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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Ak Chin Indian Community of Papago Indians  Alabama-Coushatta Alabama-Quassarte Alturas Indian Rancheria of Pit River Indians AnadarkoApache Apalachee Apalachicola Arickaree see: Arikara Arapaho Assiniboin Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

B
Bannock Barona Band of Mission Indians Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians Big Bend Rancheria of Pit River Indians  Big Lagoon Rancheria of Smith River Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Biloxi Tunica Blackfeet Blackfeet SiouxBlood Boise Shoshoni Bridgeport Indian Colony Brotherton Brule'Sioux. see also Lower Brule' Bruneau Shoshoni

C
Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians Caddo Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians Cahto Indian Tribe Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Capote Ute Cahto Cahuilla Catawba Cayuga Cayuse Chastacosta Chehalis Chemehuevi Cherokee Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community Chetco Cheyenne Cheyenne-Arapaho Chickasaw Chippewa Chippewa-Cree Chiricahua Apache Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Citizen Potawatomi Clackamas Clallam Coast Indian Community of Yurok Indians Cocopah Coeur d'Alene Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians Colorado River Tribes Colville Comanche Concow Colorado River Indian Tribes

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 Cocopah Tribe of Arizona Cortina Indian Rancheria Covelo Indian Community Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Coyotero Apache Cree Creek Crow Crow Creek Sioux Cuthead Sioux Cuyapaipe Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

D
Delaware Diegueno Digger Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians Duckwater Shoshone Dwamish

E
Eastern Band of Cherokee Eastern Shawnee Eel River Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians

F
Flandreau Santee Sioux Flathead Fresno Fort Belknap Community Fort Bidwell Community Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Fort Mojave Fort Yuma-Quechan Fox see:Sac (Sauk)and Fox Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona

G
Grand River Ute Gila River Community Goshute Grosventre [[Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians, California|Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians]

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

I
Inaja and Cosmit Reservation of Diegueno Indians Ioni see Hainai Iowa of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa of Oklahoma Iroquois

J
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians Jamestown S'Klallam Jicarilla Apache Joshua

K
Kainah see Blood Kalapuya Kalispel Kansa Karuk Kashia Band of Pomo Indians Kaskaskia Kaw Kawia Keechi Kern River Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Kaibab-Paiute Kianamaras Kichai Kickapoo Kiowa Kiowa Apache Klamath Klikitat Koasati Konkau Kutenai Kwatami

L
Lake Lake Winnebigoshish Chippewa Lipan Little Lake Valley Lookout Rancheria of Pit River Indians Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians Lower Brule' see Brule' Sioux Lower Elwha Community Luiseno Lummi

M
Maidu Makah Maliseet Mandan Manchester Band of Pomo Indians Maricopa Mashantucket Pequot Mattole Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Mdewakanton Sioux see also Sioux and Santee Sioux Mechoopda Melungeons Menominee Mescalero ApacheMexican Kickapoo see Kickapoo Miami Miccosukee Micmac Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians Mimbreno Apache Miniconjou Sioux

Mission Barona Band of Mission Indians

Missouri Miwok Moache Ute Modoc Mogollon Apache Mohawk MoheganMolala Mono MoquiPueblo Muckleshoot Munsee Muscogee (Creek)

N
Natchitoches Natchez 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
Papago Tribe, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 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

Pueblo of Acoma Pueblo of Cochiti Pueblo of Jemea Pueblo of Laguna Pueblo of Nambe Pueblo of Picuris Pueblo of Pojoaque Pueblo of San Felipe Pueblo of San Juan Pueblo of San Ildefonso Pueblo of Sandia Pueblo of Santa Ana Pueblo of Santa Clara Pueblo of Santo Domingo Pueblo of Taos Pueblo of Tesuque Pueblo of Zia  Pueblo of Zuni 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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Sans Arc Sioux San Carlos Apache Tribe 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 Standing Rock Sioux  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 Tonto Apache Tribe 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 Mountain Apache Tribe 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-Apache Indian Community Yavapai Prescott Yijaua Yokuts Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Yuki Yuchi Yuma Yupa Yurok

Z
Zuni