Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2015-11 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
Per Capita Payments from Proceeds of Settlements of Indian Tribal Trust Cases
Notice 2015–20
BACKGROUND
Notice 2013–1, 2013–3 IRB 281, provides guidance on the federal tax treatment of per capita payments that members of Indian tribes receive from proceeds of certain settlements of tribal trust cases between the United States and those Indian tribes. Additional tribes have settled tribal trust cases against the United States since publication of Notice 2013–1. This notice provides an updated Appendix that reflects the additional settlement agreements.
EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS
Notice 2013–1 Appendix is modified and superseded.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information regarding this notice, please contact Telly Meier at phone number (202) 317-8494(not a tollfree number).
Appendix
Tribes That Have Entered into Settlement Agreements of Tribal
Trust Cases
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Rancheria
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Hualapai Indian Tribe
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of Arizona
Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Reservation
Mescalero Apache Tribe
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
Nez Perce Tribe
Nooksack Indian Tribe
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine
Pawnee Nation
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
Pueblo of Zia
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Rincon Luiseño Band of Indians
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Round Valley Indian Tribes
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation
Spokane Tribe of Indians
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians
Tohono O’odham Nation
Tulalip Tribes
Tule River Indian Tribe
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska
Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska
Northwestern Band of Shoshone Indians
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Yoruk Tribe
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
Samish Indian Nation
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Yakama Nation
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
Shoshone Indian Tribe and the Northern Arapahoe Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
Pueblo of Laguna
Navajo Nation
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
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