekani community; it does not make every Sekani person a member of this government or map their full homeland. Inspection: Actual About introduction, lines 58–62. Restricted member portal, present figures and program claims were not reviewed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual About introduction, lines 58–62. Restricted member portal, present figures and program claims were not reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 266,
      "name": "Okanagan (Syilx)",
      "associationType": "Traditional regional connection in nation educational account",
      "period": "Traditional geography in Okanagan Nation Alliance educational resource",
      "sourceUrl": "https://learn.syilx.org/our-traditional-way-of-life/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Traditional Way of Life — Syilx 101",
      "evidenceNote": "The Okanagan Nation Alliance educational account explicitly locates Syilx Okanagan traditional territory in south-central British Columbia and north-central Washington. These two navigation regions preserve a cross-border connection without turning modern borders into Indigenous territorial limits. Inspection: Actual geographic paragraph, line 38, source notes and publisher identification. Area measurements, archaeological conclusions and legal claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual geographic paragraph, line 38, source notes and publisher identification. Area measurements, archaeological conclusions and legal claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 266,
      "name": "Okanagan (Syilx)",
      "associationType": "Traditional regional connection in nation educational account",
      "period": "Traditional geography in Okanagan Nation Alliance educational resource",
      "sourceUrl": "https://learn.syilx.org/our-traditional-way-of-life/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Traditional Way of Life — Syilx 101",
      "evidenceNote": "The Okanagan Nation Alliance educational account explicitly locates Syilx Okanagan traditional territory in south-central British Columbia and north-central Washington. These two navigation regions preserve a cross-border connection without turning modern borders into Indigenous territorial limits. Inspection: Actual geographic paragraph, line 38, source notes and publisher identification. Area measurements, archaeological conclusions and legal claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual geographic paragraph, line 38, source notes and publisher identification. Area measurements, archaeological conclusions and legal claims are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 326,
      "name": "Saanich",
      "associationType": "Traditional community / cross-border regional connection",
      "period": "Pre-reserve villages described in community history published May 19, 2022",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wsanec.com/the-creation-of-indian-reserves-and-their-impact-on-the-w%CC%B1sanec-nation/page/2/",
      "sourceTitle": "The Creation of Indian Reserves and their Impact on the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Leadership Council describes W̱SÁNEĆ/Saanich villages on the Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands in Canada and the San Juan Islands in present Washington. Its homeland account supplies the British Columbia context. Modern bands, traditional communities and the wider people are related but not identical. These are broad historical routes, not legal-title determinations. Inspection: Actual Before the reserve system paragraph, lines 28–32; separate homeland introduction, lines 89–94. No place-name geometry, sensitive sites, oral-history retelling or territorial declaration copied.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual Before the reserve system paragraph, lines 28–32; separate homeland introduction, lines 89–94. No place-name geometry, sensitive sites, oral-history retelling or territorial declaration copied.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://wsanec.com/history-territory/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 326,
      "name": "Saanich",
      "associationType": "Traditional community / cross-border regional connection",
      "period": "Pre-reserve villages described in community history published May 19, 2022",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wsanec.com/the-creation-of-indian-reserves-and-their-impact-on-the-w%CC%B1sanec-nation/page/2/",
      "sourceTitle": "The Creation of Indian Reserves and their Impact on the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Leadership Council describes W̱SÁNEĆ/Saanich villages on the Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands in Canada and the San Juan Islands in present Washington. Its homeland account supplies the British Columbia context. Modern bands, traditional communities and the wider people are related but not identical. These are broad historical routes, not legal-title determinations. Inspection: Actual Before the reserve system paragraph, lines 28–32; separate homeland introduction, lines 89–94. No place-name geometry, sensitive sites, oral-history retelling or territorial declaration copied.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual Before the reserve system paragraph, lines 28–32; separate homeland introduction, lines 89–94. No place-name geometry, sensitive sites, oral-history retelling or territorial declaration copied.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://wsanec.com/history-territory/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 281,
      "name": "Pascua Yaqui",
      "associationType": "Specific government / administrative location",
      "period": "Undated tribal departmental page; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/attorney-general/",
      "sourceTitle": "Attorney General — Pascua Yaqui Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own departmental page locates the Pascua Yaqui administration in Tucson, Arizona. This is a specific government-location route, not the full historical geography of Yaqui/Yoeme peoples on both sides of the international border. Inspection: Actual departmental remit and tribal address, especially lines 172–175. No claim that an undated personnel listing remains current.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual departmental remit and tribal address, especially lines 172–175. No claim that an undated personnel listing remains current.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 288,
      "name": "Pentlatch",
      "associationType": "Historical community connection in nation-published account",
      "period": "Historical Comox Valley communities and their later relationship in K’ómoks First Nation",
      "sourceUrl": "https://komoks.ca/cultures/",
      "sourceTitle": "Cultures — K’ómoks First Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "K’ómoks First Nation’s account distinguishes Pentlatch people and language and connects their histories with the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island. Pentlatch is a related historical/community access point within a present nation’s diverse history, rather than a wholly separate present government. Inspection: Actual cultural introduction, lines 74–76, and history/timeline, particularly Comox Valley and 1876 administrative merger. Origin narratives, counts and contemporary title assertions are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual cultural introduction, lines 74–76, and history/timeline, particularly Comox Valley and 1876 administrative merger. Origin narratives, counts and contemporary title assertions are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MD",
      "originalId": 295,
      "name": "Piscataway",
      "associationType": "Continuing community connection in tribal history",
      "period": "Historical and continuing Southern Maryland communities described in undated tribal account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.piscatawayconoytribe.com/index.php/history",
      "sourceTitle": "History — Piscataway Conoy Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe describes Piscataway Conoy communities continuing in Southern Maryland. This route concerns a named community account and does not treat all Piscataway organizations as one government or establish exclusive borders. Inspection: Actual community-continuity and present-place paragraphs, lines 9–14. Legal recognition, descent claims and territorial extent require their own research.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual community-continuity and present-place paragraphs, lines 9–14. Legal recognition, descent claims and territorial extent require their own research.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 350,
      "name": "Sinkiyone",
      "associationType": "Traditional regional connection through intertribal consortium",
      "period": "Undated intertribal institutional account; inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sinkyone.org/about",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council",
      "evidenceNote": "The Council describes Northern California member nations’ cultural connections with traditional Sinkyone and neighboring territories. This supports a California route while distinguishing Sinkyone identity from the contemporary multi-nation nonprofit consortium. Inspection: Actual opening consortium description and member context, lines 29–48. No precise site geometry, title conclusion or present membership total adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening consortium description and member context, lines 29–48. No precise site geometry, title conclusion or present membership total adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 354,
      "name": "Snohomish",
      "associationType": "Historical people / continuing Tulalip community connection",
      "period": "Tribal institutional history and Puget Sound location",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/WhoWeAre/AboutUs",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us — Tulalip Tribes",
      "evidenceNote": "Tulalip’s account identifies Snohomish among the historical peoples whose successors belong to the Tribes and explicitly locates the reservation in Washington. This supports a regional connection through Tulalip; it does not erase other Snohomish community identities or make the two directory names interchangeable governments. Inspection: Actual opening history/location paragraphs, lines 178–182. Undated population, finance and legal figures are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening history/location paragraphs, lines 178–182. Undated population, finance and legal figures are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 308,
      "name": "Powhatan",
      "associationType": "Historical alliance / regional connection",
      "period": "Late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/people/powhatan.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "Powhatan — National Park Service",
      "evidenceNote": "The NPS biography places Powhatan’s historical alliance in Tidewater Virginia. This is a route to the wider historical political grouping, whose constituent communities retained distinct identities; it is not a claim that one present nation occupies all Virginia. Inspection: Actual opening, line 42, and discussion of the alliance’s coastal Virginia geography. Personal-life reconstructions and population totals are not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening, line 42, and discussion of the alliance’s coastal Virginia geography. Personal-life reconstructions and population totals are not adopted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CT",
      "originalId": 319,
      "name": "Quiripi",
      "associationType": "Historical language-community geography",
      "period": "Seventeenth-century documentation analyzed in a 2007 linguistic study",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nipmuck.org/fileadmin/files/Documents/Articles/costa-dialectology.pdf?c20acdadd01339eb46413b69f3edfa062279a35f=",
      "sourceTitle": "David J. Costa, The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian (2007)",
      "evidenceNote": "Costa locates Quiripi in southwestern Connecticut, including the Branford mission context of Pierson’s seventeenth-century catechism. Quiripi is a language-related access label, not one government. The study also stresses uncertainty and dialect mixing in the records; language-documentation gaps do not establish disappearance of peoples. Inspection: Actual introduction, printed pp81–83, and Quiripi section, pp116–118. Remaining linguistic analyses were not fully reviewed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual introduction, printed pp81–83, and Quiripi section, pp116–118. Remaining linguistic analyses were not fully reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-RI",
      "originalId": 300,
      "name": "Pokanoket",
      "associationType": "Historical and contemporary community-linked place",
      "period": "Bristol land transfer reported November 15, 2024",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.brown.edu/news/2024-11-15/bristol-land",
      "sourceTitle": "Brown transfers land in Bristol to preservation trust established by Pokanoket tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The University’s dated account describes a transfer in Bristol, Rhode Island, to a preservation trust established by Pokanoket people and identifies the place’s historical significance. This establishes a Rhode Island connection, not a judgment of exclusive representation or ownership throughout the state. Inspection: Actual opening report and historical context, lines 25–31. No assumption that later planned phases, museum moves or acreage transfers were completed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening report and historical context, lines 25–31. No assumption that later planned phases, museum moves or acreage transfers were completed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 296,
      "name": "Plains Cree",
      "associationType": "Specific language-community connection",
      "period": "Biographical account published August 5, 2019",
      "sourceUrl": "https://our-languages.canada.ca/en/blogue-blog/langue-cri-demystifiee-cree-language-facts-eng",
      "sourceTitle": "Arden Ogg and Dorothy Thunder, Cree language facts for editors of English and French",
      "evidenceNote": "Coauthor Dorothy Thunder is identified as a first-language Plains Cree speaker from Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan. This is one specific language-community connection within a wider Cree continuum; it does not define all Plains Cree geography or present fluency. Inspection: Actual author biography, line 59, with introductory naming/context section. The page warns that information dates from 2019; current career details and opinions are not generalized.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual author biography, line 59, with introductory naming/context section. The page warns that information dates from 2019; current career details and opinions are not generalized.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-NT",
      "originalId": 353,
      "name": "Slavey",
      "associationType": "Specific Dene language-community connection",
      "period": "Territorial education resource inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/self-regulation",
      "sourceTitle": "Full of Feelings book resources — Northwest Territories Education, Culture and Employment",
      "evidenceNote": "The territorial resource identifies South Slavey/Dene Zhatıé with a Fort Simpson edition and distinguishes North Slavey community editions. This supports a Northwest Territories language-community route for the broad outside label Slavey, without combining distinct Dene peoples into one nation. Inspection: Actual NWT resource introduction and labeled editions, lines 33–49. Linked books, language proficiency, current population and full homeland extent were not reviewed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual NWT resource introduction and labeled editions, lines 33–49. Linked books, language proficiency, current population and full homeland extent were not reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WA",
      "originalId": 277,
      "name": "Palouse",
      "associationType": "Named constituent people / archival regional association",
      "period": "Historical BIA jurisdictional records organized in a Washington state finding aid",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/bia-guide/washington.html",
      "sourceTitle": "BIA Records: Washington State — National Archives",
      "evidenceNote": "The Archives explicitly organizes this guide by peoples living within Washington and names Palouse among the constituent peoples connected with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. This is an archival regional route, not a comprehensive Palouse homeland or a claim that all Palouse people belong to one government. Inspection: Actual guide methodology, lines 65–68, and Colville constituent list, lines 83–94. Underlying agency records were not reviewed.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual guide methodology, lines 65–68, and Colville constituent list, lines 83–94. Underlying agency records were not reviewed.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 43,
      "name": "Caxcan",
      "associationType": "Historical regional connection in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Early sixteenth century, including the period of Spanish arrival in 1531",
      "sourceUrl": "https://revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/noroestedemexico/es/article/download/22277/23766",
      "sourceTitle": "Angélica María Medrano Enríquez — Prácticas funerarias en el territorio caxcán (Noroeste de México)",
      "sourceDate": "Issue header July–December 2022; received January 15, 2024 and accepted March 15, 2024; publication-date discrepancy not resolved",
      "evidenceNote": "The opening abstract explicitly places Caxcan communities in the south of present-day Zacatecas and the northwestern Los Altos area of Jalisco at Spanish arrival. This directly supports Mexico as a historical country-level index. Inspection: Actual PDF downloaded normally with valid TLS, HTTP 200; 27 pages available. Spanish and English introductory abstracts, printed pp.158–159 / PDF pp.1–2, inspected. No burial-site details, images or coordinates are used. Limits: Contemporary communities and recognition are not established by this historical abstract. Only country-level navigation is proposed, not an exclusive territory.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual PDF downloaded normally with valid TLS, HTTP 200; 27 pages available. Spanish and English introductory abstracts, printed pp.158–159 / PDF pp.1–2, inspected. No burial-site details, images or coordinates are used.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Contemporary communities and recognition are not established by this historical abstract.",
        "Only country-level navigation is proposed, not an exclusive territory."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 78,
      "name": "Cochimí",
      "associationType": "Historical peninsula connection with identity-scope caveat",
      "period": "Mission-era Baja California history, in a government record last modified 2019",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?estado_id=7&table=grupo_etnico&table_id=54",
      "sourceTitle": "Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural — Cochimíes",
      "sourceDate": "Record last modified 2019-12-09",
      "evidenceNote": "The government cultural record explicitly associates Cochimí history with the Baja California peninsula and lists Baja California in its distribution field. This supports a broad Mexico route. The narrower implications of the identity label remain unresolved. Inspection: Actual HTML geographic distribution and opening mission-history paragraphs, plus modification credit inspected (current extraction lines 264–287 and 308–311). Limits: The record juxtaposes historical Cochimí, Tipai identification at La Huerta and San Antonio Nécua, and descendants at Santa Gertrudis; these are not treated as automatically interchangeable. No demographic count, extinction assertion, current leadership or language classification is adopted. Country-level geography is supported; a more precise community/period account needs later review.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML geographic distribution and opening mission-history paragraphs, plus modification credit inspected (current extraction lines 264–287 and 308–311).",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The record juxtaposes historical Cochimí, Tipai identification at La Huerta and San Antonio Nécua, and descendants at Santa Gertrudis; these are not treated as automatically interchangeable.",
        "No demographic count, extinction assertion, current leadership or language classification is adopted.",
        "Country-level geography is supported; a more precise community/period account needs later review."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 88,
      "name": "Coree",
      "associationType": "Historical community geography in a federal park account",
      "period": "European-contact period and the early eighteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://home.nps.gov/calo/learn/historyculture/nativeamericans.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "National Park Service, Cape Lookout National Seashore — Native Americans of the South Outer Banks",
      "sourceDate": "Undated in inspected passage",
      "evidenceNote": "The Coree discussion identifies Carteret and Craven counties in coastal North Carolina and explicitly locates Coree communities near Cape Lookout at European contact. This establishes a historical North Carolina connection. Inspection: Actual HTML And Who Were the Coree? paragraphs, lines 24–29, inspected. Limits: The source explicitly acknowledges uncertainty about language and cultural classification. Archaeological site attribution, disappearance assertions and equivalence with Tuscarora, Machapunga or Neusiok are not adopted. No burial information or site coordinates are reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML And Who Were the Coree? paragraphs, lines 24–29, inspected.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The source explicitly acknowledges uncertainty about language and cultural classification.",
        "Archaeological site attribution, disappearance assertions and equivalence with Tuscarora, Machapunga or Neusiok are not adopted.",
        "No burial information or site coordinates are reproduced."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 171,
      "name": "Kitsai",
      "associationType": "Specific Kichai-descendant community and shared-government connection",
      "period": "Community historical account of the period from 1934 onward; present-page institutional location",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wichitatribe.com/culture/history/a-new-beginning-1934-present/",
      "sourceTitle": "Wichita and Affiliated Tribes — A New Beginning: 1934–Present",
      "sourceDate": "Undated live historical account",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe identifies Kichai descendants among its constituent peoples and explicitly places its community and government center at Anadarko, Oklahoma. Lesser and Weltfish’s original naming footnote identifies Kitsai as their spelling of Kichai. Together these support an Oklahoma connection with the alias explained. Inspection: Actual tribal page lines 30–35 and 44–46 inspected. Supporting 1932 Smithsonian PDF title and printed p.1 / PDF p.5, especially naming footnote, read as text/OCR. Limits: Kitsai/Kichai and Wichita remain distinct historical people/language names within a shared government setting. No language-loss statement is used to infer disappearance of descendants. The historical account is not treated as an audit of current government rules.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual tribal page lines 30–35 and 44–46 inspected. Supporting 1932 Smithsonian PDF title and printed p.1 / PDF p.5, especially naming footnote, read as text/OCR.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Kitsai/Kichai and Wichita remain distinct historical people/language names within a shared government setting.",
        "No language-loss statement is used to infer disappearance of descendants.",
        "The historical account is not treated as an audit of current government rules."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://repository.si.edu/bitstreams/6a628b79-3ea1-469b-ae6c-5a11f9e6e5dc/download"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 177,
      "name": "Kwakwaka'wakw",
      "associationType": "Community cultural-institution connection",
      "period": "Public institution content inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.umista.ca/",
      "sourceTitle": "U’mista Cultural Society — location and mandate",
      "sourceDate": "Undated live content",
      "evidenceNote": "The Society explicitly states that it is located in Alert Bay, British Columbia, and that its mandate concerns the cultural heritage of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw. This is a direct British Columbia institutional connection. Inspection: Actual homepage introductory sentence, line 10, plus About Us mandate and society paragraphs, lines 9–17, inspected. The explicit facility location, not incorporation under provincial law alone, supplies the geographic tie. Limits: This collective name encompasses distinct communities and nations. The Society is not presented as one government for them all. No ceremonial narratives, regalia images, sales listings or permissions to reuse cultural material are adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual homepage introductory sentence, line 10, plus About Us mandate and society paragraphs, lines 9–17, inspected. The explicit facility location, not incorporation under provincial law alone, supplies the geographic tie.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "This collective name encompasses distinct communities and nations. The Society is not presented as one government for them all.",
        "No ceremonial narratives, regalia images, sales listings or permissions to reuse cultural material are adopted."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.umista.ca/pages/about-us"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MA",
      "originalId": 199,
      "name": "Massachusett",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland described by a continuing community",
      "period": "Before and during early European colonial arrival",
      "sourceUrl": "https://massachusetttribe.org/the-history-of-the-neponset",
      "sourceTitle": "Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag — The History of the Neponset Band of the Indigenous Massachusett Tribe",
      "sourceDate": "Undated live community history",
      "evidenceNote": "The community’s history explicitly places Indigenous Massachusett villages in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, describing a coastal and inland range using Salem, Plymouth and Worcester. This directly supports a Massachusetts historical connection. Inspection: Actual opening geographic and community paragraphs, HTML lines 55–57, inspected. Limits: The Neponset/Ponkapoag community account is attributed to its publisher, not treated as the only Massachusett perspective. No state/federal recognition determination, epidemic percentage or exact historical boundary is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual opening geographic and community paragraphs, HTML lines 55–57, inspected.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The Neponset/Ponkapoag community account is attributed to its publisher, not treated as the only Massachusett perspective.",
        "No state/federal recognition determination, epidemic percentage or exact historical boundary is adopted."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 211,
      "name": "Métis",
      "associationType": "Specific Métis government and community connection",
      "period": "Current public institutional description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mns.ca/mns-government/about-the-metis-nation",
      "sourceTitle": "Métis Nation–Saskatchewan — About the Métis Nation",
      "sourceDate": "Undated live page; old governance URL redirects to this institutional page",
      "evidenceNote": "Métis Nation–Saskatchewan explicitly identifies itself as a government representing Métis citizens in Saskatchewan. The same page describes the Métis as a distinct Indigenous people. This supports a specific Saskatchewan route without making this government equivalent to all Métis communities. Inspection: Actual HTML body lines 9–17 and institutional address context, lines 23–26, inspected. Original metisnationsk.com/governance/ redirected to mns.ca. Limits: The institution’s membership definition and wider homeland account are not applied as universal eligibility rules. Métis identity is not used as a generic synonym for any person with mixed ancestry. No exclusive territorial boundary or claim to represent all Métis political perspectives is made.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual HTML body lines 9–17 and institutional address context, lines 23–26, inspected. Original metisnationsk.com/governance/ redirected to mns.ca.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The institution’s membership definition and wider homeland account are not applied as universal eligibility rules.",
        "Métis identity is not used as a generic synonym for any person with mixed ancestry.",
        "No exclusive territorial boundary or claim to represent all Métis political perspectives is made."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AL",
      "originalId": 219,
      "name": "Mobile",
      "associationType": "Historical people and village geography in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Mobile Bay communities around French settlement in 1702",
      "sourceUrl": "https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/french-in-alabama-1699-1763/",
      "sourceTitle": "John J. Gurner — French in Alabama: 1699–1763 (Encyclopedia of Alabama)",
      "sourceDate": "Published 2025-04-08; updated 2026-04-16",
      "evidenceNote": "The account identifies Mobile among Indigenous peoples of the Mobile Bay area in 1702 and separately describes the French settlement near a Mobilian village. This supplies an Alabama historical connection through explicit people/village evidence, rather than through the later city name alone. Inspection: Actual geography/context and settlement paragraphs, HTML lines 70–88, plus named Mobile people passage at line 95 and author/date credit at 151–161 inspected. Limits: Mobile people, the colonial town and the modern city are distinct referents. This does not establish present government continuity, a census or equivalence with all speakers of Mobilian trade language.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual geography/context and settlement paragraphs, HTML lines 70–88, plus named Mobile people passage at line 95 and author/date credit at 151–161 inspected.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Mobile people, the colonial town and the modern city are distinct referents.",
        "This does not establish present government continuity, a census or equivalence with all speakers of Mobilian trade language."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "originalId": 228,
      "name": "Montaukett",
      "associationType": "Dated state-legislative account of a continuing Long Island community",
      "period": "Community described in a March 24, 2025 legislative statement",
      "sourceUrl": "https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Tommy-John-Schiavoni/story/113460",
      "sourceTitle": "New York State Assembly, Tommy John Schiavoni — statement concerning the Montaukett Indian Nation",
      "sourceDate": "2025-03-24",
      "evidenceNote": "The New York State Assembly member’s statement explicitly identifies the Montaukett Indian Nation as part of the Long Island community in its account of a New York recognition proposal. This supports a New York community connection; the bill’s proposal is not presented as enacted law. Inspection: Actual dated statement, HTML lines 25–32, inspected. Limits: The statement is advocacy by a legislator and is attributed as such. No present state or federal recognition conclusion, current leadership claim or historical court conclusion is adopted. A court’s former extinction assertion is not used as evidence of people’s disappearance.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual dated statement, HTML lines 25–32, inspected.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The statement is advocacy by a legislator and is attributed as such.",
        "No present state or federal recognition conclusion, current leadership claim or historical court conclusion is adopted.",
        "A court’s former extinction assertion is not used as evidence of people’s disappearance."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "originalId": 231,
      "name": "Munsee",
      "associationType": "Present community government location; one Munsee access point",
      "period": "Contemporary community self-description, inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://munsee.ca/about/",
      "sourceTitle": "About Munsee-Delaware Nation",
      "sourceType": "Primary First Nation self-description",
      "evidenceNote": "Munsee-Delaware Nation identifies itself as a Lunaape band government on the northern shore of the Thames River, southwest of London, Ontario. This provides a present Ontario route for the broader Munsee directory entry through one specific Lenape-related community. Inspection: Read About page's opening paragraph and Lenni Lenape history paragraphs; language section also inspected but not used for classification. Limits: The Munsee directory access point encompasses more than this one government. Do not merge Munsee-Delaware Nation with Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiit, or other Lenape governments. No population, land-area, subgroup taxonomy, or language-family assertion is adopted from this page.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read About page's opening paragraph and Lenni Lenape history paragraphs; language section also inspected but not used for classification.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The Munsee directory access point encompasses more than this one government. Do not merge Munsee-Delaware Nation with Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiit, or other Lenape governments.",
        "No population, land-area, subgroup taxonomy, or language-family assertion is adopted from this page."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MS",
      "originalId": 241,
      "name": "Natchez",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland connection",
      "period": "Historical Natchez communities in southwest Mississippi; source updated 2024-08-16",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/natc/learn/historyculture/indians.htm",
      "sourceTitle": "The Natchez Indians — Natchez National Historical Park",
      "sourceType": "Primary federal park public history",
      "evidenceNote": "The National Park Service explicitly situates Natchez ancestors and communities in southwest Mississippi, including the Grand Village and Emerald Mound area. This is a historical Mississippi connection, not a claim that contemporary Natchez people are confined to that state. Inspection: Read the complete short article. Geographic use is confined to the opening paragraph and named historical mound centers. Limits: Do not adopt the article's sweeping disappearance, near-annihilation, or undisputed-French-possession language as an account of Natchez identity or contemporary rights. The source's broad archaeological chronology and ancestry narrative were not independently assessed for this map record.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the complete short article. Geographic use is confined to the opening paragraph and named historical mound centers.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Do not adopt the article's sweeping disappearance, near-annihilation, or undisputed-French-possession language as an account of Natchez identity or contemporary rights.",
        "The source's broad archaeological chronology and ancestry narrative were not independently assessed for this map record."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 242,
      "name": "Natchitoches",
      "associationType": "Historical people connection in a community-published history",
      "period": "Historical communities in the present Natchitoches Parish area; undated document inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ntl-tribe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ntl-history-by-chief-fred-g.-simon.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "History of the Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana",
      "sourceType": "Community-published historical compilation",
      "sourceAuthor": "Chief Fred D. Simon (as printed on the document)",
      "evidenceNote": "The community-published history places the Natchitoches people around Black Lake and the present Natchitoches Parish, in northwest-central Louisiana. Its initial discussion also distinguishes historical Caddo-related peoples and confederacies rather than treating every Caddo-related name as the same political body. Inspection: Inspected the seven-page PDF's title and historical-geography discussion on printed pages 1–2; also read the French-contact narrative on pages 3–4. The mapped claim uses only pages 1–2. Limits: The file URL contains a different middle initial; the printed author credit is Fred D. Simon. Do not infer that the present Louisiana organization and Caddo Nation of Oklahoma are the same government. No population extrapolations, recognition determination, language classification, or territorial extent is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Inspected the seven-page PDF's title and historical-geography discussion on printed pages 1–2; also read the French-contact narrative on pages 3–4. The mapped claim uses only pages 1–2.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The file URL contains a different middle initial; the printed author credit is Fred D. Simon.",
        "Do not infer that the present Louisiana organization and Caddo Nation of Oklahoma are the same government.",
        "No population extrapolations, recognition determination, language classification, or territorial extent is adopted."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MA",
      "originalId": 243,
      "name": "Nauset",
      "associationType": "Historical people connection",
      "period": "Colonial-era Nauset communities on Cape Cod; undated historical text hosted by the Town of Eastham",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.eastham-ma.gov/468/Nauset-Indians",
      "sourceTitle": "Nauset Indians — Town of Eastham, Massachusetts",
      "sourceType": "Primary municipal public-history page reproducing an older account",
      "evidenceNote": "Eastham's public-history page explicitly locates the historical Nauset people on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and identifies their principal village near present Eastham. This supports a historical Massachusetts route, rather than a connection inferred from Nauset place names alone. Inspection: Read all five substantive paragraphs. The opening geographic statement and village-location paragraph establish this finding aid. Limits: The page uses dated outsider terminology and old population/disappearance claims; none is adopted. The Nauset access point is retained with historical scope. This does not settle their political relationship to Wampanoag communities or identify a present government. The NPS whaling report was read selectively for context but is not the basis of this association; its broad Wampanoag framing does not resolve every Nauset naming question.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read all five substantive paragraphs. The opening geographic statement and village-location paragraph establish this finding aid.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The page uses dated outsider terminology and old population/disappearance claims; none is adopted.",
        "The Nauset access point is retained with historical scope. This does not settle their political relationship to Wampanoag communities or identify a present government.",
        "The NPS whaling report was read selectively for context but is not the basis of this association; its broad Wampanoag framing does not resolve every Nauset naming question."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-SK",
      "originalId": 245,
      "name": "Nêhiyaw",
      "associationType": "Overlapping Cree/Plains Cree naming access point",
      "period": "Regional overview, undated; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/cree.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Cree — Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia",
      "sourceType": "Indigenous-authored specialist university reference article",
      "sourceAuthor": "Neal McLeod",
      "evidenceNote": "Neal McLeod's article identifies nêhiyawak as the Plains Cree self-name and explicitly places Cree communities across Saskatchewan. The Nêhiyaw directory route therefore connects to Saskatchewan as an overlapping Cree/Plains Cree naming access point, without creating an additional distinct-nation count. Inspection: Read the complete article; mapped evidence comes from the opening naming/geography paragraph and the following discussion of regional dialect differences. Limits: The article prints the plural nêhiyawak; this map record does not claim to be a singular-form dictionary analysis. Do not equate every regional Cree dialect, community, or government, or treat Plains Cree as the only Cree identity. No current population, migration-date, ceremony, or treaty-rights conclusion is taken from this article.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the complete article; mapped evidence comes from the opening naming/geography paragraph and the following discussion of regional dialect differences.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The article prints the plural nêhiyawak; this map record does not claim to be a singular-form dictionary analysis.",
        "Do not equate every regional Cree dialect, community, or government, or treat Plains Cree as the only Cree identity.",
        "No current population, migration-date, ceremony, or treaty-rights conclusion is taken from this article."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "originalId": 246,
      "name": "Neutral Nation",
      "associationType": "Historical confederation/community connection",
      "period": "Historical early-seventeenth-century communities; current museum interpretation inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://lincolnmuseum.ca/visit/shoarishon-park",
      "sourceTitle": "Sho’aríshon Park — Lincoln Museum & Cultural Centre",
      "sourceType": "Primary municipal-museum public interpretation",
      "evidenceNote": "The museum identifies historical Neutral communities around Lincoln and the northern shores of Lakes Ontario and Erie; its public interpretation site is in Jordan, Ontario. It treats Neutral Nation, Attawandaron and Hatiwendaronk as historical naming forms while explicitly noting uncertainty about the people's own name. Inspection: Read the historical introduction, The Neutral Nation paragraphs, and Location section. The Town of Lincoln's 2026 research-collection announcement was also inspected through its full indexed text and explicitly confirms southern Ontario/Niagara. Limits: Historical groups are not equated with a single contemporary government; dispersal does not establish disappearance of descendants. No exact archaeological or burial location is reproduced. The modern park's Mohawk spelling, contemporary art, and ceremonies are not generalized as historical Neutral language or practices. Direct fetch of the municipal announcement failed; the main museum interpretation page was accessible and read directly.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the historical introduction, The Neutral Nation paragraphs, and Location section. The Town of Lincoln's 2026 research-collection announcement was also inspected through its full indexed text and explicitly confirms southern Ontario/Niagara.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.lincoln.ca/council-and-administration/news-updates/lincoln-museum-cultural-centre-launches-public-research"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Historical groups are not equated with a single contemporary government; dispersal does not establish disappearance of descendants.",
        "No exact archaeological or burial location is reproduced.",
        "The modern park's Mohawk spelling, contemporary art, and ceremonies are not generalized as historical Neutral language or practices.",
        "Direct fetch of the municipal announcement failed; the main museum interpretation page was accessible and read directly."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "originalId": 257,
      "name": "Nottoway",
      "associationType": "Present community government and historical regional connection",
      "period": "Contemporary state community description with historical Virginia context, inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/virginia-indians/state-recognized-tribes/nottoway/",
      "sourceTitle": "Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia — Secretary of the Commonwealth",
      "sourceType": "Primary state government community description",
      "evidenceNote": "Virginia's community account identifies the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia as descending from the larger historical Nottoway community and describes its community house and interpretive center in Capron, Virginia. This gives the broader Nottoway entry an initial Virginia route through a named present community. Inspection: Read the substantive historical/community paragraphs, especially the distinction between the larger historical community and present tribe and the Capron community-facility paragraph. Limits: This source concerns Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia. Do not merge it with the separate Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) government. The entry is a broad directory access point; no boundary or exclusive historical-state range is asserted. This geographic record is not an independent federal-recognition review.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the substantive historical/community paragraphs, especially the distinction between the larger historical community and present tribe and the Capron community-facility paragraph.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "This source concerns Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia. Do not merge it with the separate Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) government.",
        "The entry is a broad directory access point; no boundary or exclusive historical-state range is asserted.",
        "This geographic record is not an independent federal-recognition review."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "originalId": 258,
      "name": "Nuu-chah-nulth",
      "associationType": "Present inter-community council location",
      "period": "Current council self-description and contact location, inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nuuchahnulth.org/",
      "sourceTitle": "Welcome — Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council",
      "sourceType": "Primary Indigenous council publication",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council describes its support for Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations and communities and publishes its office in Port Alberni, British Columbia. This establishes an institutional British Columbia route for the collective directory name. Inspection: Read the homepage's Vision and Mission, community-service descriptions, and council address. The mission explicitly speaks of First Nations in the plural. Limits: This initial connection is to the council's published location, not a mapped homeland, reserve extent, or statement that every Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation has one government. The council and the peoples/constituent First Nations are not interchangeable. No separate deep-profile source count is assigned to this homepage.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the homepage's Vision and Mission, community-service descriptions, and council address. The mission explicitly speaks of First Nations in the plural.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "This initial connection is to the council's published location, not a mapped homeland, reserve extent, or statement that every Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation has one government.",
        "The council and the peoples/constituent First Nations are not interchangeable.",
        "No separate deep-profile source count is assigned to this homepage."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "NI",
      "originalId": 260,
      "name": "Ocanxiu (Sutiaba)",
      "associationType": "Explicit paired-name country connection",
      "period": "Geographic context in a public 2013 assessment note; population context derives from the 2005 census",
      "sourceUrl": "https://forestcarbonpartnership.org/system/files/documents/FCPF%20Nicaragua_R-PP_Assessment_Note_%20cleared%20Dec%2016-2013%20(public%20version).pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "Readiness Preparation Proposal Assessment Note: Republic of Nicaragua, REDD+ Readiness Preparation Support",
      "sourceType": "Primary World Bank project assessment document",
      "evidenceNote": "Paragraph 40 explicitly identifies 'Ocanxiu or Sutiaba' among Indigenous peoples of Nicaragua's Pacific region. It supplies both the paired-name identification and a country connection, without requiring an inference from the Sutiaba place name. Inspection: Read title page and Representation and Participation of Indigenous Peoples, paragraphs 40–42, PDF pages 19–20. The association relies on paragraph 40, not population totals or general project commitments. Limits: The public version filename indicates December 2013; no present demographic estimate is claimed. This is a broad Nicaragua finding aid and does not map communal titles, municipal boundaries, or the full historical language range. The Penn DIA map catalogue was inspected but its map image failed to load; it is not substituted for an inspected map or counted as another geographic source.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read title page and Representation and Participation of Indigenous Peoples, paragraphs 40–42, PDF pages 19–20. The association relies on paragraph 40, not population totals or general project commitments.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The public version filename indicates December 2013; no present demographic estimate is claimed.",
        "This is a broad Nicaragua finding aid and does not map communal titles, municipal boundaries, or the full historical language range.",
        "The Penn DIA map catalogue was inspected but its map image failed to load; it is not substituted for an inspected map or counted as another geographic source."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-GA",
      "originalId": 261,
      "name": "Oconee",
      "associationType": "Historical Lower Creek town/community connection",
      "period": "Oconee Old Town section, A.D. 1680–1715; dissertation published 2007",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/uf/e0/02/17/40/00001/blakneybailey_j.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "An Analysis of Historic Creek and Seminole Settlement Patterns, Town Design, and Architecture: The Paynes Town Seminole Site (8AL366), a Case Study",
      "sourceType": "Original university doctoral dissertation with a focused historical-geographic synthesis",
      "sourceAuthor": "Jane Anne Blakney-Bailey",
      "evidenceNote": "Blakney-Bailey's Oconee Old Town section describes an Oconee Lower Creek community relocating into north-central Georgia around 1690. It identifies the archaeological site near Milledgeville, Georgia as the likely location of that settlement. The community-history discussion, rather than the modern river name alone, supports this route. Inspection: Read title/date, Chapter 3 introduction on printed page 42, and Oconee Old Town subsection on printed pages 51–52, including its discussion of archaeological uncertainty and earlier investigations. Limits: The proposed archaeological identification remains 'likely' in the dissertation and is not upgraded to certainty. This concerns the historical Oconee Lower Creek town/community, not every similarly named Cherokee or coastal community. No precise archaeological coordinates, present-government identification, or exclusive territory is asserted. The archaeological society's historical compilation was also read but is replaced here by the more clearly attributed dissertation; the large Swanton PDF was not accessible and is not claimed as inspected.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read title/date, Chapter 3 introduction on printed page 42, and Oconee Old Town subsection on printed pages 51–52, including its discussion of archaeological uncertainty and earlier investigations.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The proposed archaeological identification remains 'likely' in the dissertation and is not upgraded to certainty.",
        "This concerns the historical Oconee Lower Creek town/community, not every similarly named Cherokee or coastal community.",
        "No precise archaeological coordinates, present-government identification, or exclusive territory is asserted.",
        "The archaeological society's historical compilation was also read but is replaced here by the more clearly attributed dissertation; the large Swanton PDF was not accessible and is not claimed as inspected."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-LA",
      "originalId": 262,
      "name": "Ofo",
      "associationType": "Specific ancestral people within a present shared government",
      "period": "Current tribal self-description of historical succession and present Louisiana location, inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tunicabiloxi.org/culture/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Culture — Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana",
      "sourceType": "Primary tribal public history",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe identifies itself as successor to historical Tunica, Biloxi, Ofo and Avoyel communities, and names Ofo among its present ancestral constituents. Its reservation is near Marksville in central Louisiana. This gives Ofo an explicitly scoped descendant-community connection to Louisiana through a shared government. Inspection: Read the complete short Our Culture article, especially the succession/constituent paragraphs and the present-reservation description. Limits: Ofo, Tunica, Biloxi, Avoyel and Choctaw identities are not treated as synonyms; a shared government is not proof that these historical peoples were identical. This is a descendant connection, not a claim that Louisiana encompasses the entire historical Ofo homeland. No demographic total, land-area figure, language-family classification, or disappearance claim is adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Read the complete short Our Culture article, especially the succession/constituent paragraphs and the present-reservation description.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Ofo, Tunica, Biloxi, Avoyel and Choctaw identities are not treated as synonyms; a shared government is not proof that these historical peoples were identical.",
        "This is a descendant connection, not a claim that Louisiana encompasses the entire historical Ofo homeland.",
        "No demographic total, land-area figure, language-family classification, or disappearance claim is adopted."
      ],
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 406,
      "name": "Tualatin",
      "associationType": "Historical villages / displacement connection",
      "period": "Historical villages and 1856 removal; descendant continuity described by a 2024 article",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/tualatin_peoples/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tualatin peoples",
      "sourcePublisher": "Oregon Encyclopedia / Oregon Historical Society",
      "evidenceNote": "Henry Zenk identifies Tualatin as related independent Northern Kalapuya-speaking villages across Tualatin Plains, Wapato Valley and Chehalem/North Yamhill valleys, and describes removal to Grand Ronde in 1856. Inspection: Opening two paragraphs on villages and language; concluding paragraph on removal and descendants. Limits: State-level Oregon connection; not one historic centralized government. Ceremonial material and dated population statements not used.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening two paragraphs on villages and language; concluding paragraph on removal and descendants.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "State-level Oregon connection; not one historic centralized government. Ceremonial material and dated population statements not used.",
      "sourceAuthor": "Henry Zenk",
      "sourceDate": "2024-06-07",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 372,
      "name": "Tanana",
      "associationType": "Language-community geographic association",
      "period": "Undated language introduction, inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/tanana.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Languages — Tanana",
      "sourcePublisher": "University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tanana language introduction locates its language communities at Nenana and Minto on the Tanana River below Fairbanks. The page's acknowledgement identifies Lower Tanana Dene stewardship at Troth Yeddha'. Inspection: Opening geographic paragraph and publication paragraph; Lower Tanana land acknowledgement. Limits: This is the page's Lower Tanana scope, not all Tanana River peoples or Upper Tanana. Undated speaker/population totals not adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic paragraph and publication paragraph; Lower Tanana land acknowledgement.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "This is the page's Lower Tanana scope, not all Tanana River peoples or Upper Tanana. Undated speaker/population totals not adopted.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "originalId": 436,
      "name": "Wyandot",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Contemporary headquarters described in an undated tribal history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wyandotte-nation.org/culture/our-history/",
      "sourceTitle": "Our History",
      "sourcePublisher": "Wyandotte Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation explicitly places its headquarters in Wyandotte, Oklahoma. This is one contemporary Wyandot/Wandat government within the broader directory name. Inspection: Our History opening statement, Who are we?, A few interesting facts and Our Journey through 1843 removal. Limits: Not all Wyandot communities are based in Oklahoma; the account also names Michigan and Kansas communities. No enrollment or legal-status assertion needed for this map route.",
      "reviewedScope": "Our History opening statement, Who are we?, A few interesting facts and Our Journey through 1843 removal.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "Not all Wyandot communities are based in Oklahoma; the account also names Michigan and Kansas communities. No enrollment or legal-status assertion needed for this map route.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "originalId": 365,
      "name": "Ta'an Kwäch'än",
      "associationType": "Community-described ancestral territory / government location",
      "period": "Ancestral Lake Laberge area and present Whitehorse headquarters described by the Council",
      "sourceUrl": "https://taan.ca/history-2021/",
      "sourceTitle": "A Short History of the Ta’an Kwäch’än",
      "sourcePublisher": "Government of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council",
      "evidenceNote": "The Council locates ancestral lands around Lake Laberge and neighbouring Yukon/Teslin/Takhini waterways, and explicitly places its headquarters in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Inspection: Tàa’an Män section and final paragraph under Final and self-government agreements; surrounding history read. Limits: Broad Yukon route, not a drawn boundary or settlement-land/jurisdiction claim. Percentages of citizens' residence and land-area/legal details not reproduced.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tàa’an Män section and final paragraph under Final and self-government agreements; surrounding history read.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "Broad Yukon route, not a drawn boundary or settlement-land/jurisdiction claim. Percentages of citizens' residence and land-area/legal details not reproduced.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-YT",
      "originalId": 422,
      "name": "Vuntut Gwitchin",
      "associationType": "Community-described homeland / home community",
      "period": "Longstanding homeland and present Old Crow community",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.vgfn.ca/about/our-homeland",
      "sourceTitle": "Our Homeland",
      "sourcePublisher": "Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation directly locates its homeland in northern Yukon and Old Crow at its heart, and uses Van Tat Gwich’in for the people. Inspection: Opening two paragraphs; protected-area and heritage-route paragraphs also read for scope. Limits: Reference to the Alaska and Northwest Territories borders is not evidence for additional regions. No boundary geometry or protected-area legal interpretation adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening two paragraphs; protected-area and heritage-route paragraphs also read for scope.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "Reference to the Alaska and Northwest Territories borders is not evidence for additional regions. No boundary geometry or protected-area legal interpretation adopted.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "originalId": 402,
      "name": "Tsimshian",
      "associationType": "Historical migration / language-community connection",
      "period": "Metlakatla, Alaska, from the 1887 migration onward",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages-move/tsimshian.php",
      "sourceTitle": "Languages — Tsimshian",
      "sourcePublisher": "University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Native Language Center",
      "evidenceNote": "The Center locates Tsimshian at Metlakatla on Annette Island in southeastern Alaska and dates the movement from Canada to 1887. Inspection: Opening geographic paragraph and orthography paragraph. Limits: One Alaska Tsimshian community and its language history; not the whole Tsimshian homeland or all Tsimshian governments. Undated speaker figures excluded.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geographic paragraph and orthography paragraph.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "One Alaska Tsimshian community and its language history; not the whole Tsimshian homeland or all Tsimshian governments. Undated speaker figures excluded.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 368,
      "name": "Takelma",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland association",
      "period": "Historical occupation before nineteenth-century displacement",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/rogue-river/",
      "sourceTitle": "Rogue River",
      "sourcePublisher": "Oregon Encyclopedia / Oregon Historical Society",
      "evidenceNote": "Jeff LaLande places Takelma along the Rogue River from near Table Rocks to below Grants Pass in southwestern Oregon. Inspection: Opening state geography and historical Native geography paragraph. Limits: Historical geographic association; no exclusive boundary, ancestry from unnamed archaeological occupants, or present-government claim.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening state geography and historical Native geography paragraph.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual relevant article passages read.",
      "limits": "Historical geographic association; no exclusive boundary, ancestry from unnamed archaeological occupants, or present-government claim.",
      "sourceAuthor": "Jeff LaLande",
      "sourceDate": "2023-11-13",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OR",
      "originalId": 413,
      "name": "Tututni",
      "associationType": "Historical homeland association",
      "period": "Historical occupation before nineteenth-century displacement",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/rogue-river/",
      "sourceTitle": "Rogue River",
      "sourcePublisher": "Oregon Encyclopedia / Oregon Historical Society",
      "evidenceNote": "The historical geography paragraph explicitly places Tututni and other peoples along the lower Rogue River, whose lower segment runs through southwestern Oregon to Gold Beach. Inspection: Opening state geography and historical Native geography paragraph. Limits: Historical geographic association; no exclusive boundary, ancestry from unnamed archaeological occupants, or present-government claim.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening state geography and historical Native geography paragraph.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual relevant article passages read.",
      "limits": "Historical geographic association; no exclusive boundary, ancestry from unnamed archaeological occupants, or present-government claim.",
      "sourceAuthor": "Jeff LaLande",
      "sourceDate": "2023-11-13",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 381,
      "name": "Tewa",
      "associationType": "Language-community association",
      "period": "Living Tewa-speaking Nambé community described in an undated Pueblo account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nambepueblo.org/about-nambe-pueblo/",
      "sourceTitle": "About Nambé Pueblo — The Past, The Present, The Future",
      "sourcePublisher": "Nambé Pueblo",
      "evidenceNote": "Nambé identifies itself as one of six Tewa-speaking pueblos of the northern Rio Grande, north of Santa Fe; the account explicitly places its community history in New Mexico. Inspection: Opening geography/language paragraph under Nanbé Owingeh, with adjacent New Mexico context and Pueblo contact footer. Limits: One Tewa-speaking Pueblo supports the broad New Mexico route; Tewa is not treated as one government. Other Tewa communities, including Arizona, are outside this bounded evidence.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening geography/language paragraph under Nanbé Owingeh, with adjacent New Mexico context and Pueblo contact footer.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "One Tewa-speaking Pueblo supports the broad New Mexico route; Tewa is not treated as one government. Other Tewa communities, including Arizona, are outside this bounded evidence.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NY",
      "originalId": 411,
      "name": "Tuscarora",
      "associationType": "Present government location",
      "period": "Public Nation office location inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tuscaroranation.org/",
      "sourceTitle": "Tuscarora Nation — Contact Information",
      "sourcePublisher": "Tuscarora Nation",
      "evidenceNote": "The Nation's own page gives its office at Lewiston, New York, and separately gives a Lewiston address for the Nation School. Inspection: Nation Office and Nation School public contact sections. Limits: Present New York institutional location only. This does not substitute for research on the North Carolina homeland, migration, or distinct contemporary communities.",
      "reviewedScope": "Nation Office and Nation School public contact sections.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "Present New York institutional location only. This does not substitute for research on the North Carolina homeland, migration, or distinct contemporary communities.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "originalId": 386,
      "name": "Tiwa",
      "associationType": "Language-community / education location",
      "period": "Undated public Pueblo program description inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.isletapueblo.com/tribal-programs/tiwa-language-program/",
      "sourceTitle": "TIWA Language Program",
      "sourcePublisher": "Pueblo of Isleta",
      "evidenceNote": "Isleta's education page explicitly describes instruction in the Isleta Tiwa language for its members and descendants, and identifies the Pueblo's location in New Mexico. Inspection: Listen, Learn, & Pass it on! paragraphs; publisher/location statement at page foot. About Us opening geographic paragraph was also opened and read. Limits: Isleta Tiwa community scope; not all Tiwa varieties, Pueblos or governments. Undated class schedules and technology plans are not asserted as current.",
      "reviewedScope": "Listen, Learn, & Pass it on! paragraphs; publisher/location statement at page foot. About Us opening geographic paragraph was also opened and read.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual full-text web content opened and relevant passages read.",
      "limits": "Isleta Tiwa community scope; not all Tiwa varieties, Pueblos or governments. Undated class schedules and technology plans are not asserted as current.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.isletapueblo.com/about-us/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "originalId": 448,
      "name": "Yuma",
      "associationType": "Quechan / Yuma language-name access point",
      "period": "Traditional lower Colorado association and Fort Yuma community described in a 2014 introduction",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/gdc/gdcebookspublic/20/19/45/28/39/2019452839/2019452839.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "Introduction to Stories from Quechan Oral Literature",
      "sourcePublisher": "Open Book Publishers; full text hosted by Library of Congress",
      "evidenceNote": "Miller locates Quechan along the lower Colorado River in California and Arizona, including Fort Yuma Reservation at Winterhaven; p. 2 identifies Yuma as a Quechan language name. Inspection: Introduction pp. 1–2; title/copyright verified. Limits: Quechan access point only, not every Yuman-speaking people. Narrative and ceremonial content not summarized.",
      "reviewedScope": "Introduction pp. 1–2; title/copyright verified.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual selected PDF passages read. The search label misidentifies the work; the cover confirms Stories from Quechan Oral Literature.",
      "limits": "Quechan access point only, not every Yuman-speaking people. Narrative and ceremonial content not summarized.",
      "sourceAuthor": "Amy Miller (introduction); A. M. Halpern and Amy Miller (volume)",
      "sourceDate": "2014",
      "sourceCanonicalUrl": "https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0049",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://quechantribe.com/about-us.html"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AZ",
      "originalId": 448,
      "name": "Yuma",
      "associationType": "Quechan / Yuma language-name access point",
      "period": "Community location described by the Tribe, page updated 2025-05-09",
      "sourceUrl": "https://quechantribe.com/about-us.html",
      "sourceTitle": "About Us",
      "sourcePublisher": "Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe locates its community on the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. This route uses Yuma in the Quechan-name scope documented by Miller's introductory language discussion. Inspection: Opening Colorado River / Arizona location paragraph. Limits: Quechan access point only; bordering Baja California does not establish a Mexico residence.",
      "reviewedScope": "Opening Colorado River / Arizona location paragraph.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual tribal text read; no population totals adopted.",
      "limits": "Quechan access point only; bordering Baja California does not establish a Mexico residence.",
      "sourceDate": "2025-05-09",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/gdc/gdcebookspublic/20/19/45/28/39/2019452839/2019452839.pdf"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 366,
      "name": "Tacuate",
      "associationType": "Government cultural record / community geography",
      "period": "Geographic association in a cultural record last modified 2019",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sic.gob.mx/ficha.php?disciplina=&table=grupo_etnico&table_id=17",
      "sourceTitle": "Tacuates — Pueblos indígenas México",
      "sourcePublisher": "Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural / Red Nacional de Información Cultural",
      "evidenceNote": "Mexico's cultural information system places Tacuates in Oaxaca and discusses Santa María Zacatepec as their community context. Inspection: Tacuates record, geographic distribution field, Presentación paragraphs and modification metadata. Limits: Country connection only; dated population figures not reproduced. Does not extend the Tacuate label to all Mixtec-speaking communities.",
      "reviewedScope": "Tacuates record, geographic distribution field, Presentación paragraphs and modification metadata.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual source content opened; selected geographic content read.",
      "limits": "Country connection only; dated population figures not reproduced. Does not extend the Tacuate label to all Mixtec-speaking communities.",
      "sourceDate": "2019-12-12",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 407,
      "name": "Tubar",
      "associationType": "Documented language / country association",
      "period": "Geographic reference record; no current-speaking-status claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_tub",
      "sourceTitle": "Language Tubar",
      "sourcePublisher": "WALS Online",
      "evidenceNote": "The specialist linguistic database explicitly associates Tubar with Mexico, identifying it by tbu and tuba1279. Inspection: Language identity, ISO 639-3 tbu / Glottocode tuba1279, and explicit 'Spoken in: Mexico' field. Limits: This is language-reference geography, not a living-speaker census, one bounded people/government, or a claim of extinction. Catalogue coordinates are not used as territorial boundaries.",
      "reviewedScope": "Language identity, ISO 639-3 tbu / Glottocode tuba1279, and explicit 'Spoken in: Mexico' field.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual source content opened; selected geographic content read.",
      "limits": "This is language-reference geography, not a living-speaker census, one bounded people/government, or a claim of extinction. Catalogue coordinates are not used as territorial boundaries.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "GT",
      "originalId": 437,
      "name": "Xinca",
      "associationType": "Government account of Xinka community geography",
      "period": "Dated cultural-development report, 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prensa.gob.gt/comunicado/mcd-impulsa-innovacion-artesanal-xinka-en-cesteria-para-fortalecer-la-economia-en-san",
      "sourceTitle": "MCD impulsa innovación artesanal Xinka en cestería para fortalecer la economía en San Juan Tecuaco",
      "sourcePublisher": "Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Gobierno de Guatemala",
      "evidenceNote": "The ministry identifies Xinka as an Indigenous people in Guatemala and places communities principally in Jutiapa, Jalapa, Santa Rosa and Escuintla. Inspection: Article date and opening; Valor histórico y materia prima geographic paragraph; surrounding public craft-project account. Limits: The directory spelling Xinca corresponds to this source's Xinka spelling. Broad Guatemala route; no exclusive boundary, origin theory, current totals, or legal claim adopted.",
      "reviewedScope": "Article date and opening; Valor histórico y materia prima geographic paragraph; surrounding public craft-project account.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual source content opened; selected geographic content read.",
      "limits": "The directory spelling Xinca corresponds to this source's Xinka spelling. Broad Guatemala route; no exclusive boundary, origin theory, current totals, or legal claim adopted.",
      "sourceDate": "2025-11-26",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-SC",
      "originalId": 439,
      "name": "Yamasee",
      "associationType": "Historical towns / settlement connection",
      "period": "1684–1715 South Carolina Lowcountry settlements",
      "sourceUrl": "https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500575_text",
      "sourceTitle": "Yamasee Indian Towns in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1684–1715",
      "sourcePublisher": "South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology; National Register documentation hosted by National Park Service",
      "evidenceNote": "DePratter documents Yamasee towns around St. Helena, Port Royal Sound and the Ashepoo/Combahee rivers in South Carolina. Inspection: Form authorship; historic context E pp. 3–6; geographical data G p. 1. Limits: Historical settlement association; changing composite identity acknowledged, with no present recognition or boundary claim.",
      "reviewedScope": "Form authorship; historic context E pp. 3–6; geographical data G p. 1.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual source content opened; selected geographic content read.",
      "limits": "Historical settlement association; changing composite identity acknowledged, with no present recognition or boundary claim.",
      "sourceAuthor": "Chester B. DePratter",
      "sourceDate": "1992-12-14",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 439,
      "name": "Yamasee",
      "associationType": "Historical refuge / migration connection",
      "period": "Late seventeenth century and after the 1715 Yamasee War",
      "sourceUrl": "https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500575_text",
      "sourceTitle": "Yamasee Indian Towns in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1684–1715",
      "sourcePublisher": "South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology; National Register documentation hosted by National Park Service",
      "sourceAuthor": "Chester B. DePratter",
      "sourceDate": "1992-12-14",
      "evidenceNote": "The account describes Yamasee near St. Augustine before migration to Carolina and refuge with Spanish St. Augustine after the war. Inspection: Historic context E pp. 3 and 6. Limits: Historical Florida connection; not exclusive homeland or present government location.",
      "reviewedScope": "Historic context E pp. 3 and 6.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "inspectionNote": "Actual selected text read.",
      "limits": "Historical Florida connection; not exclusive homeland or present government location.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "MX",
      "originalId": 190,
      "name": "Mactun",
      "associationType": "Historical Acalán/Mactun name connection in specialist scholarship",
      "period": "Late Postclassic / sixteenth-century setting discussed in a 2018 article",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323519704_Presencia_y_distribucion_de_la_lengua_maya_yucateka_en_la_peninsula_de_Yucatan_del_clasico_al_posclasico_tardio",
      "sourceTitle": "Alexander W. Voss — Presencia y distribución de la lengua maya yucateka en la península de Yucatán del clásico al posclásico tardío",
      "sourceDate": "2018; Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México 5(1):225–285",
      "evidenceNote": "Voss explicitly uses Acalan (Mactun) for a place of origin in southern Campeche in his discussion of merchants and colonial accounts. This supports a Mexico route for the directory’s historical-name access point. It does not establish a separate present-day nation called Mactun. Inspection: Actual publicly displayed full article text, printed pp.257–258, especially the paragraph at p.258 / web lines 1649–1671. Title, author, DOI and public-full-text/license context were also inspected; the complete 61-page work was not read. Limits: Only the historical name/location correspondence is used. The underlying Cortés edition was not independently read. This passage does not establish a present political organization, citizenship category or equivalence with all Chontal/Yokot’an people. The UNAM book’s reported amactún / mactún uinicob self-designations remain a separate original-source check.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual publicly displayed full article text, printed pp.257–258, especially the paragraph at p.258 / web lines 1649–1671. Title, author, DOI and public-full-text/license context were also inspected; the complete 61-page work was not read.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Only the historical name/location correspondence is used. The underlying Cortés edition was not independently read.",
        "This passage does not establish a present political organization, citizenship category or equivalence with all Chontal/Yokot’an people.",
        "The UNAM book’s reported amactún / mactún uinicob self-designations remain a separate original-source check."
      ],
      "workDoi": "10.24201/clecm.v5i1.100",
      "accessNotes": "Public full text was actually accessible at this research-publication page, which identifies the article and CC BY 4.0 availability. No login, paywall bypass or TLS bypass was used. Publisher/aggregator failures are recorded separately.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NC",
      "originalId": 279,
      "name": "Pamlico",
      "associationType": "Historical community geography in a state-hosted nomination draft",
      "period": "Indigenous habitation before the later town of Aurora; early colonial historical context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hpo.nc.gov/nrac-agenda/nr-nomaurorafinal/open",
      "sourceTitle": "Olivia Heckendorf, Richard Grubb & Associates — Aurora Historic District National Register nomination draft",
      "sourceDate": "Prepared June 2026; posted with North Carolina HPO October 8, 2026 advisory materials",
      "evidenceNote": "The draft identifies the area that became Aurora as formerly inhabited by Pamlico, also termed Pomouik, Native Americans. Its location section explicitly identifies Aurora in Beaufort County, North Carolina. This supports a historical North Carolina route. Inspection: Actual state-hosted 72-page PDF: location field on PDF p.1; Section 8, Page 41 / PDF p.41 historical paragraph and Wetmore attribution; Section 11 preparer/date credit on PDF p.70. No complete nomination review is implied. Limits: The document is marked DRAFT; no National Register listing/approval status is inferred. The geographic paragraph is a later synthesis citing Wetmore 2006, not a new archaeological identification or an independently read original colonial record. Statements about destruction, enslavement or absorption following war are not adopted as proof of disappearance or current identity.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual state-hosted 72-page PDF: location field on PDF p.1; Section 8, Page 41 / PDF p.41 historical paragraph and Wetmore attribution; Section 11 preparer/date credit on PDF p.70. No complete nomination review is implied.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The document is marked DRAFT; no National Register listing/approval status is inferred.",
        "The geographic paragraph is a later synthesis citing Wetmore 2006, not a new archaeological identification or an independently read original colonial record.",
        "Statements about destruction, enslavement or absorption following war are not adopted as proof of disappearance or current identity."
      ],
      "accessNotes": "The state’s actual October 2026 meeting page linked this live PDF. An older municipal-hosted September 2025 path returned 404 and is not used.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-FL",
      "originalId": 287,
      "name": "Pensacola",
      "associationType": "Historical Panzacola people connection in original scholarly research",
      "period": "Seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, especially documentary accounts of the 1680s–1690s",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ircommons.uwf.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/In-Pursuit-of-the-Panzacola-A/99380599142006600",
      "sourceTitle": "Patrick Anthony DeRoche — In Pursuit of the Panzacola: A Historical Documentary and Archaeological Investigation",
      "sourceDate": "Thesis title page 2024; repository-generated cover cites 2025; document version labeled preprint",
      "evidenceNote": "DeRoche’s introduction explicitly places the historical Panzacola people around present-day Pensacola Bay in West Florida using seventeenth-century documentary accounts. His discussion distinguishes this people from the archaeological Pensacola culture; the test excavation did not establish a positive Panzacola site identification. Inspection: Actual university public download, valid-TLS HTTP 200, 2,675,875 bytes, 100 PDF pages including added cover. Cover/title; abstract printed p.viii / PDF p.9; introduction printed pp.1–3 / PDF pp.10–12; and printed p.8 / PDF p.17 were read as text/OCR. Not a complete thesis or excavation-data review. Limits: The canonical name Pensacola is retained; Panzacola is the historical people-label used by the thesis. The later city and archaeological culture are separate referents. No definitive excavated Panzacola village, coordinates, ethnicity-from-ceramics inference, contemporary recognition status or disappearance claim is adopted. This is an original student thesis with committee oversight, not a statement of consensus on every historical identification.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual university public download, valid-TLS HTTP 200, 2,675,875 bytes, 100 PDF pages including added cover. Cover/title; abstract printed p.viii / PDF p.9; introduction printed pp.1–3 / PDF pp.10–12; and printed p.8 / PDF p.17 were read as text/OCR. Not a complete thesis or excavation-data review.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "The canonical name Pensacola is retained; Panzacola is the historical people-label used by the thesis. The later city and archaeological culture are separate referents.",
        "No definitive excavated Panzacola village, coordinates, ethnicity-from-ceramics inference, contemporary recognition status or disappearance claim is adopted.",
        "This is an original student thesis with committee oversight, not a statement of consensus on every historical identification."
      ],
      "inspectedDownloadUrl": "https://ircommons.uwf.edu/view/pdfCoverPage?download=true&filePid=13357482980006600&instCode=01FALSC_UWF",
      "accessNotes": "Web reader encountered an obsolete signed redirect. A normal request to the university’s own public Download endpoint returned the full original PDF. No authentication, TLS bypass or published signed-storage URL was used.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-VA",
      "name": "Pamunkey",
      "associationType": "Present community / ancestral reservation connection",
      "period": "Undated tribal account inspected October 21, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.pamunkey.org/reservation",
      "sourceTitle": "Reservation — Pamunkey Indian Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe locates the Pamunkey community along the Pamunkey River adjacent to King William County, Virginia. Actual opening geography and continuing-residence paragraphs were read. This is a specific community connection, not all Virginia, a precise parcel boundary or an independent finding on every historical/legal claim in the page.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "originalId": 174,
      "name": "Kootenai (Ktunaxa)",
      "associationType": "Specific continuing tribal-government/community connection within the broader people-level access point",
      "period": "Historical and continuing Idaho community connection; undated tribal account inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kootenai.org/tribal-history",
      "sourceTitle": "Tribal History — Kootenai Tribe of Idaho",
      "sourceType": "Primary tribal-government self-account",
      "evidenceNote": "The Idaho Tribe's history places its continuing community near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. This links a specific government to the broader entry, without implying state-wide or shared governmental boundaries.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual history geography/relocation paragraphs and public Idaho address; no boundary map or private site data.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "limits": [
        "Institutional/community association, not comprehensive homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
        "Kootenai Tribe of Idaho remains distinct from Montana's Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Canadian member First Nations."
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Ysleta del Sur Pueblo",
      "associationType": "Present community/government location",
      "period": "Current community connection, documented in Pueblo publications reviewed 2026-10-22",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ysletadelsurpueblo.org/about-us",
      "evidenceNote": "The Pueblo identifies Ysleta, Texas, in the El Paso area as home to its Tigua community and publishes its own current tribal-government and community information. This is a present-day community/government location route only, not a homeland boundary or a complete account of Tigua historical geography.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Tittabawassee Ojibwe communities",
      "associationType": "Historical regional community connection",
      "period": "Nineteenth-century river accounts; present watershed context separately described",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ojibwegrammar.langsci.wisc.edu/Assets/Pdfs/BookBlackbird.pdf",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm",
        "https://www.fws.gov/rivers/carp/carp/story/tittabawassee-river-saginaw-chippewa-indian-tribe-restoration"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "Blackbird’s selected first-person passage names the Tittabawassee as a Saginaw tributary and describes riverside camps. Present Saginaw Chippewa sources and the FWS restoration account supply broader community/watershed context, not an exclusive descent chain or precise territory. Michigan listing is a regional reading route; no sensitive locations or boundary asserted.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mn.gov/commerce/about/tribal-affairs/tribal-nations-in-mn.jsp",
      "name": "Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Alternate-name route to reviewed Ojibwe connection",
      "evidenceNote": "Chippewa shares this existing reviewed Ojibwe reading route. It is an overlapping name, not another distinct nation or a new territorial claim. Earlier geographic evidence: State page identifies seven Ojibwe/Chippewa reservations; specific sovereign governments remain distinct.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about-ojibwe-language",
        "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "underlyingReviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "period": "Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "name": "Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Alternate-name route to reviewed Ojibwe connection",
      "evidenceNote": "Chippewa shares this existing reviewed Ojibwe reading route. It is an overlapping name, not another distinct nation or a new territorial claim. Earlier geographic evidence: Several Lake Superior Chippewa and other Chippewa communities are listed; separate sovereign governments.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about-ojibwe-language",
        "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "underlyingReviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "period": "Present-day; source inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government",
      "name": "Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Alternate-name route to reviewed Ojibwe connection",
      "evidenceNote": "Chippewa shares this existing reviewed Ojibwe reading route. It is an overlapping name, not another distinct nation or a new territorial claim. Earlier geographic evidence: Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Mount Pleasant, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe; specific governments.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about-ojibwe-language",
        "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "underlyingReviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MT",
      "period": "Historical and continuing; inspected 2026-10-21",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prod-mhs.mt.gov/Museum/Indigenous-Partnerships",
      "name": "Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Alternate-name route to reviewed Ojibwe connection",
      "evidenceNote": "Chippewa shares this existing reviewed Ojibwe reading route. It is an overlapping name, not another distinct nation or a new territorial claim. Earlier geographic evidence: Historical Society partnership list: Rocky Boy's Chippewa and Cree Tribe and Little Shell Chippewa. Specific governments remain distinct.",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about-ojibwe-language",
        "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm"
      ],
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "underlyingReviewDate": "2026-10-21",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan",
      "associationType": "Named community / constituent-band context",
      "period": "Community identity statement; eastern Michigan historical context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own identification statement names this community or band in Michigan context. This route does not establish a separate government for each band, exclusive descent, jurisdiction or territorial boundaries. Detailed history remains queued.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Saginaw band (Ojibwe)",
      "associationType": "Historical constituent-band context",
      "period": "Community identity statement; eastern Michigan historical context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own identification statement names this community or band in Michigan context. This route does not establish a separate government for each band, exclusive descent, jurisdiction or territorial boundaries. Detailed history remains queued.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Swan Creek band (Ojibwe)",
      "associationType": "Historical constituent-band context",
      "period": "Community identity statement; eastern Michigan historical context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own identification statement names this community or band in Michigan context. This route does not establish a separate government for each band, exclusive descent, jurisdiction or territorial boundaries. Detailed history remains queued.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Black River band (Ojibwe)",
      "associationType": "Historical constituent-band context",
      "period": "Community identity statement; eastern Michigan historical context",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/aboutus/history.htm",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own identification statement names this community or band in Michigan context. This route does not establish a separate government for each band, exclusive descent, jurisdiction or territorial boundaries. Detailed history remains queued.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas",
      "associationType": "Present government/community location — identification route",
      "period": "Undated official identification page; inspected 2026-10-26",
      "sourceUrl": "https://kickapootexas.org/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own identification places its community south of Eagle Pass in Maverick County, near the Rio Grande. This is a named community/government route, not a homeland boundary, exclusive occupancy claim or inference of presence throughout Texas. Full community-specific research remains queued.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas",
      "associationType": "Named Texas community/government — identification route",
      "period": "Published identity context; inspected2026-10-26",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.alabama-coushatta.com/about-us/our-history/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s own page identifies its named government in East Texas. This is a community/government navigation route, not a homeland boundary or a claim to represent every Alabama/Coushatta community.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Texas Band of Yaqui Indians",
      "associationType": "Named Texas community/government — identification route",
      "period": "Published identity context; inspected2026-10-26",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tbyi.gov/about-1-1",
      "evidenceNote": "The publisher describes a Texas Yaqui community and the2015 Texas Senate resolution addresses its name. This supports a narrowly scoped reading route, not federal status, jurisdiction, independently verified migration history or territorial boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Wichita and Affiliated Tribes",
      "associationType": "Named government — shared reviewed Oklahoma connection",
      "period": "Present government identity; underlying geography reviewed separately",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wichitatribe.com/government/",
      "sourceTitle": "Wichita and Affiliated Tribes — official website",
      "evidenceNote": "Separate government-name access to the existing reviewed Wichita/Oklahoma connection, with the Tribe’s government publication supplying identity. This is not a surveyed homeland, membership or jurisdiction finding.",
      "reviewedScope": "Contact Us block",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true,
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://wichitatribe.com/",
        "https://wichitatribe.com/culture/history/a-new-beginning-1934-present/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Wichita",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — source-reviewed reading route",
      "period": "Historical eighteenth/nineteenth-century context; selected sources reviewed2026-10-26",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wichitatribe.com/culture/history/days-of-darkness-1820-1934/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s history recounts its Brazos River reservation and removal from Texas. Selected Harper pages add specifically named Taovaya Red River trade context. This broader reading route does not merge those names or establish presence across all Texas.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "supportingSourceUrls": [
        "https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123510/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-KS",
      "name": "Wichita",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — source-reviewed reading route",
      "period": "Historical Civil War refuge in the Tribe’s institutional account; reviewed2026-10-26",
      "sourceUrl": "https://wichitatribe.com/culture/history/days-of-darkness-1820-1934/",
      "evidenceNote": "The Tribe’s Days of Darkness chapter describes flight to Kansas during the Civil War. This is an attributed institutional history of a dated refuge connection, not a current statewide community or territorial claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "supportingSourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Coeur d'Alene Tribe",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/tribal-lands",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Kootenai Tribe of Idaho",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/tribal-lands",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Nez Perce Tribe",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/tribal-lands",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/tribal-lands",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-ID",
      "name": "Shoshone-Paiute Tribes",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/tribal-lands",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Bois Forte Band of Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Red Lake Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "White Earth Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Lower Sioux Indian Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Prairie Island Indian Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MN",
      "name": "Upper Sioux Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dot.state.mn.us/mntribes/mntribes.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Bay Mills Indian Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Hannahville Indian Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Keweenaw Bay Indian Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Little River Band of Ottawa Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Potawatomi Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.michigan.gov/egle/about/tribal-relations",
      "evidenceNote": "Named government’s current regional directory listing only; no territorial boundary, population, citizenship or historical affiliation inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Forest County Potawatomi Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Ho-Chunk Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Oneida Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Sokaogon Chippewa Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-WI",
      "name": "Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/tribalaffairs/tribalinformation",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Atikameksheng Anishnawbek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Dokis First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Henvey Inlet First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "M’Chigeeng First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Magnetawan First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Mississauga #8 First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Nipissing First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Ojibways of Garden River First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Serpent River First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Sheguiandah First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Sheshegwaning First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Thessalon First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Wahnapitae First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "The inspected directory names this community or government in this modern regional setting. The list supplies a finding aid, not a homeland, citizenship or jurisdictional determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Alturas Indian Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Big Lagoon Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Blue Lake Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "California Valley Miwok Tribe, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Cedarville Rancheria, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "State explicitly present in the January2026 registry name; this is a dated administrative naming connection, not a homeland or jurisdictional boundary.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-CA",
      "name": "Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
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      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Gakona",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska is explicit in the whole roster-section heading. This is a dated administrative state connection, not a surveyed homeland, reservation, jurisdiction or extent-of-occupancy boundary. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Gambell",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska is explicit in the whole roster-section heading. This is a dated administrative state connection, not a surveyed homeland, reservation, jurisdiction or extent-of-occupancy boundary. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Georgetown",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska is explicit in the whole roster-section heading. This is a dated administrative state connection, not a surveyed homeland, reservation, jurisdiction or extent-of-occupancy boundary. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Wasauksing First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Whitefish River First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Zhiibaahaasing First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Biigtigong Nishnaabeg",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Fort William First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Long Lake #58 First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Michipicoten First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Namaygoosisagagun First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Pays Plat First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Red Rock Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Alderville First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Beausoleil First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Chippewas of Georgina Island",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Chippewas of Rama First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Curve Lake First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Moose Deer Point First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Aamjiwnaang First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Chippewas of the Thames First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-ON",
      "name": "Munsee Delaware Nation",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anishinabek.ca/Flipbooks/ANCalender2026.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Administrative listing address; not a homeland or full residence/distribution claim. Only this administrative region is linked; no full community distribution or historical territory inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Goodnews Bay",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Hamilton",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Hooper Bay",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kanatak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Karluk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kiana",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kipnuk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kivalina",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kobuk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kongiganak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Alaska section heading supplies dated administrative state context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Adams Lake Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Aitchelitz First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Ashcroft Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Beecher Bay First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Blueberry River First Nations",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Bonaparte First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Boothroyd Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Boston Bar First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Chawathil First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Cheam First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Cheslatta Carrier Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Coldwater Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Cook's Ferry Indian Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Cowichan Tribes",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Daylu Dena Council",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Esquimalt Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gingolx Village Government",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gitga'at First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gitlaxt'aamix Village Government",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gitxaała Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gwa'sala-Nakwaxda'xw Band",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Gwawaenuk Tribe",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Hagwilget Village Council",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Halfway River First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "High Bar First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The primary directory explicitly labels this as a First Nation in BC. The province and its listed internal region are administrative navigation context only, not homeland or jurisdiction boundaries.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Comanche",
      "originalId": 83,
      "associationType": "Historical presence — selected community-consulted synthesis",
      "period": "Selected eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Texas history; not a current jurisdiction boundary",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "evidenceNote": "Selected actual report text, pp3,6,9–10,35–36,50–54, discusses named Comanche bands and historical Texas connections. The report records THPO consultation. No sensitive locations, fixed homeland polygon or current legal boundary is inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected text only; map images, underlying archival sources and GIS not inspected. Internal chronology problems remain disclosed on the profile source card."
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Homalco First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Hupačasath First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Huu-ay-aht First Nations",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Iskut",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "K'ómoks First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h' First Nations",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kanaka Bar",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Thompson Okanagan. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Katzie First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Lower Mainland Southwest. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kispiox",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kitasoo",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kitselas",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kitsumkalum",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Klahoose First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwadacha",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Northeast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwakiutl",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwantlen First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Lower Mainland Southwest. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwaw-kwaw-a-pilt First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Lower Mainland Southwest. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwiakah",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwikwasut'inuxw Hax'wamis",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Vancouver Island & Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Kwikwetlem First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Lower Mainland Southwest. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Lax Kw'alaams",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Laxgalts'ap Village Government",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as North Coast. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Lheidli T'enneh First Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Cariboo. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Lhoosk'uz Dene Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Cariboo. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "CA-BC",
      "name": "Lhtako Dene Nation",
      "associationType": "Named First Nation/community government — directory location",
      "period": "Primary community directory inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/interactive-map",
      "evidenceNote": "The directory explicitly places this named First Nation in BC and lists its internal administrative region as Cariboo. Province navigation only; no homeland, territorial extent or jurisdiction boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Penateka",
      "associationType": "Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis",
      "period": "Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "evidenceNote": "Report page 9 explicitly places the historical band in central Texas. No Colorado-state route follows from the Colorado River reference. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected printed/physical pages 9-10 only; underlying dictionary/Handbook works not independently inspected in this identity QA.",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Nokoni",
      "associationType": "Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis",
      "period": "Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "evidenceNote": "Report page 9 explicitly names the Cross Timbers of north Texas. This bounded proposal retains Texas only; the text also mentions New Mexico, but no additional Nokoni route is required in this task. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected printed/physical pages 9-10 only; underlying dictionary/Handbook works not independently inspected in this identity QA.",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Kotsoteka",
      "associationType": "Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis",
      "period": "Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "evidenceNote": "Report page 9 explicitly identifies present-day western Oklahoma in the historical account. The Texas report title alone does not warrant a Texas route for this band. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected printed/physical pages 9-10 only; underlying dictionary/Handbook works not independently inspected in this identity QA.",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Quahadi",
      "associationType": "Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis",
      "period": "Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "evidenceNote": "Report page 10 explicitly names the Texas Panhandle in its historical Quahadi account. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected printed/physical pages 9-10 only; underlying dictionary/Handbook works not independently inspected in this identity QA.",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NM",
      "name": "Quahadi",
      "associationType": "Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis",
      "period": "Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "sourceTitle": "TxDOT Tribal Histories: Comanche Nation Research Report",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "evidenceNote": "Report page 10 explicitly names eastern New Mexico in the same historical Quahadi account. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewedScope": "Selected printed/physical pages 9-10 only; underlying dictionary/Handbook works not independently inspected in this identity QA.",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Kiowa",
      "originalId": 167,
      "associationType": "Historical presence — community institutional history",
      "period": "Historical Southern Plains movement account, inspected October26,2026; no fixed homeland boundary",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kiowatribe.org/about-us",
      "sourceTitle": "History of the Kiowa Tribe",
      "evidenceNote": "The actual historical body explicitly includes present-day Texas among places inhabited during the reported southward movement. This supports only a broad historical connection; the early chronological conflicts, unverified archaeology and current land claims are excluded.",
      "reviewedScope": "Actual institutional history, paragraphs corresponding to web lines15–26. One Texas naming statement is used; no precise route, survey boundary or exclusive jurisdiction inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26"
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kotzebue",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Koyuk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kwigillingok",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Kwinhagak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Larsen Bay",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Marshall",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Mary's Igloo",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Mekoryuk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Minto",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nanwalek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Napaimute",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Napakiak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Napaskiak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nelson Lagoon",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nightmute",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nikolski",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Noatak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nuiqsut",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nunam Iqua",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
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    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Nunapitchuk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Ouzinkie",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Paimiut",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
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    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Perryville",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
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    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Pilot Point",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Point Hope",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Point Lay",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Port Graham",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Port Heiden",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Port Lions",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Ruby",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "Dated Alaska section heading supplies administrative state navigation only, not a homeland, jurisdiction, service-area or presence-throughout-the-state claim.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Saint Michael",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Savoonga",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Scammon Bay",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Selawik",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Shaktoolik",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Shishmaref",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Shungnak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of South Naknek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Stevens",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tanacross",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tanana",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tatitlek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tazlina",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Teller",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tetlin",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tuntutuliak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tununak",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Tyonek",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Unalakleet",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Unga",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of Wales",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Native Village of White Mountain",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Nenana Native Association",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "New Koliganek Village Council",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "New Stuyahok Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Newhalen Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Newtok Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Nikolai Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Ninilchik Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Nome Eskimo Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Noorvik Native Community",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Northway Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Nulato Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Nunakauyarmiut Tribe",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Organized Village of Kake",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Organized Village of Kasaan",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Organized Village of Kwethluk",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Organized Village of Saxman",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-AK",
      "name": "Oscarville Traditional Village",
      "associationType": "Named community or government — directory location",
      "period": "Dated naming/location listing inspected October26,2026; no historical-territory claim",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01899/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of",
      "evidenceNote": "The source explicitly places this entry under its dated Alaska section. Administrative state navigation only; not homeland boundaries, current jurisdiction, service area or presence throughout Alaska.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-26",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Waco",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — named community",
      "period": "Mid-eighteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=WA001",
      "evidenceNote": "The OHS entry places Waco communities with Tawakoni on the Sabine River in Texas by the mid-eighteenth century. Narrow historical connection only; no present jurisdiction or homeland boundary inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Tawakoni",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — named community",
      "period": "Later eighteenth century",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tawakoni-indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The TSHA entry describes Tawakoni communities in the area between present Waco and Palestine in the later eighteenth century. Historical navigation connection, not a fixed territory or current jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Taovaya",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — named community",
      "period": "Eighteenth century; settlement described in 1759",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/taovaya-indians",
      "evidenceNote": "The TSHA entry explicitly places Taovaya in northern Texas/southern Oklahoma in the eighteenth century, including an upper Red River settlement near present Spanish Fort by 1759. Historical connection only, not a modern border or jurisdiction.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-TX",
      "name": "Hasinai",
      "associationType": "Historical connection — named community grouping",
      "period": "Historical branch in the account of colonial-era Caddo communities",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/voices/images/homeland.html",
      "evidenceNote": "Carter’s account explicitly identifies Hasinai in east Texas. Historical navigation connection only; no precise territory or current jurisdiction inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians",
      "associationType": "Contemporary community navigation connection",
      "period": "Current public community page reviewed October 27, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://burtlakeband.org/about/",
      "evidenceNote": "The community’s own public page explicitly supplies a Michigan setting. Administrative/community navigation only; no precise homeland, jurisdiction, ownership or legal status inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians",
      "associationType": "Contemporary community navigation connection",
      "period": "Current public community page reviewed October 27, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.grandriverbands.com/about/",
      "evidenceNote": "The community’s own public page explicitly supplies a Michigan setting. Administrative/community navigation only; no precise homeland, jurisdiction, ownership or legal status inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-MI",
      "name": "Wyandot of Anderdon Nation",
      "associationType": "Contemporary community navigation connection",
      "period": "Current public community page reviewed October 27, 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wyandotofanderdon.com/wp/",
      "evidenceNote": "The community’s own public page explicitly supplies a Michigan setting. Administrative/community navigation only; no precise homeland, jurisdiction, ownership or legal status inferred.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-OK",
      "name": "Wianv",
      "associationType": "Dated report locality — name-only navigation",
      "period": "December 2021 report citing the 2010 dictionary",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/415-03-rpt.pdf",
      "evidenceNote": "Selected page 10 explicitly gives Walters, Oklahoma as the contextual locality for this named band route. Navigation evidence only; present affiliation, jurisdiction, ownership and precise homeland are not established.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    },
    {
      "regionId": "US-NE",
      "name": "Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska",
      "associationType": "Present administrative location — identity-only navigation",
      "period": "Public government website reviewed2026-10-27",
      "sourceUrl": "https://winnebagotribe.com/",
      "evidenceNote": "The public government name and footer explicitly identify Nebraska. Navigation listing only; not a homeland boundary, exclusive territory or jurisdiction determination.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-27",
      "identityOnly": true
    }
  ]
}