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.

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-Shawnee Ak Chin Alabama-Coushatta Alabama-Quassarte Apache Arapaho Arikara Assiniboin

B
Bannock Blackfeet Blood Indians

C
Caddo Cahto Cahuilla Catawba Cayuga Cayuse Chehalis Chemehuevi Cherokee Cheyenne Cheyenne-Arapaho Chickasaw Chippewa Chippewa-Cree Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Citizen Potawatomi Clallam Cocopah Coeur d'Alene Colorado River Tribes Colville Comanche Concow 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 Creek Crow

D
Delaware Diegueno Digger

E
Eastern Band of Cherokee Eastern Shawnee

F
Flathead Fort Belknap Community Fort Bidwell Community Fort Mojave

G
Gila River Community Goshute Grosventre

H
Havasupai Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Hoh Hoopa Valley Hopi Hualapai Hupa

I
Iowa of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa of Oklahoma

J
Jamestown S'Klallam

K
Kalispel Kansa Karuk Kaw Keechi Kickapoo Kiowa Klamath Kutenai

L
Lower Elwha Community Luiseno Lummi

M
Maidu Makah Maliseet Mandan Mashantucket Pequot Mattole Mechoopda Melungeons Menominee Miami Miccosukee Micmac Miwok Modoc Mohawk Mohegan Mono Moqui Muckleshoot Munsee Muscogee (Creek)

N
Narragansett Navajo Nez Perce Nisqualli Nomelaki Nooksack Northern Cheyenne

O
Okanagan Omaha Oneida in New York Oneida in Wisconsin Onondaga Osage Oto Otoe-Missouria Ottawa Ozette

P
Pahvant Paiute Papago Pascua Yaqui Passamaquoddy Pawnee Pend d'Oreille Penobscot Peoria Piegan Pima Pit River Pomo Ponca Port Gamble Community Potawatomi Pueblo Puyallup

Q
Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault

R
Round Valley Tribes

S
Sac and Fox Samish Sanpoil Sauk-Suiattle Seminole Seneca Seneca-Cayuga Serrano Shawnee Sheepeater Shoalwater Bay Shoshone Siletz Sioux Sklallam Skokomish Snohomish Snoqualmie Southern Ute Spirit Lake Spokane Squaxin Island Stillaguamish Stockbridge Munsee Suquamish Swinomish

T
Tawakonie Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation Tohono O’odham Tonawanda Tonkawa Tulalip Tule River Tunica-Biloxi Tuscarora

U
Umatilla Umpqua Upper Skagit Ute Ute Mountain

W
Waco Indians

Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Washoe Weiser Wichita Winnebago Wintun Wiyot Wyandot

Y
Yakama Yavapai Yokuts Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Yurok

Z
Zuni