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
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.
Abenaki – See State Recognized Tribes of Vermont.
Achomawi – See Pit River Indians (F)
Acoma Pueblo: See Pueblo of Acoma (F)
Alabama: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe (Texas) (F)
Alabama: Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town (Oklahoma) (F)
Anadarko – See Caddo
Apache: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (F)
Aravaipa Apache – See San Carlos Apache Tribe
Bedonkohe – Chiricahua Apache Band name
Chiricahua – See San Carlos Apache Tribe, White Mountain Apache Tribe, and Fort Sill Apache Tribe
Choctaw-Apache (S)
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (F)
Jicarilla Apache Nation (New Mexico) (F)
Kiowa-Apache (Oklahoma) – See Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation (New Mexico) (F)
Lipan Apache (New Mexico (F) (Now part of the Mescalero Apache Tribe), Texas (U), Old Mexico
San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation:(Arizona) (F)
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona (Western Apache)(F)
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation Arizona)(F)
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation (Arizona)(F)
Apsalooka (Apsaaloke) – See Crow Tribe of Montana (F)
Arapaho: (Arapahoe, Arrapaho, Arrapahoe) Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation (Wyoming) (F)
Arapaho – See Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma) (F)
Arikara: (Arikari) – See Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (North Dakota) (F)
Assiniboine: (Assiniboin) Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Montana) (F)
Assinaboine – See Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana (Assinaboine and Gros Ventre) (Montana)(F)
Atsina (Atsugewi, Atsuge, Atsugeyi, Atsukeyi, Atsuke) – Also known as Gros Ventre – See: Fort Belknap (Above)
Auburn Rancheria or Auburn Indian Community – See United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California
Barona-Capitan Grande Diegueno Tribe (Barona Band of Mission Indians) – See Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California, and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay
Bannock – See Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation (Idaho)
Barbareño – A Chumash language spoken by ancestral villages located in what is now the general Santa Barbara area.
Battle Mountain Tribe – See Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Beaver – See Beaver Creek Indians, a state recognized tribe located in South Carolina
Bettol – See Mattole in Southern California
Biloxi – See Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana
Bode’wadmi – See Potawatomi
Bois Forte Band – See Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
The Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC), is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many Sault Ste. Marie bands of Chippewa Indians. (Not to be confused with the “Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians” located in Sault Ste. Marie, MI). It is also the tribal name of this federally recognized Indian tribe.
The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria are the people of the Eel River Basin. They are located in Northern California on the Pacific coast in Loleta, California. Members are mostly Wiyot and Mattole.
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California is a federally recognized Maidu tribe in Southern California.
The Big Lagoon Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Yurok and Tolowa Indians.
Big Pine Paiute Tribe is federally recognized tribe of of Mono Paiute and Timbisha Shoshone Indians who live on the Big Pine Indian Reservation in Big Pine, California.
In 1909, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) purchased 280 acres of land to be held in trust for the benefit of the San Joaquin or Big Sandy Band of Western Mono Indians. This land became known as the Big Sandy Rancheria of Auberry.
The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo and Pit River Indians.
Home :: US Tribes A to Z :: US Tribes A-B :: Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana
The Blackfeet and Blackfoot tribes are really the same tribe. There are three divisions of the Blackfoot Nation. When the US – Canadian border was drawn, those on the Canadian side of the boundary continued to be called by their traditional branch names.
Home :: US Tribes A to Z :: US Tribes A-B :: Bridgeport Indian Colony
The Bridgeport Indian Colony became a federally recognized indian tribe on October 17, 1974. This tribe is located just outside of Bridgeport, California in the Eastern Sierra Mountain range. The Bridgeport Indian Colony consists of descendants from the Miwok, Mono, Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes.
Home :: US Tribes A to Z :: US Tribes A-B :: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California
The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok people. The Sierra Miwok are indigenous to the state of California.
The Burns Paiute Tribe is a federally recognized tribe located north of Burns, Oregon in Harney County. The current tribal members are primarily the descendants of the “Wadatika” band of Northern Paiute Indians that roamed in central and southern Oregon.
Home :: US Tribes A to Z :: US Tribes A-B :: Bishop Paiute Tribe
The Bishop Paiute Tribe is a federally recognized indian tribe in California, located at the foot of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. They are the fifth largest tribe in California with around 2,000 enrolled members.
The Paiute people who live on the Bishop Paiute Reservation are descendants of the “Nu-Mu”, the original people of the Owens Valley.