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State Tribes

Federally recognized and non-recognized American Indian tribes are sorted below in this state-by-state list.

Alabama

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Poarch Band of Creek Indians

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
  • Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
  • Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe
  • Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
  • Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
  • Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians
  • Piqua Shawnee Tribe
  • United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation

Alaska

The federal government recognizes 231 Alaska Native villages. To view the list, Click here.

Arizona

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Tonto Apache Tribal Council
  • Yavapai-Prescott Board of Directors
  • Yavapai-Apache Community Council
  • Mohave-Apache Community Council
  • Havasupai Tribal Council
  • Kaibab Paiute Tribal Council
  • San Juan Southern Paiute Council
  • Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council
  • Tohono O'odham Council
  • Hualapai Tribal Council
  • Hopi Tribal Council
  • Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council
  • Gila River Indian Community Council
  • San Carlos Apache Tribal Council
  • Colorado River Tribal Council
  • Quechan Tribal Council
  • White Mountain Apache Tribal Council
  • Ak Chin Indian Community Council
  • Navajo Nation

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • San Juan S. Paiute
  • Barrio Pascua

Arkansas

  • Revived Ouachita Indians of Arkansas & America

California

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
  • Table Mountain Rancheria
  • Table Bluff Rancheria
  • Sycuan Business Committee& (Kumeyaay)
  • Lone Pine Reservation
  • Susanville Rancheria
  • Hopland Reservation Pomo
  • Stewart Point Rancheria Pomo
  • Barona General Business
  • Pechanga Band of Mission Indians
  • Picayune Rancheria (Chukchansi Indians)
  • Pauma Band of Mission Indians
  • La Jolla Band
  • Pala Band of Mission Indians
  • Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
  • Potter Valley Rancheria
  • Winnemucca Indian Colony
  • La Posta Band
  • Chicken Ranch Rancheria
  • Soboba Band of Mission Indians
  • Smith River Rancheria
  • Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
  • Tule River Reservation
  • Manzanita General Council
  • Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
  • Jamul Band of Mission Indians
  • Middletown Rancheria
  • Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians
  • Karuk Tribe of California
  • Viejas Tribal Council
  • Manchester/Point Arena Rancheria
  • Woodfords Community Council
  • Morongo Band
  • Inaja & Cosmit Band of Mission Indians
  • Upper Lake Rancheria
  • Trinidad Rancheria
  • Lytton Rancheria
  • Guidiville Rancheria
  • Alturas Rancheria
  • Agua Caliente Tribal Council
  • Pit River Tribal Council
  • Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
  • Tuolumne Me-wuk Rancheria
  • Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians
  • Mooretown Rancheria
  • Rincon Band of Mission Indians
  • Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians
  • Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians
  • Santa Rosa Reservation
  • Rumsey Rancheria
  • San Pasqual Band
  • Cabazon Indians of California
  • Grindstone Rancheria
  • Chemehuevi Tribal Council
  • Round Valley Reservation
  • Dry Creek Rancheria
  • Robinson Rancheria
  • Santa Rosa Rancheria
  • Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
  • Redwood Valley Rancheria
  • Redding Rancheria
  • Coyote Valley Reservation
  • Cloverdale Rancheria
  • Campo Band of Mission Indians
  • Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians
  • Cortina Rancheria
  • Colusa Rancheria
  • Quartz Valley Reservation
  • Cold Springs Rancheria
  • Cedarville Rancheria
  • Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians
  • Fort Bidwell Reservation
  • Benton Paiute Reservarion
  • Berry Creek Rancheria
  • Greenville Rancheria
  • Chico Rancheria Mechoopda tribe
  • Big Lagoon Rancheria
  • Big Sandy Rancheria
  • Fort Independence Reservation
  • Shingle Springs Rancheria
  • Sherwood Valley Rancheria
  • San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
  • Chemehuevi Tribal Council
  • Buena Vista Rancheria
  • Yurok Tribe
  • Big Valley Rancheria
  • Elk Valley Rancheria
  • Bridgeport Indian Colony
  • Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
  • Laytonville Rancheria
  • North Fork Rancheria
  • Blue Lake Rancheria
  • Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians, Sulphur Bank Rancheria
  • Bishop Reservation
  • Pinoleville Band of Pomo
  • California Valley Miwok Tribe
  • Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Amah Band of Ohlonebraska_native_americans/Coastanoans
  • American Indian Council of Mariposa Co.
  • Antelope Valley Indian Community
  • Atahun Shoshones of San Juan Capistrano
  • Big Meadows Lodge Tribe
  • Calaveras Co. Band of Miwok Indians
  • Choinumni Tribe
  • Chukchansi Yokotch Tribe
  • Coastal Band of Chumash Indians
  • Coastanoan Band of Mission Indians
  • Death Valley Timba-Sha Shoshone Band
  • Dunlap Band of Mono Indians
  • Federated Coast Miwok Tribe
  • Hownonquet Community Assoc.
  • Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians
  • Juaneno Band of Mission Indians
  • Kawaiisu Tribe
  • Kern Valley Indian Community
  • Maidu Nation
  • Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians
  • Mono Lake Indian Community
  • North Maidu Tribe
  • Nor-El-Muk Band of Wintun Indians
  • Northfolk Band of Mono Indians
  • Ohlonebraska_native_americans/Coastanoan Muwekma Tribe
  • San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians
  • Shasta Tribe
  • Tehatchapi Tribe
  • Tolowa-Tututni Tribe
  • Tsnungwe Nation
  • Wintoon Indians
  • Wintu Indians of Central Valley, CA
  • Wukchunmi Council
  • Washoe/Paiute of Antelope Valley
  • United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina & America
  • Wintoon Indians
  • Yokayo Tribe

Colorado

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
  • Southern Ute Tribe

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Munsee Thames River Delaware

Connecticut

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
  • Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • East Pequots of Connecticut
  • Nipmuc Indian Bands
  • Paucatuck E. Pequots
  • Scaticook Bands
  • Nanaticoke Association

Florida

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • Miccosukee Tribe

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Choctaw Nation of Florida
  • Creeks E. of the Mississippi
  • Florida Tribe of E. Creeks
  • Oklewaha Band of Seminoles
  • Perdido Bay Tribe of Lower Muscogee Creeks
  • Topachula Tribe
  • Tuscola United Cherokee Tribe of Florida, Inc

Georgia

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Cane Break Band of East Cherokees
  • Cherokees of Georgia, Inc.
  • Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees
  • Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe - East of the Mississippi
  • S.E. Cherokee Confederacy

Iowa

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Sac & Fox Tribal Council

Idaho

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Fort Hall Business Council
  • Kootenai Tribal Council
  • Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
  • Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribal Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Delawares of Idaho

Indiana

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Miami Nation of Indiana
  • Upper Kiskopo Band of the Shawnee Nation

Kansas

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Kickapoo of Kansas Tribal Council
  • Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Council
  • Sac & Fox of Missouri Tribal Council
  • Iowa of Kansas Executive Committee

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Wyandot Nation of Kansas
  • Delaware- Muncie Tribe
  • Swan Creek & Black River Chippewas
  • United Tribe of Shawnee Indians

Kentucky

  • Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky
  • Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe of Indians

Louisiana

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of LA
  • Coushatta Tribe
  • Chitimacha Tribe
  • Indian Township Reservation
  • Jena Band of Choctaws

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Adais Caddo
  • Biloxi Chitimacha
  • Clifton- Choctaws
  • Four Winds Tribe LA Cherokee
  • Jena Band of Choctaws
  • Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb
  • Point au Chien Tribe
  • United Houma Nation

Maine

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians
  • Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
  • Penobscot Nation, Old Town, Maine
  • Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Princeton, Maine

Maryland

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Piscataway- Conoy Confederacy & Sub- Tribes, Inc.
  • Piscataway Indians

Massachusetts

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
  • Wampanoag (Aquinnah) Band of Gay Head, MA

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Nipmuc Tribal Council of Massachusetts (Hassanamisco Band)
  • Nipmuc Tribal Council of Massachusetts (Chaubunagungamang Band)
  • Mashpee Tribe
  • Narragansett Tribal of Indians

Michigan

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Keweenaw Bay Tribal Council
  • Hannahville Indian Community Council, Potawatomi
  • Bay Mills Executive Council
  • Grand Traverse Tribal Council
  • Laca Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan .
  • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council
  • Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Council
  • Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
  • Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
  • Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
  • Huron Potawtomi Band (Nottawaseppi Band of the Huron Potawatomis)
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Lake Superior Chippewa of Marquette, Inc.
  • Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians, Inc.
  • Consolidated Bahwetig Ojibwas & Mackinacs
  • Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians

Minnesota

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Mille Lacs Reservation Business Committee
  • Prairie Island Community Council (Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux)
  • Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee
  • Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee
  • Nett Lake Reservation Business Committee (Bois Forte)
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
  • Grand Portage Reservation Business Committee
  • White Earth Reservation Business Committee
  • Lower Sioux Indian Community Council
  • Shakopee Sioux Community Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • NI-MI-WIN Ojibways (is this Sandy Lake Band?)
  • Kah-Bay-Kah-Nong (Warroad ChIppewa)
  • Sandy Lake Band of Ojibwes

Mississippi

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Missouri

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Northern Cherokee Tribe of Missouri
  • Chickamauga Cherokee

Montana

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Blackfoot Tribal Business Council
  • Fort Belknap Community Council
  • Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council
  • Chippewa Cree Business Committee
  • Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board
  • Crow Tribal Council
  • Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Little Shell Tribe of Chippewas of Montana
  • Swan Creek & Black River Chippewa

North Carolina

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Person Co. Indians
  • Cherokees of Hoke Co.
  • Meherrin Indian Tribe (state recognized)
  • Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe (state recognized)
  • Hattadare Indian Tribe
  • Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc.
  • Faircloth Indian Tribe
  • Cherokees of Robison & Adjoining Cos.
  • Coharie Intra- Tribal Council (state recognized)
  • Waccamaw Siouan Tribe (state recognized)
  • Hatteras Tuscarora
  • Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina
  • Lumbee Tribe (state recognized)

North Dakota

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council
  • Devils Lake (renamed Spirit Lake) Sioux Tribal Council
  • Devils Lake Sioux Tribal Council
  • Three Affiliated Tribes Business Council (Ft. Berthold: Hidatsa, Arikara, Mandan)
  • Turtle Mountain Tribal Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Little Shell Band of the North Dakota Tribe

Nebraska

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
  • Omaha Tribal Council
  • Santee Sioux Tribal Council
  • Winnebago Tribal Council

New Hampshire

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Abenaki Nation

New Jersey

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Ramapough Lenape Nation (state recognized)
  • Nanaticoke Lenni- Lennapes of New Jersey, Inc. (state recognized)
  • Powhatan-Renape Nation (state recognized)
  • Sand Hill Band of Indians

New Mexico

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Pueblo of Sandia
  • Ramah Navajo Chapter
  • Pueblo of Santa Ana
  • Pueblo of Zia
  • Pueblo of San Juan
  • Pueblo of Santo Domingo
  • Pueblo of Tesuque
  • Pueblo of Taos
  • Pueblo of Zuni
  • Pueblo of Jemez
  • Pueblo of Laguna
  • Pueblo of Namba
  • Pueblo of Picuris
  • Mescalero Apache Tribe
  • Jicarilla Apache Tribe
  • Pueblo of Pojoaque
  • Pueblo of San Felipe
  • Pueblo of San Ildefonso
  • Pueblo of Isleta
  • Pueblo of Cochiti
  • Pueblo of Acoma

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Tiwa Indian Tribe -- note: this is a language group of a number of recognized Pueblos
  • Canoncito Band of Navajos -- Note: this is a recognized Chapter (governing unit) of the Navajo Nation

Nevada

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Pyramid Lake Paiute
  • Dresslerville Community Council
  • Duckwater Shoshone Tribal Council
  • Colony Council
  • Las Vegas Tribal Council
  • Yerington Paiute Tribal Council
  • Walker River Paiute Tribal Council
  • Yomba Tribal Council
  • Elko Band Council
  • Washoe Tribal Council
  • Fallon Business Council
  • Lovelock Tribal Council
  • Battle Mountain Band Council
  • South Ford Band Council
  • Stewart Community Council
  • Fort McDermitt Tribal Council
  • Carson Colony Community Council
  • Wells Indian Colony Band Council
  • Shoshone Paiute Business Council
  • Tribal Council of the Te-Moak Western Tribe
  • Reno-Sparks Tribal Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Pahrump Band of Paiutes

New York

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Tuscarora Nation
  • Oneida Indian Nation of New York
  • St. Regis Mohawk Council Chiefs
  • Onondaga Nation
  • Seneca Nation of Indians
  • Cayuga Indian Nation
  • Tonawanda Band of Senecas
  • Poospatuck
  • Shinnecock/li>

Ohio

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Alleghenny Nation (Ohio Band)
  • Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band
  • Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnees
  • N.E. Miami Inter- Tribal Council
  • Mekoce Shawnee

Oklahoma

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
  • Otoe-Missouria Tribal Council
  • Comanche Business Committee
  • Quapaw Tribal Business Committee
  • Osage Nation of Oklahoma
  • Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
  • Citizen Band Potawatomi Business Committee
  • Apache Business Committee
  • Wichita & Affiliated Tribal Executive Committee
  • Peoria Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Ponca Business Committee
  • Cheyenne-Arapaho Business Committee
  • Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
  • Wyandotte Nation
  • Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
  • Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Pawnee Business Council
  • Caddo Tribal Council
  • Kiowa Business Committee
  • Kialegee Tribal Town
  • Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Absentee-Shawnee Executive Committee
  • Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Kaw Executive Council
  • Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
  • Kickapoo of Oklahoma Business Committee
  • Delaware Executive Committee
  • Thiopthlocco Tribal Town
  • Tonkawa Tribal Committee
  • Creek Nation of Oklahoma
  • Iowa of Oklahoma Business Committee
  • Sac and Fox of Oklahoma

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Cataba Tribal Association
  • Yuchi Tribal Organization
  • Natchez Nation

Oregon

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Siletz Tribal Council
  • Tribes of the Grande Ronde Tribal Council, Shasta, Kallapuya, Molalla, Rogue River, Umpqua), Grand Ronde, OR
  • Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians
  • Burns-Paiute General Council
  • Klamath General Council
  • Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Board of Trustees
  • Coquille Indian Tribal Community, North Bend
  • Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
  • Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, (Warm springs, Northern Paiute, Wasco)
  • Celillo Village, Columbia River Tribes
  • Klamath Reservation, (Klamath, Modoc, Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians), Chiloquin, OR
  • Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Tolowa- Tututni Tribe (there's a Tolowa Nation in CA)
  • N.W. Cherokee Wolf Band of S.E. Cherokee Confederacy -- makes no sense in Oregon
  • Chetco Tribe, no petition
  • Tchinook Tribe, petitioned 5/16/79; acknowledgement declined, 3/17/86

Rhode Island

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Narragansett Indian Tribe

South Carolina

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Narragansett Indian Tribe
  • Cawtawba Indian Nation
  • Edisto Tribe

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Santee Tribe
  • Summerville Indian Group

South Dakota

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council
  • Yankton Sioux Tribal Business & Claims Committee
  • Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council
  • Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Council
  • Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Council
  • Oglala Sioux Tribal Council

Tennessee

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Cumberland Creek Indian Confederation
  • Cherokee of Lawrence County TN
  • Etowah Cherokee Nation
  • Red Clay Band of S.E. Cherokee Confederacy

Texas

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Texas Band Kickapoo Traditional Council
  • Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council
  • Ysleta de Sur Pueblo

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Creek Indians of Texas at Red Oak

Utah

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Skull Valley General Council c/o Unitah & Ouray Agency
  • Uintah & Ouray Tribal Business Committee
  • Goshute Business Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • N.E. Band of Shoshone Indians
  • White Mesa Ute Council
  • Cedar City Band of Paiutes

Vermont

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Abenaki Nation
  • St. Francis/Skokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont

Virginia

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Chickahominy Indian Tribe, state recognized
  • E. Chickahominy Indian Tribe, state recognized
  • Monacan Indian Tribe, state recognized
  • Nansemond Indian Tribal Association, state recognized
  • Pamunkey Nation, state recognized
  • Upper Mataponi Tribe, state recognized
  • Rappahannock Tribe, state recognized

Washington

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Upper Skagit Tribal Council
  • Makah Tribal Council
  • Kalispel Reservation, Usk, WA
  • Lummi Business Council
  • Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Council
  • Yakama Reservation, Topennish, Washington
  • Lower Elwha Community Council
  • Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
  • Muckleshoot Tribal Council
  • Colville Business Council, (Colville, Chelan, Entiat, Methow, Okanogan, San Poil, Lake Nespelem, Nez Perce, Palouse, Moses, Sinkiuse, Wenatchee)
  • Quileute Tribal Council
  • Puyallup Tribal Council
  • Nisqually Indian Community Council
  • Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Council
  • Nooksack Indian Tribal Council, Whatcom
  • Shoalwater Bay Tribal Council (Chehalis, Chinook, Quinault)
  • Quileute Tribal Council
  • Quinault Tribal council
  • Tulalip Board of Directors , (Snohomish, Snowqualmie, Skyhomish)
  • SkokomishTribal Council
  • Chehalis Business Council
  • Samish Indian Tribe
  • Squaxin Island Tribal Council
  • Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, (Swinomish, Kikiallus, Lower Skagit, Samish)
  • Suquamish Tribal Council
  • Snoqualmie Tribe
  • Spokane Business Council,
  • Stillaquamish Board of Directors, Arlington, Washington
  • Hoh Tribal Business Council
  • Samish Indian Tribe, Anacortes, WA
  • Cowlitz

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Mitchell Bay Band
  • Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island
  • Duwamish Indian Tribe
  • Steilacoom Tribe
  • Chinook Tribe
  • Chinook Indian Tribe, Inc.
  • Snohomish Tribe of Indians
  • Noo-Wha-Ha Band

West Virginia

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Native American Indian Federation, Inc

Wisconsin

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Red Cliff Tribal Council
  • Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council
  • Lac Courte Oreilles Governing Board
  • Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
  • Sokaogon Chippewa Tribal Council
  • Oneida Tribal Council
  • Sokaogon Chippewa Tribal Council
  • Bad River Tribal Council
  • Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee
  • Forest County Potawatomi Executive Council

Federal Non-Recognized Tribes

  • Brotherton Indians of Wisconsin

Wyoming

Federal Recognized Tribes

  • Arapahoe Business Council
  • Shoshone Business Council

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