Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians was considered to be part of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa, but was not a party to the treaties that group signed. Since 1934, it has been one of the six bands making up the federally recognized Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, which wrote a constitution and initiated its new government in 1936.

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria

The Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians is the only Southeastern Pomo indian tribe that is a federally recognized tribal government. The Southeastern Pomo Tribes of Lake County, California were a united sovereign fishing and gathering nation that consisted of four main villages. Today, there are roughly 20 Pomo rancherias in northern California.

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

The Bureau of Indian Affairs bought a 15-acre tract near Graton to be the “village home” of the Marshall, Bodega, Tomales and Sebastopol Indians in 1920. The government consolidated these neighboring groups into the Graton Rancheria thus establishing them as federally recognized tribes of American Indians, known today as the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. They are Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok peoples.

Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California

The Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians. The Paiute members are descended from the Northern Paiute Kidütökadö Band (Gidu Ticutta – “Yellow-bellied marmot-Eaters,” also called “Northern California Paiute”).