Indigenous Tribes of the United States

American Indians have long been identified by "tribal" names. In the United States, there are hundreds of names by which these tribes are known. There are over 560 tribes recognized by the United States. The most recent list was published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2008.

The following are some of the major Indian tribes in the United States, with some brief history and links to web sites, official and otherwise, and to other pages on FamilySearch Wiki.

A

Absentee-Shawnee Indians Ak Chin Indian Community (Arizona) Alabama-Coushatta Indians Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town (Oklahoma) Apache Indians Arapaho Indians Arikara Indians Assiniboin Indians

B

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Bannock Indians Bay Mills Indian Community (Michigan) Blackfeet Indians of Montana Blood Indians

C

Caddo Indians Cahto Indians Cahuilla Indians Catawba Indians Cayuga Indians Cayuse Indians Chehalis Indians Chemehuevi Indians Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community (California) Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Cheyenne Indians Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Chippewa Indians Chippewa-Cree Indians Chitimacha Tribe Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chumash Indians Clallam Indians Coast Indian Community of Yurok Indians (California) Cocopah Indians Coeur d'Alene Indians Colorado River Indian Tribes Colvill Indians Comanche Indians Concow Indians Confederated Salish &amp; Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Coquille Indians Coushatta Indians Covelo Indian Community (California) Cowlitz Indians Creek Indians Crow Indians

D

Delaware Indians Diegueno Indians Digger Indians

E

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

F

Flathead Indians Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin Fort Belknap Indian Community (Montana) Fort Bidwell Indian Community (California) Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California &amp; Nevada

G

Gila River Indian Community (Arizona) Goshute Indians Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan Grosventre Indians

H

Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan Havasupai Indians Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin Hoh Indians Hopi Indians

I

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

J

Jamestown S'Klallam Indians Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico

K

Kalispel Indian Community Kalispel Indians Kansa Indians Karuk Tribe of California Kaw Indians Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan Kickapoo Indians Kiowa Indians Klamath Indians Kutenai Indians

L

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan Lower Elwha Tribal Community (Washington) Lower Sioux Tribal Community in the State of Minnesota Luiseno Indians Lummi Indians

M

Maidu Indians Makah Indians Mandan Indians Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut Mattole Indians Melungeons Menominee Indians Mescalero Apache Tribe Miami Indians Miccosukee Indians Micmac Indians Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota Miwok Indians Modoc Indians Mohegan Indians Mono Indians Moqui Indians Muckleshoot Indians Munsee Indians Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma

N

Narragansett Indians Navajo ;Nez Perce Nisqualli Indians Nomelaki Indians Nooksack Indians Northern Cheyenne Tribe

O

Okanagan Indians Omaha Indians Oneida Nation of New York Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Onondaga Indians Osage Indians Oto Indians Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma Ottawa Indians Ozette Indians

P

Pahvant Indians Paiute Indians Papago Indians Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Passamaquoddy Indians Pawnee Indians Pend d'Oreille Indians Penobscot Indians Peoria Indians Piegan Indians Pima Indians Pit River Indians Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana Pomo Indians Ponca Nation Port Gamble Indian Community (Washington) Potawatomi Indians Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota Pueblo Indians Puyallup Indians

Q

Quapaw Indians Quartz Valley Indian Community (California) Quechan Indians Quileute Indians Quinault Indians

R

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota Round Valley Indian Tribes (California) Ruby Valley Shoshone Indians

S

Sac and Fox Tribe Sac &amp; Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Sac &amp; Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Arizona) Samish Indians Sanpoil Indians Santa Rosa Indian Community (California) Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (California) Sauk-Suiattle Indians Sault Ste. Marie Indian Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan Seminole Indians Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida Seneca Indians Seneca Nation of New York Seneca-Cayuga Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Serrano Indians Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Shawnee Indians Sheepeater Indians Shoalwater Bay Indians Shoshone Indians Siletz Indians Sioux Indians Sklallam Indians Skokomish Indians Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah Snohomish Indians Snoqualmie Indians Sokaogon Chippewa Indian Community, Wisconsin Southern Ute Indian Tribe Spirit Lake Indian Tribe, North Dakota Spokane Squaxin Island Indians Stillaguamish Indians Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, Wisconsin Suquamish Indians Swinomish Indians

T

Tawakonie Indian Tribe, Oklahoma Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota Timbisha Shoshone Indians Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York Tonkawa Indians Tulalip Indians Tule River Indian Tribe (California) Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana Tuscarora Indians

U

Umatilla Indians Umpqua Indians United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma Upper Sioux Indian Community, Minnesota Upper Skagit Indians Ute Indians Ute Mountain Indian Tribe, New Mexico and Utah

W

Waco Indian Tribe, Oklahoma Wailaki Indians Walla Walla Indians Wampanoag Indians Washoe Indians Weiser Indians Wichita Indians Winnebago Indians Wintun Indians Wiyot Indians Wyandot Indians

Y

Yakama Indians Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (Arizona) Yokuts Indians Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas Yurok Indians

Z

Zuni Indian Tribe, New Mexico