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