Many Native communities who chose not to enroll for recognition during the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 are still unrecognized by the U.S. government. Without federal recognition, these Native communities’ treaties and lands are unprotected, and they do not have access to Indian health and welfare programs. Some efforts to recognize such communities, such as the Mashpee Wampanoag, have succeeded in recent years.... Read more about Identity and Tribal Recognition: The Mashpee Community