State Recognized Indigenous Tribes of the United States

State recognized tribes are American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by the individual states. This article lists those tribes with links to the states that recognize them and links to some of the tribes.  Click this button for links to databases, indexes, or sites that help you find an American Indian ancestor by topic or tribe.

State Recognized Tribes
State recognized tribes are American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by the individual states. There are other Tribes that are Federally recognized tribes

Alabama | California | Connecticut | Delaware | Georgia | Louisiana | Maryland | Massachusetts |Montana | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | South Carolina | Texas| Vermont | Virginia | Washington

Alabama

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

California

 * Juaneno Band of Mission Indians

Connecticut

 * Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
 * Schaghticoke Tribal Nation

Delaware

 * Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
 * Nanticoke Indian Association, Inc.

Georgia

 * Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee

Louisiana

 * Addai Caddo Tribe
 * Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
 * Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb
 * Clifton Choctaw
 * Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
 * Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
 * Isle de Jean Charles Band
 * Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
 * Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe
 * United Houma Nation

Maryland

 * Piscataway Indian Nation
 * Piscataway Conoy Tribe

Massachusetts

 * Nipmuc Nation

Montana

 * Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians

New Jersey

 * Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
 * Powhatan Renape Nation
 * Ramapough Lunaape Nation

New York

 * Tonawada Band of Seneca
 * Tuscarora Nation
 * Unkechaug Nation

North Carolina

 * Cohaire Intra-Tribal Council, Inc.
 * Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
 * Lumbee Tribe
 * Meherrin Nation
 * Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
 * Sappony
 * Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe

South Carolina

 * Beaver Creek Indian
 * Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
 * Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
 * The Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians
 * Santee Indian Organization
 * The Waccamaw Indian People
 * Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians

Texas

 * Lipan Apache Tribe

Vermont

 * Elnu Abenaki Tribe
 * Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
 * Koasek Abenaki Tribe
 * Mississquoi Abenaki Tribe

Virginia

 * Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
 * Chickahominy Tribe
 * Eastern Chickahominy Tribe
 * Mattaponi
 * Monacan Nation
 * Nansemond
 * Nottoway of Virginia
 * Pamunkey
 * Patawomeck
 * Rappahannock
 * Upper Mattaponi Tribe

Washington

 * Chinook Indian Tribe

Sources:
National Conference of State Legislatures

Federal Register, October 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 190)(Page 60810-60814) Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A Survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States; Santa Clara Law Review, Volume 48 (2007); by Alexa Koenig and Jonathan Stein National Congress of American Indians Newspapers and state government websites