Federally recognized tribes are those
Native American tribes recognized by the
United States
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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 ...
for certain
federal government 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
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 ...
(BIA) of the United States.
[Federal Acknowledgment of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe](_blank)
Of these, 231 are located in Alaska.
Description
In the
United States
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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 United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is Bicameralism, bicameral, composed of a lower body, the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, and an upper body, ...
the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
in ''United States v. Sandoval'' (231 US. 28
913 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' ''
Federal Register
The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every weekday, except on feder ...
'' 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 governmentswhich 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
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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 C ...
''(formerly the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi)''
Alaska
Arizona
Multiple states:
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Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California
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Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada
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Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
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Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona
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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
The Zuni ( zun, A:shiwi; formerly spelled ''Zuñi'') are Native Americans in the United States, Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. The Zuni are a Federally recognized tribe and most live in the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexi ...
Arkansas
''No federally recognized tribes''
California
Multiple states:
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Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California
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Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada
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Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona
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Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
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Carson Colony
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Dresslerville Colony
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Woodfords Community
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Stewart Community
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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
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado
Multiple states:
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Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah
Connecticut
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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Seminole Tribe of Florida
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Semi ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Multiple states:
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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, between ...
, Idaho and Nevada
Illinois
''No federally recognized tribes''
Indiana
Multiple states:
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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
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Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Kansas
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Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
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Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ( pot, Mshkodéniwek, formerly the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians) is a federally recognized tribe of Anishinaabe, Neshnabé (Potawatomi people), headquartered near Mayetta, Kansas.
History
The ''Mshkodésik'' ( ...
(''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:
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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 ...
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Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Kentucky
''No federally recognized tribes''
Louisiana
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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 ...
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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana ( Coushatta: ''Kowassaatiha'') is one of three federally recognized tribes of Koasati people. They are located in Allen and Jefferson Davis Parishes, Louisiana. The tribe hosts an annual pow wow during the seco ...
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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 ...
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Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana
The Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, ( tun, Yoroniku-Halayihku) formerly known as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana, is a List of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribe of primarily Tunica people, Tunica and Biloxi people, l ...
Maine
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Aroostook Band of Micmacs
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs 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 Aroostook Band is the only one in the United States. The Aroostook ...
''(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 ...
)''
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Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
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 Aro ...
''(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 ...
)''
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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)''
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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 ...
''(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 ...
)''
Maryland
''No federally recognized tribes''
Massachusetts
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Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts
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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
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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 township ...
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Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota
Prairie Island Indian Community (Dakota: ''Tinta Winta'') is a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River. Most of the reservation now lies within the city of Red Wing, which developed after th ...
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Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota
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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 ...
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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:
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Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
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 trib ...
(also in Minnesota)
(''formerly the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe'')
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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 ...
Six component reservations:
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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)
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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)
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Grand Portage Band
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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 federall ...
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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. ...
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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:
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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 R ...
Missouri
''No federally recognized tribes''
Montana
Multiple states:
*
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota (also in Montana and South Dakota)
Nebraska
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Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
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Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is one of two Federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Ponca people. The other is the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
They hold an annual powwow every August.
Reservation
From the original Ponc ...
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Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska(''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 ...
'')
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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( win, Nįįšoc Hoocąk) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as ''Hochungra'' – "Peopl ...
Multiple states:
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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
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Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon
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Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada
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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, between ...
, Idaho and Nevada
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Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
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Carson Colony
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Dresslerville Colony
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Woodfords Community
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Stewart Community
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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:
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Fort Sill Apache Tribe (also Oklahoma)
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Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
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Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah
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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
The Zuni ( zun, A:shiwi; formerly spelled ''Zuñi'') are Native Americans in the United States, Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. The Zuni are a Federally recognized tribe and most live in the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexi ...
(also Arizona)
New York
North Carolina
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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
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᎩ, ''Tsalagiyi Detsadanilvgi'') is a federally recognized Indian Tribe based in Western North Carolina in the United States. They are descended from the smal ...
)''
North Dakota
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Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota
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Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
Multiple states:
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota (also in Montana and South Dakota)
Ohio
''No federally recognized tribes''
Oklahoma
Oregon
Multiple states:
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Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
Pennsylvania
''No federally recognized tribes''
Rhode Island
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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
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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 a ...
(aka
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina)
South Dakota
Multiple states:
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota (also in Montana and South Dakota)
Tennessee
Multiple states:
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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 R ...
Texas
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Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas
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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
Utah
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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 ho ...
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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
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Kanosh Band of Paiutes
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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 ...
**
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 ...
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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 ...
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Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah
Multiple states:
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Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah
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Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
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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:
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Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
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 trib ...
(also in Minnesota)
(''formerly the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe'')
*
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 ...
**
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
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Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
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Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
The Wind River Indian Reservation, in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, is shared by two Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes, the Eastern Shoshone ( shh, Gweechoon Deka, ''meaning: "buffalo eaters" ...
See also
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Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas
United States
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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 ...
, continental United States
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List of Alaska Native tribal entities
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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 ...
**
List of historical Indian reservations in the United States
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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 ...
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State recognized tribes in the United States
State-recognized tribes in the United States are organizations that identify as Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by a process established under ...
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Unrecognized tribes in the United States
Aboriginal peoples in Canada
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List of Indian reserves in Canada
Canada has numerous Indian reserves for First Nations people, which were mostly established by the ''Indian Act'' of 1876 and have been variously expanded and reduced by royal commissions since. They are sometimes incorrectly called by the Ameri ...
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List of First Nations governments
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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 people, which by definition excludes Metis and Canadian Inuit groups. The areas used here are in accordance t ...
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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
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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 ...