Browse Native American tribes whose names begin with the letter C, including both historically prominent nations like the Cherokee and Chickasaw and smaller or extinct tribal communities. This Tribes C directory consolidates federally recognized, state recognized, unrecognized, and extinct tribes in one easy-to-navigate list.
Each entry links to detailed profiles exploring history, traditional lifeways, language roots, and present-day governance. The C-series index is a valuable research tool for genealogists, students, and history enthusiasts alike. You’ll also find context on intertribal relations, treaties, and notable historical figures.
Whether you’re tracing ancestry, studying Native American history, or learning about cultural heritage, this page serves as your starting point. Links lead to articles with maps, photographs, and reliable sources for deeper study.
Cayuse Indians – See Confederated Tribe of the Umatilla Reservation
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians – See Tribes U
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians – See Tribes P
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation – See Tribes S
The Cher-O-Creek, Intra Tribal Indians bloodlines are composed of more than one Native Blood of the Five Civilized Tribes indigenous to the State of Alabama, primarily Creek and Cherokee. Many of Cher-O-Creek members have both Creek and Cherokee bloodlines.
The Coharie Indian Tribe is recognized as an indian tribe by the State of North Carolina. They are descended from the Iroquoian-speaking Neusiok and Coree, as well as the Carolinan Iroquoian Tuscarora, and the Siouan Waccamaw, who occupied what is now the central portion of North Carolina. The Coharie have intermarried predominantly with the Lumbee and Tuscarora Indians of Robeson County, as well as with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama are the descendants of those Indian people who escaped the infamous “Trail of Tears” by hiding out in the mountainous backwoods and lowlands of the Southeast. Others fled from the march after it began and others simply walked away and came home after reaching Indian Territory. They are state recognized by the State of Alabama.
The earliest history of the Nehalem country is so closely entwined with that of the Clatsops of the north and the Tillamooks of the south that its separation is impossible. From the very earliest written record of the Clatsop and Nehalem people, they are described as being culturally, economically, and socially integrated with one-another.
The Calusa Indians were a formidable Florida tribe who formerly held the southwest coast from about Tampa Bay to Cape Sable and Cape Florida, together with all the outlying keys, and extending inland to Lake Okeechobee. They also claimed authority over the tribes of the east coast, north to about Cape Canaveral.
The city of Tampa, Florida is named after and on the site of one of their principle villages.
The Chinook Indian Nation consists of the western most Chinookan people. This tribe includes bands of Lower Chinook, Clatsop, Willapa, Wahkiakum and Cathlamet. They have always resided in the lower Columbia River region.