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Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the
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for certain
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purposes. For an alphabetical listing, see
list of federally recognized tribes This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...
and federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the
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(BIA) of the United States.Federal Acknowledgment of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe
 Of these, 231 are located in Alaska.


Description

In the
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, the Native American tribe is a fundamental unit of sovereign tribal government, and the constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the
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in ''United States v. Sandoval'' (231 US. 28
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warned, "it is not ... that Congress may bring a community or body of people within range of this power by arbitrarily calling them an Indian tribe, but only that in respect of distinctly Indian communities the questions whether, to what extent, and for what time they shall be recognized and dealt with as dependent tribes" (at 46). Federal tribal recognition grants to tribes the right to self-government, as well as certain benefits. The recognition process is largely controlled by the United States federal agency the
Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and A ...
, in consultation with federally recognized tribes. In January 2015 the United States' ''
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'' issued an official list of 566 tribes that are ''Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs''. The number of tribes increased to 567 in July 2015 with the federal recognition of the Pamunkey tribe in Virginia. USA.gov, the federal government's official web portal, maintains a list o
tribal governments
which is constantly updated. Ancillary information present in former versions of this list but no longer contained in the current listing have been included here in italics print. In 2018, six more Virginia-based tribes were added to the list, then in 2020 the Little Shell Chippewa were recognized bringing the total to 574. Of these, 231 are located in Alaska.


Alabama

*
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama The Poarch Band of Creek Indians ( ;) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in Alabama. Speaking the Muscogee language, they were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi. They are located mostly in Escambia Cou ...

''(formerly the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi)''


Alaska


Arizona

Multiple states: *
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
* Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada * Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah * Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona * Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico


Arkansas

''No federally recognized tribes''


California

Multiple states: *
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
* Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada * Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona * Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California **
Carson Colony The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in diff ...
**
Dresslerville Colony The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe people, Washoe Native Americans in the United States, Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united ...
**
Woodfords Community Woodfords (formerly, Brannan Springs, Carey's Mill, Cary's Mills, Carys Mill, Carys Mills, Woodford's, Carey's Mills, and Woodford) is an unincorporated community in Alpine County, California, near Markleeville. For census purposes, it is includ ...
**
Stewart Community The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in diff ...
**
Washoe Ranches The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in di ...


Colorado

*
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado The Southern Ute Indian Reservation (Ute dialect: Kapuuta-wa Moghwachi Núuchi-u) is a Native American reservation in southwestern Colorado near the northern New Mexico state line. Its territory consists of land from three counties; in descendin ...
Multiple states: * Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah


Connecticut

*
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized American Indian tribe in the state of Connecticut. They are descended from the Pequot people, an Algonquian-language tribe that dominated the southern New England coastal areas, and t ...
*
Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut The Mohegan Tribe () is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign tribal nation of the Mohegan people. Their reservation is the Mohegan Indian Reservation, located on the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut. Mohegan's independence as ...


Delaware

''No federally recognized tribes''


Florida

*
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. They were part of the Seminole nation until the mid-20th century, when they organized as an independent tribe, receiving fed ...
* Seminole Tribe of Florida **
Big Cypress Reservation The Big Cypress Indian Reservation is one of the six Indian reservation, reservations of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It is located in southeastern Hendry County, Florida, Hendry County and northwestern Broward County, Florida, Broward County, ...
**
Brighton Reservation Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, located in northeast Glades County near the northwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is one of six reservations held in trust by the federal governme ...
**
Hollywood Reservation Hollywood Reservation, formerly known as the Dania Reservation, is one of six Seminole Indian reservations governed by the federally recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida, located near Hollywood, Florida. The reservation is bordered by the commun ...
**
Tampa Reservation The Tampa Reservation is one of six Seminole Indian reservations governed by the federally recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida. It is located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Economic development The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa ...


Georgia

''No federally recognized tribes''


Hawaii

''No federally recognized tribes''


Idaho

*
Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho The Coeur d'Alene (also ''Skitswish''; natively ''Schi̲tsu'umsh'') are a Native American nation and one of five federally recognized tribes in the state of Idaho. The Coeur d'Alene have sovereign control of their Coeur d'Alene Reservation, w ...
*
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi) is a federally recognized tribe of Lower Kootenai people, sometimes called the Idaho Ksanka. The Ktunaxa ( ; Kutenai pron. ), also known as Kutenai (), Kootenay (predominant spelling in ...
*
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho The Nez Percé (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who are presumed to have lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region for at least 11,500 years.Ames, K ...
*
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho The Fort Hall Reservation is a Native American reservation of the federally recognized Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Shoshoni language: Pohoko’ikkateeCrum, B., Crum, E., & Dayley, J. P. (2001). Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs. University Press o ...
Multiple states: *
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation The Duck Valley Indian Reservation () was established in the 19th century for the federally recognized Shoshone- Paiute Tribe. It is isolated in the high desert of the western United States, and lies on the state line, the 42nd parallel, betwe ...
, Idaho and Nevada


Illinois

''No federally recognized tribes''


Indiana

Multiple states: *
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Potawatomi: Pokégnek Bodéwadmik) are a federally recognized Potawatomi-speaking tribe based in southwestern Michigan and northeastern Indiana. Tribal government functions are located in Dowagiac, Michigan. Th ...


Iowa

* Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa


Kansas

*
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas is one of three Federally recognized tribes of Kickapoo people. The other Kickapoo tribes in the United States are the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Kickapoo Tribe ...
* Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas
(''formerly the
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ( pot, Mshkodéniwek, formerly the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians) is a federally recognized tribe of Neshnabé (Potawatomi people), headquartered near Mayetta, Kansas. History The ''Mshkodésik'' ("People of t ...
'') Multiple states: *
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Iowa people. The other is the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. They hold an annual Indian movie night and a powwow every September. Reservation The Iowa Reservation ...
* Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska


Kentucky

''No federally recognized tribes''


Louisiana

*
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana The Chitimacha ( ; or ) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who live in the U.S. state of Louisiana, mainly on their reservation in St. Mary Parish near Charenton on Bayou Teche. They are the only Indigenous people in the s ...
* Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana *
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians ( cho, Jena Chahta) are one of three federally recognized Choctaw tribes in the United States. They are based in La Salle, Catahoula, and Grant parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The Jena Band received fed ...
* Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana


Maine

* Aroostook Band of Micmacs
''(formerly
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians The Mi'kmaq Nation (formerly the Aroostook Band of Micmac) is a federally recognized tribe of Mi'kmaq people, based in Aroostook County, Maine. Their autonym is Ulustuk. Of the 28 bands of Mi'kmaq people, the Mi'kmaq Nation is the only one in t ...
)'' * Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
''(formerly
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine ( pqm, Metaksonekiyak Wolastoqewiyik) is a federally recognized tribe of Maliseet, whose land is along the Meduxnekeag River in Maine. They are headquartered in Littleton, Maine, located in Aroost ...
)'' *
Passamaquoddy Tribe The Passamaquoddy ( Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Peskotomuhkati'') are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatik'','' straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick ...

''(formerly
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine The Passamaquoddy ( Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Peskotomuhkati'') are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatik'','' straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick ...
)'' *
Penobscot Nation The Penobscot (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewi'') are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic pro ...

''(formerly
Penobscot Tribe of Maine The Penobscot (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewi'') are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic pro ...
)''


Maryland

''No federally recognized tribes''


Massachusetts

*
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (formerly Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. Recognized in 2007, they are headquartered in Mashpee on Cape Cod. The other Wa ...
*
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) ( wam, Âhqunah Wôpanâak) is a federally recognized tribe of Wampanoag people based in the town of Aquinnah on the southwest tip of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) ( wam, Âhqunah Wôpanâak) is a federally recognized tribe of Wampanoag people based in the town of Aquinnah on the southwest tip of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Potawatomi: Pokégnek Bodéwadmik) are a federally recognized Potawatomi-speaking tribe based in southwestern Michigan and northeastern Indiana. Tribal government functions are located in Dowagiac, Michigan. Th ...


Minnesota

*
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota The Lower Sioux Indian Community, (Dakota: Caŋṡa'yapi; lkt, Čhaŋšáyapi) also known as the Mdewakanton Tribal Reservation, is an Indian reservation located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Paxton and Sherman townships i ...
* Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota *
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota The Red Lake Indian Reservation (Ojibwe: ''Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga'iganing'') covers in parts of nine counties in northwestern Minnesota, United States. It is made up of numerous holdings but the largest section is an area about Red Lake (Minne ...
*
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) (Dakota: ''Bdemayaṭo Oyate'') is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people, located southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, within parts of the cities of Prior ...
*
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation, or Pezihutazizi in Dakota, is the reservation of the Upper Sioux Community, a federally recognized tribe of the Dakota people, that includes the Mdewakanton. The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation is located in ...
Multiple states: * Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (also in Minnesota)
(''formerly the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe The Ho-Chunk Nation (Ho-Chunk language: ) is a federally recognized tribe of the Ho-Chunk with traditional territory across five states in the United States: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. The other federally recognized tri ...
'') *
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) is the centralized governmental authority for six Chippewa (Ojibwe or Anishinaabe) bands in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The tribe was created on June 18, 1934; the organization and its governmental powers are ...

Six component reservations: **
Bois Forte Band Bois Forte Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe language: ''Zagaakwaandagowininiwag'', "Men of the Thick Fir-woods"; commonly but erroneously shortened to ''Zagwaandagaawininiwag'', "Men of the Thick Boughs") are an Ojibwe Band located in northern Minnesota, ...
(Nett Lake) **
Fond du Lac Band Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (or Wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag in the Ojibwe language, meaning "Lake Superior Men at the far end of the Great Lake") is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) band located near Cloquet, Minnesota. Their l ...
(also in Wisconsin) **
Grand Portage Band The Grand Portage Indian Reservation (Ojibwe language: Gichi-onigamiing) is the Indian reservation of the Grand Portage Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, a federally recognized tribe in Minnesota. The reservation is in Cook County near the tip of ...
**
Leech Lake Band The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
**
Mille Lacs Band The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ( oj, Misi-zaaga'igani Anishinaabeg), also known as the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located in east-central Minnesota. The Band has 4,302 members as of 2012. ...
**
White Earth Band The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, also called the White Earth Nation ( oj, Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, "People from where there is an abundance of white clay"), is a federally recognized Native American band located ...


Mississippi

Multiple states: *
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ( cho, Mississippi Chahta) is one of three federally recognized tribes of Choctaw Native Americans, and the only one in the state of Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe organized under the Indian Re ...


Missouri

''No federally recognized tribes''


Montana

Multiple states: *
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag'') is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa mixed heritage people, who would be considered Metis if they were Canadian, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reser ...
(also in Montana and South Dakota)


Nebraska

*
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska The Omaha ( Omaha-Ponca: ''Umoⁿhoⁿ'') are a federally recognized Midwestern Native American tribe who reside on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, United States. There were 5,427 enrolled members as of 2012. The ...
* Ponca Tribe of Nebraska *
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska The Santee Sioux Reservation ( dak, Isáŋyathi) of the Santee Sioux (also known as the Eastern Dakota) was established in 1863 in present-day Nebraska. The tribal seat of government is located in Niobrara, Nebraska, with reservation lands in K ...

(''formerly the
Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska The Santee Sioux Reservation ( dak, Isáŋyathi) of the Santee Sioux (also known as the Eastern Dakota) was established in 1863 in present-day Nebraska. The tribal seat of government is located in Niobrara, Nebraska, with reservation lands in K ...
'') * Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Multiple states: *
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Iowa people. The other is the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. They hold an annual Indian movie night and a powwow every September. Reservation The Iowa Reservation ...
* Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska


Nevada

Multiple states: *
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation is located in Juab County, Utah, Tooele County, Utah, and White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is one of two federally recognized tribes of Goshute people, the other being the Skull Valle ...
* Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon * Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada *
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation The Duck Valley Indian Reservation () was established in the 19th century for the federally recognized Shoshone- Paiute Tribe. It is isolated in the high desert of the western United States, and lies on the state line, the 42nd parallel, betwe ...
, Idaho and Nevada * Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California **
Carson Colony The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in diff ...
**
Dresslerville Colony The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe people, Washoe Native Americans in the United States, Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united ...
**
Woodfords Community Woodfords (formerly, Brannan Springs, Carey's Mill, Cary's Mills, Carys Mill, Carys Mills, Woodford's, Carey's Mills, and Woodford) is an unincorporated community in Alpine County, California, near Markleeville. For census purposes, it is includ ...
**
Stewart Community The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in diff ...
**
Washoe Ranches The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. They are several communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The tribe owns over in di ...


New Hampshire

''No federally recognized tribes''


New Jersey

''No federally recognized tribes''


New Mexico

Multiple states: *
Fort Sill Apache Tribe The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma. Government The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is headquartered in Apache, Oklahoma. Tribal member enrollment, which requires a mi ...
(also Oklahoma) * Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah * Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah * Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (also Arizona)


New York


North Carolina

*
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), (Cherokee language, Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᎩ, ''Tsalagiyi Detsadanilvgi'') is a Federally recognized tribe, federally recognized Indian Tribe based in Western North Carolina in the U ...

''(previously listed as Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina)''


North Dakota

*
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota The Spirit Lake Tribe (in Santee Dakota: ''Mniwakaƞ Oyate'', also spelt as ''Mni Wakan Oyate'', formerly known as Devils Lake Sioux Tribe) is a federally recognized tribe based on the Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation located in east-central North ...
*
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation), also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan: ''Miiti Naamni''; Hidatsa: ''Awadi Aguraawi''; Arikara: ''ačitaanu' táWIt''), is a Native American Nation resulting from the alliance of th ...
Multiple states: * Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota *
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag'') is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa mixed heritage people, who would be considered Metis if they were Canadian, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reser ...
(also in Montana and South Dakota)


Ohio

''No federally recognized tribes''


Oklahoma


Oregon

Multiple states: *
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe The Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone peoples, whose reservation Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation spans the Nevada ...


Pennsylvania

''No federally recognized tribes''


Rhode Island

*
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island The Narragansett people are an Algonquian American Indian tribe from Rhode Island. Today, Narragansett people are enrolled in the federally recognized Narragansett Indian Tribe. They gained federal recognition in 1983. The tribe was nearly lan ...


South Carolina

*
Catawba Indian Nation The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' (Catawba: '' Ye Iswąˀ'' – "people of the river"), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands ar ...

(aka
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' (Catawba: '' Ye Iswąˀ'' – "people of the river"), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands a ...
)


South Dakota

Multiple states: * Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota *
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag'') is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa mixed heritage people, who would be considered Metis if they were Canadian, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reser ...
(also in Montana and South Dakota)


Tennessee

Multiple states: *
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ( cho, Mississippi Chahta) is one of three federally recognized tribes of Choctaw Native Americans, and the only one in the state of Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe organized under the Indian Re ...


Texas

* Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas *
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, based in Eagle Pass, is a federally recognized tribe that uses revenue from its gaming and business operations to provide housing, education, and social services to its members. The tribe has been held as ...

''(formerly the
Texas Band of Traditional Kickapoo The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, based in Eagle Pass, is a federally recognized tribe that uses revenue from its gaming and business operations to provide housing, education, and social services to its members. The tribe has been held a ...
)'' *
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (also Tigua Pueblo) is a Puebloan Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribal entity in the Ysleta, El Paso, Texas, Ysleta section of El Paso, Texas. Its members are Southern Tiwa people who had been displace ...


Utah

*
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie) The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation ( shh, So-so-goi) is a federally recognized tribe of Shoshone people, located in Box Elder County, Utah. They are also known as the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians.Pritzker 239 Current land hold ...
*
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Reservation The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has a reservation composed of ten separate parcels of land, located in ...
**
Cedar City Band of Paiutes The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Reservation The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has a reservation composed of ten separate parcels of land, located in ...
**
Kanosh Band of Paiutes The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Reservation The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has a reservation composed of ten separate parcels of land, located in fou ...
**
Koosharem Band of Paiutes The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Reservation The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has a reservation composed of ten separate parcels of land, located in f ...
**
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Reservation The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has a reservation composed of ten separate parcels of land, located in fou ...
**
Shivwits Band of Paiutes The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a sovereign, federally recognized tribe located in southwestern Utah. The Shivwits Band is one of five Bands comprising the inter-Tribal government of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. Name ''Shivwits'' comes from ...
*
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah The Skull Valley Indian Reservation (Gosiute dialect: Wepayuttax) is located in Tooele County, Utah, United States, approximately southwest of Salt Lake City. It is inhabited by the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah, a federally reco ...
* Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah Multiple states: *
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation is located in Juab County, Utah, Tooele County, Utah, and White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is one of two federally recognized tribes of Goshute people, the other being the Skull Valle ...
* Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah * Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah


Vermont

''No federally recognized tribes''


Virginia


Washington


West Virginia

''No federally recognized tribes''


Wisconsin

Multiple states: * Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (also in Minnesota)
(''formerly the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe The Ho-Chunk Nation (Ho-Chunk language: ) is a federally recognized tribe of the Ho-Chunk with traditional territory across five states in the United States: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. The other federally recognized tri ...
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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) is the centralized governmental authority for six Chippewa (Ojibwe or Anishinaabe) bands in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The tribe was created on June 18, 1934; the organization and its governmental powers are ...
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Fond du Lac Band Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (or Wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag in the Ojibwe language, meaning "Lake Superior Men at the far end of the Great Lake") is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) band located near Cloquet, Minnesota. Their l ...
(also in Wisconsin)


Wyoming

* Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming * Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming


See also

* Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas United States * Federally recognized tribes, continental United States *
List of Alaska Native tribal entities This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 explains how these Alaska Native villages came to be tracked this way. This version was upda ...
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List of Indian reservations in the United States This is a list of Indian reservations and other tribal homelands in the United States. In Canada, the Indian reserve is a similar institution. Federally recognized reservations There are 326 Indian Reservations in the United States. Most of t ...
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List of historical Indian reservations in the United States This is a list of historical Indian reservations in the United States. These Indian and Half-breed Reservations and Reserves were either disestablished or revoked. Few still exist as a considerably smaller remnant, or have been merged with other ...
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Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ...
* State recognized tribes in the United States * Unrecognized tribes in the United States Aboriginal peoples in Canada * List of Indian reserves in Canada *
List of First Nations governments The following is a partial list of First Nations band governments in Canada: Alberta Atlantic Canada Newfoundland and Labrador * Miawpukek First Nation * Mushuau Innu First Nation * Qalipu First Nation * Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation New ...
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List of First Nations peoples The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area. It only includes First Nations in Canada, First Nations people, which by definition excludes Métis people (Canada), Metis and Canadian Inui ...
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Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
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Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Federally Recognized Tribes By State * Native American history Native American-related lists
Federally recognized tribes by state Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for certain federal government purposes. For an alphabetical listing, see list of federally recognized tribes and federally r ...