Indigenous Tribes of the United States

United States American Indian Research  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. See also Searching for an American Indian When the Tribe is Unknown.

Federally-Recognized Tribes
There are over 330 tribal entities in the "lower 48" states, recognized by the United States government. Some of those so recognized are actually portions of a larger tribe, as in the various bands of the Chippewa Tribe, for example. The most recent list of federally-recognized Indian entities was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2009. There are also an additional 230 American Indian entities recognized by the federal government in Alaska, also included in the Federal Register list.

Some Major Tribes in the United States
The following are some of the  major  Indian tribes in the United States. Links to pages for these tribes are provided here.Those pages provide additional information regarding the divisions, bands, groups, etc. of these major tribes,with some brief history and links to web sites, official and otherwise, and to other pages on FamilySearch Wiki. If the official name of a tribe is known, just search for that name using the search box for this site or search for it under the state where the tribe or band is located. For example, look for the various bands of the Pomo Indians under "Indians of California."

This list is intended to be a "quick list" to the major tribes of the U.S. There are many other tribes not included in this list.

A
Absentee-Shawneesee Shawnee

Adai Ak Chin

Alabama Alabama-Coushatta Alabama-Quassarte

Anadarko Apache

Apalachee

Apalachicola

Arickaree see Arikara

Arapaho Assiniboin

B
Bannock

Biloxi Tunica Blackfeet

Blackfeet Sioux Blood

Boise Shoshoni

Brotherton

Brule'Sioux. see also Lower Brule'

Bruneau Shoshoni

C
Caddo

Capote Ute Cahto Cahuilla Catawba Cayuga Cayuse

Chastacosta Chehalis Chemehuevi Cherokee

Chetco Cheyenne Cheyenne-Arapaho Chickasaw Chippewa Chippewa-Cree

Chiricahua Apache Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Citizen Potawatomi

Clackamas Clallam Cocopah Coeur d'Alene Colorado River Tribes Colville Comanche Concow

Confederated Peoria and Miami

Confederated Salish &amp; Kootenai Tribes Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Coquille Coushatta Cowlitz

Coyotero Apache

Cree Creek

Crow

Cuthead Sioux

D
Delaware Diegueno Digger

Dwamish

E
Eastern Band of Cherokee Eastern Shawnee

Eel River

F
Flathead

Fresno Fort Belknap Community Fort Bidwell Community Fort Mojave

Fox see  Sac (Sauk) and Fox

G
Grand River Ute

Gila River Community Goshute Grosventre

H
Hainai

Havasupai Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Hoh Hoopa Valley Hopi Hualapai

Hunkpapa Sioux Hupa

I
Ioni see Hainai

Iowa of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa of Oklahoma

Iroquois

J
Jamestown S'Klallam

Jicarilla Apache

Joshua

K
Kainah see Blood

Kalapuya

Kalispel Kansa Karuk

Kaskaskia Kaw

Kawia Keechi

Kern River

Kianamaras

Kichai Kickapoo Kiowa

Kiowa Apache Klamath

Klikitat

Koasati

Konkau Kutenai

Kwatami

L
Lake

Lake Winnebigoshish Chippewa

Lipan

Little Lake Valley

Lower Brule' see Brule' Sioux

Lower Elwha Community Luiseno Lummi

M
Maidu Makah Maliseet Mandan

Maricopa Mashantucket Pequot Mattole

Mdewakanton Sioux see also Sioux and Santee Sioux Mechoopda Melungeons Menominee

Mescalero ApacheMexican Kickapoo see Kickapoo Miami Miccosukee Micmac

Mimbreno Apache

Miniconjou Sioux

Mission

Missouri Miwok

Moache Ute Modoc

Mogollon Apache Mohawk MoheganMolala Mono MoquiPueblo Muckleshoot Munsee Muscogee (Creek)

N
Natchitoches

Narragansett Navajo

New York Indians Nez Perce Nisqualli

Noi-sas Nomelaki Nooksack Northern Cheyenne

Nuimok

O
Ogalal Sioux

Okanagan Omaha Oneida in New York Oneida in Wisconsin Onondaga

Oohenonpa see Two Kettle Sioux Osage Oto Otoe-Missouria Ottawa

Otter Tail Chippewa Pillager Ozette

P
Papaska Sioux see Cuthead Sioux

Pahvant Paiute

Paloos Papago

Pascagoula Pascua Yaqui Passamaquoddy Pawnee

Pembina Chippewa

Penateka Comanche see: Comanche Pend d'Oreille Penobscot Peoria

Piankeshaw Piegan

Pillager Chippewa Pima Pit River

Piute see Paiute Pomo Ponca Port Gamble Community Potawatomi

Potter

Pueblo Puyallup

Q
Quaitso

Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault

R
Red Lake Chippewa

Redwood

Rogue River

Round Valley Tribes

S
Sac and FoxSauk and Fox

Saia

St. RegisMohawk

Salan Pomo

Sans Arc Sioux

Santee Sioux(Sioux of the Mississippi)

Samish Sanpoil Sauk-Suiattle Seminole Seneca Seneca-Cayuga Serrano

Shasta Shawnee Sheepeater Shoalwater Bay ShoshoneShoshoni

Siksika see: Blackfeet Siletz Sioux

Sisseton Sioux  - Santee Sioux

Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux

Sixes Sklallam Skokomish Snohomish Snoqualmie Southern Ute Spirit Lake Spokane Squaxin Island

Squaxon Stillaguamish Stockbridge Munsee Suquamish Swinomish

T
Tabaquache Ute

Taensa

Tawakonie

Tejon

Tenino Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation Tohono O’odham Tonawanda Tonkawa

Tubatulabal

Tukuarika Tulalip

Tule (Tularenos) Tule River Tunica-Biloxi Tuscarora

Two Kettle Sioux

U
Uinta Ute

Ukiah

Umatilla Umpqua

Uncompaghre Ute see Tabaquache Ute

United Band of Ottawa Chippewa and Potawatomi Upper Skagit Ute Ute Mountain

W
Waco Indians

Wahkepute Sioux

Wahpeton Sioux (Sisseton)

Wailaki

Walapai Walla Walla Wampanoag

Wappo

Warm Springs

Wasco Washoe

Wea Weiser

Whilkut

White Oak Point Chippewa Wichita

Wikchamni

Wiminuche Ute Winnebago Wintun Wiyot Wyandot

Y
Yakama

Yamel

Yampa Ute

Yankton Sioux

Yankton Sioux

Yatasi Yavapai Apache

Yavapai Prescott

Yijaua Yokuts Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

Yuki

Yuma

Yupa Yurok

Z
Zuni