in 1978. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/02/1978. Clifton-Choctaw, also the Clifton Choctaw Tribe of Louisiana, Clinton, Louisiana. Recognized by the State of Louisiana in 1978. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/22/1978. Also known as Clifton Choctaw Reservation Inc. Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy, also the Four Winds Cherokees, Oakdale, Louisiana. Recognized by the State of Louisiana in 1997. Grand Caillou/Dulac Band, also the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw, Chauvin, Louisiana. Isle de Jean Charles Band, also the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation, Montegut, Louisiana Louisiana Choctaw Tribe, as the Louisiana Band of Choctaw, Ferriday, Louisiana Natchtoches Tribe of Louisiana, Campti, Louisiana Recognized by the State of Louisiana in 2017 Regular Session, HR227. Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, also Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, Montegut, Louisiana. Separated from United Houma Nation, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/22/1996. Recognized by the State of Louisiana in 2004. United Houma Nation. Recognized by the State of Louisiana in 1972. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/10/1979; Proposed Finding 12/22/1994, 59 FR 6618. Denied federal recognition. Maryland On January 9, 2012, for the first time the state-recognized two American Indian tribes under a process developed by the General Assembly; these were both Piscataway groups, historically part of the large Algonquian languages family along the Atlantic Coast. The Governor announced it to the Assembly by executive order. Accohannock Indian Tribe. Governor Larry Hogan formally recognized this group on December 19, 2017, through Executive Order 01.01.2017.31. Piscataway Conoy Tribe. It includes the following two sub-groups: Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians 3. Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory. Massachusetts The Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs was created by a legislative act of the General Court of Massachusetts in 1974, with the purpose of helping tribes recognized or that will be recognized receive access to and assistance with various local and state agencies. Two former state-recognized tribes, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, have federal recognition as of 1987 and 2007, respectively. Nipmuc Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/22/1980; Declined to acknowledge on 6/25/2004, 69 FR 35667. Michigan As of 2014, Michigan has four State-recognized tribes. Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians. Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan. Mississippi The state of Mississippi has offered congratulatory resolutions to unrecognized organizations identifying as