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Indian tribes from A to Z are unique legal entities in the United States and are distinct political communities with extensive powers of self-government. Tribal sovereignty predates the U.S. government. Treaties, federal statutes and executive agreements over the past 200 years have established a special trust relationship between tribes and the federal government. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.) has been designated by the Secretary of the Interior as the primary agency to protect tribal interests and administer trust responsibilities.

Federal Tribes (F)

Federal tribes AtoZ followed by (F) have recognition by the US. Government. Recognized Indians are those who are enrolled members of tribes from whom the federal government has acknowledged treaty or statutory obligations. There are 561 federally recognized indian tribes (as of November 25, 2005).

State Tribes (S)

State tribes A to Z marked with (S) have recognition at the state level, but may or may not have federal recognition by the US Government.

Terminated Tribes (T)

During the 1950s, in a move to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream America, the U.S. government ended federal trusteeship of roughly three percent of the country’s Native American population through a process called termination. Of the 109 tribes and bands terminated, 62 were native to Oregon and 41 were in California. Others were in Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, and Wisconsin. Even though the tone of the termination legislation was emancipation, the net effect of the policy on terminated tribes was cultural, political and economic devastation.In recent years, however, vigorous efforts have been mounted by terminated tribes to reestablish or restore the trust relationship. Terminated tribes AtoZ are marked with (T).

UnRecognized Tribes (U)

Un-recognized tribes A-Z marked with (U) are historical indian tribes or people with Indian ancestry who are not recognized by either the Federal Government or any state government entity. Unrecognized Indians include those from tribes with whom federal relations have been severed by congressional action (termination) and those whose tribe has never been recognized by the federal government. They also include persons of indian ancestry who, for fear of persecution, fled or hid their Indian ancestry during the time the early Indian Rolls were being taken in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s.

Petitioning Tribes (P)

Many of the Terminated Tribes and Unrecognized tribes are today petitioning to again be recognized as tribal governments with sovereign nation status or to be included in tribes they were previously terminated from. Those tribes are marked with a (P), where known.

Inclusion on this site does NOT mean an endorsement has been made for recognition of any particular tribe. All entities claiming to be US indian tribes that we are aware of have been included for completeness. Where known, we have indicated official tribal status with our Key Chart. In many cases we have not verified the validity of the claim of tribal status, and leave it to your own common sense or further research to validate tribal claims.

Alternate names in parenthesis are either older names that were once used to identify that tribe, or they are misspellings.

US TRIBES FROM A to Z

Click on a letter of the alphabet to go to US Tribes starting with that letter. Where known, the official name is used. Linked tribal names go to their profile page which will contain more links to sections of our site where you can find articles about that tribe and related tribes.

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KEY:
(F)= Federally Recognized, (S)= State Recognized, (T)= Terminated,
(U)= Unrecognized, (M)= Mesoamerican Civilizations,(P)= Petitioning for Recognition,
(C)= Canadian Tribes, (E)= Extinct, (IRA)= Indian Reorganization Act

United States Indian tribes starting with A

United States Indian tribes starting with B

Beothuks (Beothuck, Betoukuag) (E)

Blackfeet / Blackfoot

  • Siksika Nation (Siksika or Northern Blackfoot in Alberta,Canada)
  • Blackfeet Nation(F)(in the United States - primarily Piikani and Siksika)
  • Kainai or Bloods (Alberta, Canada)
  • Piikani or Piegan
  • Tsuu T’ina or Sarcee First Nation


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  • Bad River Tribe
  • Barona-Capitan Grande Diegueno Tribe
  • Barrow Village
  • Battle Mountain Tribe
  • Bay Mills Indian Community
  • Bear River Tribe
  • Beaver Village
  • Belkofski Native Village
  • Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians
  • Bethel-Orutsaramuit Native Tribe
  • Big Lagoon Rancheria
  • Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
  • Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians
  • Big Valley Ranacheria Band of Pomo Indians
  • Bill Moore's Slough
  • Birch Creek Tribe
  • Bishop Paiute Tribe
  • Blue Lake Rancheria
  • Bois Forte Tribe
  • Brevig Mission
  • Bridgeport Paiute Indian Tribe
  • Buckland Village (IRA)
  • Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
  • Burns paiute Tribe
  • Babine
  • Bahwika (Bhawika)
  • Bannock
  • Barbareño
  • Bear River
  • Beaver
  • Bella Bella
  • Bella Coola
  • Bettol
  • Biloxi
  • Black Carib
  • Bode'wadmi

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