Federally Recognized Tribes of the United States

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Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California

Ak-Chin Indian Community, Arizona

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma

Alturs Indian Rancheria, California

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Montana

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California (formerly the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation California

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Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin

Barona Captian Grane Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Barona Reservation, California

Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan

Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria of California

Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Maidu

Big Bend Rancheria of Pit River Indians of California

Big Lagoon Rancheria of Smith River Indians of California

Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California

Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California

Big Valley Rancheria of Pomo and Pit River Indians of California

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana

Blue Lake Rancheria of California

Bridgeport Paiute Indians Colony of California

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California

Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon

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Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation, California

Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California

Caddo Indian tribe of Oklahoma

Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, California

Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, California

Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Compo Indian Reservation, California

Captian Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California

Catawba Indian Nation

Cayuga Nation of New York

Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians of California

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe the Chemehuevi Reservation,California

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota

Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Citizen Potawatomi Nation,Oklahoma

Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Coast Indian Community of Yurk Indians of the Resighini Rancheria, California

Cocopah Tribe of Arizona

Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, Idaho

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California

Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California

Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana

Confederated Tribes of the Yakama Indian Nation of Yakama Reservation, 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, Oregon

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

Coqille Tribe of Louisiana

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon

Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California

Crow Tribe of Montana

Creek Nation of Oklahoma

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota

Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Inidans of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, California

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Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California

Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma

Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada

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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California

Elk Valley Rancheria of California

Ely Indian Colony of Nevada

Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

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Fallon Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Colony and Reservation

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin

Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana

Fort Bidwell Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Bidwell Reservation, California

Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of Fort Independence Reservation, California

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada

Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California and Nevada

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma

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Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation of Arizona

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan

Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California

Guidiville Rancheria of California

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Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan

Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wiscosin

Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington

Hoopa Valley Tribe of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, California

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine

Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation

Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan

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Iowe Band of Miwok Indians of California

Iowa Tribe of Indians of the Iowa Reservation in Nebraska

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

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Jackson Rancheria of Ne-Wuk Indians of California

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington

Jamul Indian Village of California

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisana

Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico

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Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of Kibab Indian Reservation, Arizona

Karuk Tribe of California

Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California

Kaw Nation, Oklahoma

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Bands of Chippewa Indians of the L'Anse Reservation, Michigan

Kialegee Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation of Oklahoma

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma

Kiow Indian Tribe of Oklahoma

Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho

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La Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin

LaJolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of La Jolla Reservation, California

La Posta Band of Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan

Lookout Rancheria of Pit River Indians, California

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, California

Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota

Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington

Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Lowere Sioux Reservation in Minnesota

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington

Lytton Rancheria of California

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Makah Indian Tribes of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, California

Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Inidans of the Manzanita Reservation, California

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut

Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California

Menominee Indians Tribe of Wiscconsin

Mesa Grande Band of Dieguene Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada

Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut of the Mohegan Indian Reservation, Connecticut

Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma

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Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island

Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah

Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho

Nisqually Indian Tribe of Nisqually Reservation, Washington

Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah

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Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

Oneida Nation of New York

Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin

Onondaga Nation of New York

Ontonagon Reservation of Chippewa Indians of L'Anse Reservation, Michigan

Osage Nation of Oklahoma

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma

Ote-Missouri Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma

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Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California

Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona

Paskenpa Band of Nomelecki Indians of California

Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine

Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Pauma and Yuima Reservation, California

Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservatioin, California

Penobscot Tribe of Maine

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California

Pit River Tribe of California

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Port Gamble S'Kllam Tribe of Port Gamble Reservation, Washington

Potter Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indinas of California

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas

Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of Prairie Reservation, Minnesota

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico

Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico

Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico

Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico

Pueblo of Lagua, New Mexico

Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico

Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico

Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico

Pueblo of San Ildeofonso, New Mexico

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico

Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico

Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico

Pueblo of Santa Domingo, New Mexico

Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico

Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada

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Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma

Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California

Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California and Arizona

Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington

Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, Washington

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Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indinas of Wisconsin

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota

Redding Rancheria of California

Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, Califorina

Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota

Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California

Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California

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Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska

Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma

Saginaw ChippewaIndian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington

San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona

San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the Sna Manual Reservation, California

San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, California

Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California

Sante Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippeewa Indians of Michigan

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, and Brighton Reservations

Seneca Nation of New York

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnestoa

Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California

Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria, California

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Washington

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota

Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington

Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah

Smith River Rancheria of California

Soboboa Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Soboba Reservation, California

Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota (Devils Lake)

Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington

Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, St.Croix Reservation

St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota

Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin

Stillaguarnmish Tribe of Washington

Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada

Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington

Susanville Indian Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit River and Washoe Indians of California

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, Washington

Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California

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Table Bluff Rancheria of Wiyot Indians of California

Table Mountain Rancheria of California

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek Nation of Oklahoma

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation

Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona of the Tohono O'odham Reservation

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York

Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona

Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California

Tulalip Tribes of theTualip Reservation, Washington

Tunica-Bioxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indisna of North Dakota

Tuscarora Nation of New York

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of California

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United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma

Upper Lake Band of Pomo Indians of Upper Lake Rancheria of California

Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado

Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California

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Viejas Baron Long Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Viejas Reservation, California

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Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head of Massachusetts

Washo Tribe of Nevada and California

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, Oklahoma

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma

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Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservatin, Arizona

Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Aricaon

Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch, Nevada

Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yojba Reservation, Nevada

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas

Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California

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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico