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Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
There are no tribes recognized by the Federal Government

Tribes Recognized by the State of Tennessee
There are no tribes recognized by the State of Tennessee

Tribes Formally in Tennessee
The prominent early Indian tribes in Tennessee were the Cherokee and the Chickasaw. The Chickasaws claimed most of western Tennessee as their hunting grounds. The Cherokees claimed southeastern Tennessee and northeast Georgia as their homeland. By 1818, the Chickasaws had ceded their land away by treaty to the State of Tennessee. The majority of Cherokees living in Tennessee were forced to go to the Indian Territory (now a part of Oklahoma) in the 1830s. A few hid in the mountains bordering Tennessee and North Carolina. "Documenting descent from Native Americans who did not remove from Tennessee is usually a major challenge." Gale Williams Bamman, CG, "Research in Tennessee, "National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 111-113. . People suspecting such descent may wish to consider Native American DNA tests, such as those available through FamilyTreeDNA (while being aware of the limitations of such tests).

Historical Tribes in Tennessee
he following list of American Indians who have lived in Tennessee has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians...Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.


 * Catawba
 * Cherokee
 * Chickasaw
 * Muscogee (Creek)
 * Natchez
 * Shawnee
 * Yuchi

Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Tennessee
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Tennessee has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs...Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches, Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. ., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American IndiansHill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. , and others. Cherokee Agency  Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. M208. 14 rolls. (first film of 14)    Chickasaw Agency </li></ul>

Tennessee Indian Schools
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Missions in Tennessee
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Indian Health Agencies in Tennessee
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Tennessee Map of Indian Lands
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Tennessee Native Americans Historical Background
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Archives
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For Further Reading
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) offers a free research guide at their website:

Allen, Maud Bliss. Census Records and Cherokee Muster Rolls. Washington, DC, N.p., 1935. . This contains the Cherokee census of 1835 of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The record also includes Cherokee muster rolls for 1834, 1837, and 1838. </li>Finger, John R. The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819–1900. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1984. . </li></ul> The record includes a bibliography, maps, and an index. Blankenship, Bob. Cherokee Roots. Two Volumes. Cherokee, North Carolina: B. Blankenship, 1992. (FS Library book ""*Volume 1 has rolls of Cherokees east of the Mississippi for the years 1817; 1818–1835; 1848; 1851; 1869; 1883; 1908; 1909; and 1924.""*Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls prepared in the years 1851; 1852; 1898–1914. </li></ul> The name of the person and the roll number are given. A transcript of the 1851 list is also in The Eastern Cherokees: A Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia in 1851, described below.   1835: Lists were made by white census takers in 1835 of Cherokees in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Anyone who was at least one-fourth Indian was considered Indian. See: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Census Roll, 1835, of the Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi and Index to the Roll, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1960. . This census lists heads of families; their residence; and the number of males, females, and slaves in the household. </li>Tyner, James W. Those Who Cried: The 16,000: A Record of the Individual Cherokees Listed in the United States Official Census of the Cherokee Nation Conducted in 1835. Salt Lake City, Utah: Chicago, Illinois 1974. . Entries list heads of households; number of full-bloods, half-breeds, quarter-bloods, or whites in the home; occupations; number of slaves; whether they read English or Cherokee; or if they owned property. The book is indexed and has maps of the period. There are some errors because census takers did not understand the native languages. </li></ul> For a history of the Cherokees to about 1835 in the Tennessee area, see: Malone, Henry Thompson. Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1956. .  See the maps before the preface. At the end of the book there is a bibliography. </li></ul> 1851: A list of the Cherokees living in Tennessee in 1851 is: Siler, David W. The Eastern Cherokees, A Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia in 1851. Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthus, 1972. . It contains the names of all family members, with their ages and relationship, for De Kalb, Jackson, and Marshall Counties. An index is included. </li></ul> Some additional Cherokee records that you might find useful are: Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Nation (Oklahoma). Application for Chickamauga Tribal Enrollment. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992, 1997. . This source contains vital records certificates, pedigree charts, family group sheets, and numerous miscellaneous records. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. Cherokee Agency. Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, 1801–1835. National Archives Microfilm Publication, M0208. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1952. . These records deal with the entire Cherokee nation. They contain information about passes for whites who wanted to pass through Cherokee lands from 1801–1804; claims filed 1816–1833; Army officers at posts; unauthorized settlements on Indian lands; land office records; names of traders, settlers, missionaries, chiefs, and members of the tribe. An introduction on the first microfilm describes the contents of these records. </li>United States Office of Indian Affairs. Letters Received, 1824–1881; Registers of Letters Received, 1824–1880. National Archives Microfilm Publication, M0234. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1942, 1956. . These letters, pertaining to each of the major tribes, contain many names but are not indexed. </li></ul> Glenn, L.C. |The Thruston collection, Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University: 1910. Free digital copy.
 * |Native Nashville provides general information and pertinent links, including their Genealogy and Census Data pages.
 * Tennessee Trail of Tears Association provides a portal to images and records for Chickasaw, Creek, and Choctaw tribes.
 * Hill, Edward E., The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1180: Historical Sketches. Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.