The expected purpose of this paper is to determine the authority of recognition in the implementation of village governance to strengthen the existence of indigenous peoples in rural areas in Sumbawa Regency and West Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. This research is a doctrinal legal research by examining legal materials from libraries or research libraries to obtain secondary legal material from books, articles, research results, and statutory regulations, as well as expert opinions relating to the existence of society. custom. The solution offered is that the authority to recognize the village administration will strengthen the existence of indigenous peoples in rural areas.