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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.
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A
Absentee-Shawnee see Shawnee
Adai
Ak Chin
Alabama
Alabama-Coushatta
Alabama-Quassarte
Anadarko
Apache
Apalachee
Arickaree see Arikara
B
Blackfeet Sioux
Blood
Boise Shoshoni
Brule'Sioux. see also Lower Brule'
Bruneau Shoshoni
C
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 & 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
Cuthead Sioux
D
Dwamish
E
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Eastern Shawnee
Eel River
F
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
Joshua
K
Kainah see Blood
Kaskaskia
Kaw
Kawia
Keechi
Kern River
Kianamaras
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
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
Natchitoches
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
Papaska Sioux see Cuthead Sioux
Paloos
Papago
Pascagoula
Pascua Yaqui
Passamaquoddy
Pawnee
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
Q
Quaitso
R
Redwood
Rogue River
S
Sac and Fox Sauk and Fox
Saia
St. Regis Mohawk
Salan Pomo
Sans Arc Sioux
Santee Sioux (Sioux of the Mississippi)
Samish
Sanpoil
Sauk-Suiattle
Seminole
Seneca
Seneca-Cayuga
Serrano
Shasta
Shawnee
Sheepeater
Shoalwater Bay
Shoshone Shoshoni
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
Tejon
Tenino
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation
Tohono O’odham
Tonawanda
Tonkawa
Tubatulabal
Tukuarika
Tulalip
Tule (Tularenos)
Tule River
Tunica-Biloxi
Tuscarora
Two Kettle Sioux
U
Uinta Ute
Ukiah
Uncompaghre Ute see Tabaquache Ute
United Band of Ottawa Chippewa and Potawatomi
Upper Skagit
Ute
Ute Mountain
W
Wahkepute Sioux
Wahpeton Sioux (Sisseton)
Walapai
Walla Walla
Wampanoag
Wappo
Warm Springs
Wasco
Washoe
Wea
Weiser
Whilkut
White Oak Point Chippewa
Wichita
Wikchamni
Wiminuche Ute
Winnebago
Wintun
Wiyot
Wyandot
Y
Yamel
Yampa Ute
Yatasi
Yavapai Apache
Yijaua
Yokuts
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
Yuki
Yuma
Yupa
Yurok
Z
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