Office of Federal Acknowledgment

Office of Federal Acknowledgment
Agency overview
TypeUnited States federal agency
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
Headquarters
Agency executive
  • Nikki Bass, Director of the Office of Federal Acknowledgment
Parent agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Websitewww.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa
Petitioners for Federal Recognition to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment.

The Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) is an office within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, responsible for the acknowledgment process for groups that are petitioning to be federally recognized by the US government as American Indian tribes.

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