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 Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno 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

Cuthead Sioux

Cuyapaipe Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

D
Delaware Diegueno Digger

Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Dwamish

E
Eastern Band of Cherokee Eastern Shawnee

Eel River

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians

Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians

F
Flathead

Fresno Fort Belknap Community Fort Bidwell Community Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians

Fort Mojave

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

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

MissouriMiwok

Moache Ute Modoc

Mogollon Apache Mohawk MoheganMolala Mono MoquiPueblo Muckleshoot Munsee Muscogee (Creek)

N
Natchitoches

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 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

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 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

YatasiYavapai Apache

Yavapai-Apache Indian Community

Yavapai Prescott

Yijaua Yokuts Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

Yuki

Yuma

Yupa Yurok

Z
Zuni