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 see Shawnee

Adai Ak Chin

Alabama Alabama-Coushatta Alabama-Quassarte

Anadarko Apache

Apalachee

Arickaree. see Arikara Arapaho Arikara Assiniboin

B
Bannock

Biloxi 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 Apache

Mexican Kickapoo see Kickapoo Miami Miccosukee Micmac

Mimbreno Apache

Miniconjou Sioux

Mission

Missouri Miwok

Moache Ute Modoc

Mogollon Apache Mohawk Mohegan

Molala Mono Moqui Pueblo 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