Click on a letter of the alphabet to go to US Tribes starting with that letter. Where known, the official name is used.
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 index 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
Indian tribes 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. 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, based on information released by the BIA as of May 2016.
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.
Links to tribal profile pages are at the bottom of the page.
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Haliwa-Saponi (North Carolina) (S)
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School
Hassanamisco (Massachusetts) (S)
Havasupai Tribe of the Havasuapi Reservation (Arizona) (F)
Hidatsa: (Hinatsa, Hidasta)
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation) (North Dakota) (F)
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (F) (formerly the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe)
Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation (Washington)(F)
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (California) (F)
Hoopa Valley Tribe (California) (F)
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California) (Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo) (F)
Hopi Tribe of Arizona (F)
United Houma Nation (Louisiana) (S)
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation (Arizona) (F)
Huron Potawatomi, Inc. (Michigan) (F) – See Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
Wyandotte Nation (formerly the Huron Tribe)
Hamilton Village
Hoonah Indian Tribe (IRA)
Huslia Tribe
Hydaburg Cooperative Tribe (IRA)
Haisla
Halkomelem (Halqomelem, Halqomeylem)
Han (Hän, Hankutchin, Han Hwech’in)
Hanesak
Hanis
Hare
Hatteras
Haudenosaunee
Heiltsuk
Heve
Hiaki
Hinonoeino
Hochelagan
Holikachuk
Holkomelem
Homalco
Huarijio (Huarihio, HuarijÃo)
Huelel
Huichol (Huichola)(M)
Huichun
Hupa – See Hoopa
Hutyeyu
Hwech’in
Illini (Illiniwek, Illinois) – See Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Indian Colony:
An Indian Colony is a Native American settlement associated with an urban area. Although some of them became official Indian reservations, they differ from most reservations in that they are located where Native Americans could find jobs in the white economy and originally formed without federal encouragement or sanction.
Indian Colonies are especially common in the Great Basin culture area.
As the Great Basin ecosystem is very fragile, native lifeways became untenable soon after white settlement due to livestock over-grazing, water diversions and the felling of Pinyon pine groves.
At that time there were few official reservations in the area, and those were terribly run even by contemporary standards. Many Native Americans chose instead to seek jobs in white ranches, farms and cities.
The areas in which they settled became known as Indian Camps or Colonies.
In some cases they owned the land they settled on, in other cases they settled on public land. Starting in the early twentieth century, the federal government began establishing Indian trust territories for the colonies on public land.
Following the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, many of the Indian colonies gained federal recognition as tribes.
Bridgeport Indian Colony (California) — See Paiute
Burns Paiute Tribe (Burns Indian Colony) (Oregon) — See Paiute
Ely Shoshone Tribe (Ely Indian Colony) (Nevada) — Also See Shoshone
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (Fallon Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe (Las Vegas Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony
Lovelock Paiute Tribe (Lovelock Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (Nevada)(F) — Also See Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians, Battle Mountain Band (Battle Mountain Indian Colony) (Nevada) –See Shoshone
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians, Elko Band (Elko Indian Colony) (Nevada) –See Shoshone
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians, Wells Band (Wells Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Shoshone
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Carson Community Council (Carson City Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Washoe
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Dresslerville Council (Dresslerville Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Washoe
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Stewart Community Council (Stewart Indian Colony) (Nevada) — See Washoe
Winnemucca Colony (Nevada) — See Paiute
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Woodfords Community Council (Woodfords Indian Colony) (California) — Also See Washoe
Yerington Paiute Tribe (Yerington Indian Colony) (Nevada) — Also See Paiute
Inupiaq (Inuktitut, Inuit, Inupiat, Inupiaq, Inupiatun) See Alaskan Natives.
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (F)
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (F)
Iowa-Oto (Ioway)
Isleta Pueblo— See Pueblo Indians
Inca — See Ancient Indians
Ineseño (Inezeño)
Ingalik (Ingalit) – See Alaska Indians
Innoko
Innu- See Alaska Natives
Inuna-Ina
Ishak, Isleño, Isleta del Sur — See Pueblo Indians
Itza Maya (Itzaj, Itzah) — See Ancient Indians
Iviatim
Iynu
Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (California) (S)
James Bay Cree – See Cree
Jemez Pueblo – Also See Pueblo Indians
Juichun
The Hualapai Tribe is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in northwestern Arizona. “Hualapai” (pronounced Wal-lah-pie) means “People of the Tall Pines.” In 1883, an executive order established the Hualapai reservation.
The federally recognized Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake have lived in central and northern California since before recorded time.
The Hannahville Indian Community is a Potawatomi tribe located in the south-central section of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in Menominee Country, 20 miles west of Escanaba, MI and 95 miles northeast of Green Bay, WI.
The Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation is a federally recognized American Indian tribe who has lived in the Grand Canyon for at least the past 800 years.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, formerly known as the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk people.
The Hoh Indian Tribe are considered to be a band of the Quileutes but are recognized as a separate tribe. Located at the mouth of the Hoh River on the western Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, the tiny Hoh Indian Tribe is dependent on the fish and wildlife of the Hoh River for their subsistence and commercial economy. This federally recognized indian tribe takes it's name from the principal river in their territory.
The People of Hoopa Valley are one of California's first cultures. They came up the Trinity River into the rich valley which has always been the center of the Hupa World, the place where the trails return. Legends say this is where the people of the Hoopa Valley Tribe came into being.
The federally recognized Hopi Tribe of Arizona lives in northeastern Arizona in twelve villages on three mesas.
The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo people.
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians belonged to the loose confederation of eastern American Indians known as the Wabanaki Alliance, together with the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Mi'kmaq, and Abenaki Indians. The Maliseet live primarily in Canada, especially New Brunswick, with one band across the border in nearby Maine.