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These organizations, located within the United States, self-identify as Native American tribes, heritage groups, or descendant communities, but they are not federally recognized or state-recognized as Native American tribes. The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office states: "Non-federally recognized tribes fall into two distinct categories: (1)
state-recognized tribes State-recognized tribes in the United States are Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by state government through laws, governor's executive orders ...
that are not also
federally recognized This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
and (2) other groups that self-identify as Indian tribes but are neither federally nor state recognized." The following list includes the latter. For organizations that are recognized by the government of the United States as
Native American tribes In the United States, an American Indian tribe, Native American tribe, Alaska Native village, Indigenous tribe, or Tribal nation may be any current or historical tribe, band, or nation of Native Americans in the United States. Modern forms of t ...
and tribal nations, see
List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
and List of Alaska Native tribal entities. For groups that are recognized by state governments as Native American tribes, see
State-recognized tribes in the United States State-recognized tribes in the United States are Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by state government through laws, governor's executive orders ...
. Many of these organizations are not accepted as being Native American by established Native American tribes. Exceptions exist, including tribes whose previous recognition was terminated, especially in California under the
California Rancheria Termination Acts The California Rancheria Termination Acts refer to three acts of Congress and an amendment passed in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the US Indian termination policy. The three Acts, passed in 1956, 1957, and 1958 targeted 41 rancherías for termi ...
. Certain historic tribes in California signed treaties in 1851 and 1852 that the U.S. Senate secretly rejected after being pressured by the state of California; many of these historic tribes remain unrecognized. The following groups claim to be of Native American, which includes American Indian and
Alaska Native Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the I ...
, or
Métis The Métis ( , , , ) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They ha ...
heritage by ethnicity but have no
federal recognition This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
through the
United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation ...
,
Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior. It is responsible for im ...
Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA), United States Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor (SOL), and are not recognized by any
state government A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonom ...
in the United States. Some of the organizations are regarded as fraudulent. Some organizations are described as Corporations Posing as Indigenous Nations (CPAIN). Non-recognized tribes is a term for "groups that have no federal designation and are not accepted as sovereign entities under U.S. law," which includes state-recognized tribes. "An additional sub-designation under this classification are 'Federally Non-Recognized' tribes, which includes groups that have previously held federal recognition, either under governments prior to the U.S. Federal Government or as Nations that are no longer in existence and/or no longer meet the criteria as a Nation to have sovereignty status." Indigenous communities in the Pacific such as
Native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; , , , and ) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiʻi was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesian ...
,
Samoan Americans Samoan Americans are Americans of Samoan origin, including those who emigrated from the United States Territory of American Samoa and immigrants from the Independent State of Samoa to the United States. Samoan Americans are Pacific Islanders in ...
,
Chamorro people The Chamorro people (; also Chamoru) are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the Territories of the United States, United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Norther ...
of
Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...
, and Indigenous peoples of the
Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory and Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States consistin ...
are classified as Pacific Indigenous Communities and are not organized into tribes.


Caribbean

This list also includes some groups from non-sovereign
U.S. territories Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions and dependent territories overseen by the federal government of the United States. The American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations in th ...
outside the
contiguous United States The contiguous United States, also known as the U.S. mainland, officially referred to as the conterminous United States, consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States in central North America. The te ...
, especially
Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
and the
Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands () are an archipelago between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Caribbean Sea, geographically forming part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, Caribbean islands or West Indie ...
, that identify as having Caribbean Indigenous heritage and which also lack formal recognition. Groups outside the 48 contiguous states and Alaska are currently ineligible for federal recognition. Some of these groups are represented on the
International Indian Treaty Council The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition ...
under the
United Confederation of Taíno People The United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) is an organization based in New York and Puerto Rico, dedicated to the self-determination of people of Taíno and other Caribbean Indigenous descent, as well as the preservation and revival of Taí ...
, which has campaigned nationally and at the United Nations for the United States to recognize such groups.


List of groups self-identifying as American Indian tribes

Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as Native American tribes but that are not recognized by the U.S. federal government (
Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior. It is responsible for im ...
) or by any state government.


Alabama

# Cherokee Nation of Alabama.Cherokee Nation (Fraudulent Indian) Task Force: Fraudulent Group List (as of March 26, 2011) (Accessible as of April 19, 2012 here ) Letter of Intent to Petition 02/16/1999.LIST OF PETITIONERS BY STATE (as of April 29, 2011) (Archive

 # Cherokee River Indian Community, Moulton, AL. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/03/2000. Receipt of Petition 08/03/2000.Receipt of Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment of Existence as an Indian Tribe (65 FR 76663)
 # Chickamauga Cherokee of Alabama. # Chickmaka Band of the South Cumberland Plateau. # Coweta Creek Tribe, Phenix City, AL. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/12/2003. # Eagle Bear Band of Free Cherokees. # The Langley Band of the Chickamogee Cherokee Indians of the Southeastern United States, aka Langley Band of Chickamogee of Cherokee Indians, Birmingham, AL Letter of Intent to Petition 04/20/1994; Postal service certified letter returned 11/5/1997. # Phoenician Cherokee II – Eagle Tribe of Sequoyah, Gadsden, AL Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/2001. # Powhatan Nation of American Indians, Enterprise, AL # Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi, Florala, AL. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/09/1971. Declined to Acknowledge 06/10/1985 50 FR 14302; certified letter returned "not known" 10/1997. # Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe, Inc. of Florida. Also in Florida.


Alaska

# Chilkoot Kaagwaantaan Clan, Haines, AK. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/22/1997. # Five Landless Alaska Tlingit communities. These Tlingit people, Tlingit communities were omitted from the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by U.S. President, President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting what is still the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to reso ...
and received neither land nor
subsistence A subsistence economy is an economy directed to basic subsistence (the provision of food, clothing and shelter) rather than to the market. Definition "Subsistence" is understood as supporting oneself and family at a minimum level. Basic subsiste ...
rights under the Act. # Katalla-Chilkat Tlingit Tribe of Alaska, Juneau, AK. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/02/1995; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997. # Knugank, Dillingham, AK. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/7/1999. # Qutekcak Native Tribe, Seward, AK. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/13/2002. Receipt of Petition 2/13/2002. # Tsimshian Tribal Council, Ketchikan, AK. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/02/1978. # Alexander Creek, Alexander Creek, AK


Arizona

# American Cherokee Confederacy # Arizona Cherokee Pioneers # Barrio Pascua – a village of
Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language. Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley in the no ...
on the Arizona-Mexico border region. # Chiricahua Apache Ndeh Nation, Silver City, AZ # The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) – Western National Office. Also in Georgia. Supposed "clans" organized in these areas, often calling themselves as "Cherokee Nation of ...": Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona (Georgia, Nevada), Arkansas, California, Colorado (New Mexico, Utah), Connecticut, Cyprus, Delaware, Florida,Listed as pseudo-tribe i
"Are there any Indian Reservations in Florida?"
 Hawaii, Idaho (Montana), Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana (Mississippi), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (Kansas), Nebraska (Iowa), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (Illinois (Chicago and Metropolis branches), Minnesota) and Wyoming.


Arkansas

# Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee, Van Buren, MO # Arkansas Band of Western Cherokee (formerly Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe), Sulphur Springs, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/07/1998. # Arkansas Cherokee (also known as Chickamauga Cherokee of Arkansas), Conway, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/2008. # Arkansas Cherokee Nation, Conway, AR # Arkansas White River Cherokee (also in Florida), Lady Lake, FL # Central Tribal Council, Mammoth Springs, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/21/2003. Receipt of Petition 01/21/2003. # Cherokee Nation West of Missouri and Arkansas (formerly Cherokee Nation West or Southern Band of the Eastern Cherokee Indians of Arkansas and Missouri). Letter of Intent to Petition 5/11/1998. Also in Missouri. # Cherokee-Choctaw Nation of St. Francis and Black Rivers, Paragould, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/01/2006. # Confederated Western Cherokees of Arkansas. # Lost Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri, Conway, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1999; letter returned, marked "in dispute" between two different addresses. ## Lost Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri (I). Faction in Conway, AR. ## Lost Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri (II). Faction in Dover, AR. # Manataka American Indian Council, Hot Springs, AR # Neches Tribe – Cherokee Nation, Hot Springs, AR # Northern Cherokee Nation. Dissolved into three groups: ## Chickamauga Cherokee Nation (I), also known as Chickamauga Cherokee Nation MO/AR White River Band and as White River Band of Northern Cherokee Nation of Missouri and Arkansas. Also in Missouri and Oklahoma. There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (II) in Oklahoma. ##
Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of individuals who self-identify as Cherokee but are not state or federally recognized as a Native American tribe or government. The headquarters for ...
, Columbia, MO. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/19/1992. Also in Missouri. ### Kanasas (Awi Akta) District of NCNOLT. ### Oklahoma (Ani Tsi Na) District of the NCNOLT. ## Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians of Missouri and Arkansas. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/26/1985. Also in Missouri. # Old Settler Cherokee Nation of Arkansas. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/17/1999. # Ouachita Cherokee of Cherokee Nation West, Mena, AR # Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of Arkansas and Missouri, Melbourne, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/19/1999. Receipt of Petition 10/19/1999. Also in Missouri. # Red Nation of the Cherokee, Augusta, KS Also in Kansas. # Revived Ouachita Indians of Arkansas and America, Story, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/25/1990. # Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga-Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri Inc. (formerly Northern Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri), Chandler, OK. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/05/1991. Also in Missouri. # Western Cherokee of Arkansas and Louisiana Territories. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/05/2001. Also in Missouri. # Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Mena, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/01/1998. Also in Missouri. # Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Conway, AR. Separate from the Mena group, this Conway group was represented by Cary G. Kuykendall.


California

# Alexander Valley Mishewal Wappo, also Mishewal Wappo Indians of Alexander Valley # Alexander Valley Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on August 1, 1961 # band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians (formerly Amah Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians). Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/1990. # Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee. Letter of Intent to Petition. Also in Missouri. # Ani Yvwi Yuchi (Cherokee). Letter of Intent to Petition 7/31/1996. # Antelope Valley Paiute Tribe (a.k.a. Antelope Valley Indian Community). Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976. # Atahun Shoshones of San Juan Capistrano # Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/17/2002. Receipt of Petition 01/17/2002. # Big Meadows Lodge Tribe # Binay Yeha Noha Bear Clan Tribe Letter of Intent to Petition 08/31/2020 # Cache Creek Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on April 11, 1961 # Calaveras County Band of Miwuk Indians, Letter of Intent to Petition 08/31/2001. also Calaveras Band of Miwuk Indians, West Point # California Indian Council/Lulapin # Callattakapa Choctaw Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/13/2004. # Calusa-Seminole Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1998. # Cherokee Nation Heritage Organization of California. # The Cherokees of California. # Chilula Tribe # The Chiricahua Tribe of California. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/2003. # Choctaw Allen Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/20/2003. # Choinumni Council. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/14/1988. Certified letter undeliverable 10/1997 # Chukchansi Yokotch Tribe of Mariposa CA. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/25/1993. # Chumash Council of Bakersfield. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/18/2005. # Coastal Band of Chumash. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/25/1982. # Coastal Gabrieleño Diegueño Band of Mission Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 3/18/1997. # Coastanoan Band of Carmel Mission Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/16/1988. # Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe of the Colfax Rancheria # Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation Inc., Oakland, CA # Confederation of Aboriginal Nations # Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/24/1994. # Costanoan Tribe of Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista Missions. Letter of Intent to Petition 5/11/1999; Letter of Intent withdrawn 5/10/2000. # Costoanoan Ohlone Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/07/1994. # Diegueño Band of San Diego Mission Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/15/2003. # The Displaced Elem Lineage Emancipated Members (a.k.a. DELEMA). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/11/1998. # Dumna-Wo-Wah Tribal Government (formerly Dumna Tribe of Millerton Lake). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/22/2002. Receipt of Petition 01/22/2002 as "Dumna Tribal Council." # Dunlap Band of Mono Indians (a.k.a. Mono Tribal Council of Dunlap). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/04/1984. Letter of Intent withdrawn 7/2/2002; Letter of Intent to Petition 8/9/2005. # El Dolorado Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on July 16, 1966 # Eshom Valley Band of Michahai and Wuksachi. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/24/2005. # Esselen/Coastanoan Tribe of Monterey County (formerly Esselen Tribe of Monterey Council). Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1992; withdrawn 11/15/1996. # Fernandeño/Tataviam Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1995. # Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians of California. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/03/1998. Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe. # First Nation of Ojibwe California, Fremont, CA # Gabrieliño/Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/14/1997. Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe. # Gabrieliño/Tongva Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1994. Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe. # Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, also known as the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians. In 1994, the State of California recognized the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe in Assembly Joint Resolution 96, Resolution Chapter 146 of the Statutes of 1994; however, it has no
state-recognized tribes State-recognized tribes in the United States are Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by state government through laws, governor's executive orders ...
today. The tribe, however, has broken into several factions, some of whom are seeking federal recognition as separate tribes. The three largest and most prominent factions are: ## Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, West Hills, CA, formerly the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, led by Charles Alvarez ## Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel, San Gabriel, CA, led by Anthony Morales ## Gabrieleño/Tongva Nation, also Gabrieliño/Tongva Tribe of the Los Angeles Basin). In past years, bills have been introduced in the California legislature to create a Gabrieliño-Tongva Reservation for the tribe and grant the tribe gaming rights; however, these bills failed to make it to the Governor's desk. Senate Bill 1134 introduced on January 30, 2008, would have created the Gabrieliño/Tongva Reservation without giving the tribe gaming rights. However, when the principal author, Senator Oropeza, found out that the tribe would use the reservation for leverage to obtain gaming rights, she pulled her sponsorship of the bill. # Honey Lake Maidu. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/01/2000. Receipt of Petition 06/01/2000. # Hownonquet Community Association # Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/09/1989. # Independence 14 (Miranda Allotment) # Indian Cultural Organization # Indian Ranch Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on September 22, 1964 # Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (II). (Copycat band) Letter of Intent to Petition 3/8/1996. Decline to Acknowledge 12/03/2007 (72 FR 67951). # Kawaiisu Tribe of the Tejon Indian Reservation # Kern Valley Indian Community. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/27/1979. # Konkow Valley Band of Maidu, Oroville, CA. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/20/1998. # Maidu Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/6/1977 # Mark West Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on April 11, 1961 # Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians # Mishkanaka (Chumash) # Mission Creek Reservation, formerly federally recognized, terminated on July 14, 1970 # Miwok Tribe # Monachi Indian Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/14/2004. # Mono Lake Indian Community, Lee Vining, CA Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976. # Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a Tribe, Lee Vining, CA # Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (formerly Ohlone/Costanoan Muwekma Tribe a.k.a. Muwekma Indian Tribe: Costanoan/Ohlone Indian Families of the San Francisco Bay). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/09/1989. Declined to Acknowledge 9/17/2002 (67 FR 58631); decision effective 12/16/2002. # Nashville Eldorado Miwok Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/09/2004. # Nevada City Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on September 22, 1961 # Nor-Rel-Muk Nation (formerly Hayfork Band; formerly Nor-El-Muk Band of Wintu Indians). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/05/1984. # North Fork Band of Mono Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/07/1983. # North Valley Yokut Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/2000. Receipt of Petition 09/22/2000. # Northern Band of Mono-Yokuts. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/22/2006. #
Northern Chumash Tribal Council Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...
, Baywood-Los Osos, CA # Northern Maidu Maidu Tribe # Northfolk Band of Mono Indians # Ohlone/Costanoan – Esselen Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/03/1992. # Paskenta Band of Momlaki Indians # Rancho San Timoteo Band of Serrano Indians # Ruffeys Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on April 11, 1961 # San Cayetano Band of Cahuilla Indians or the Montoya Band of Cahuilla Indians # Salinan Nation (a.k.a. Salinan Chumash Nation). Letter of Intent to Petition 10/10/1989. # Salinan Tribe of Monterey & San Luis Obispo Counties. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/13/1993. # San Fernando Band of Mission Indians (formerly Ish Panesh United Band of Indians; formerly Oakbrook Chumash People a.k.a. Ish Panesh Band of Mission Indians, Oakbrook Park Chumash). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/25/1995. # San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/18/1984. # Shasta Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/28/1982. # She-Bel-Na Band of Mendocino Coast Pomo Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/01/2006. # Sierra Foothill Wuksachi Yokuts Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/11/1999. # Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, Mariposa, CA (formerly American Indian Council of Mariposa County). Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1982. # Strawberry Valley Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on April 11, 1961 # Tehatchapi Tribe of the Tejon Reservation # Tinoqui-Chalola Council of Kitanemuk and Yowlumne Tejon Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/16/1996. # Tolowa Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/31/1983. # Tolowa-Tututni Tribe. Also in Oregon. # Toulumne Algerine Band of Yokut. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/23/2006. # Tuolumne Band of Cherokee Indians. # Traditional Choinuymni Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/29/2000. Receipt of Petition 03/29/2000. # T'Si-akim Maidu. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1998. #
Tsnungwe Council The Tsnungwe (current Hupa-language orthography, own name: - "Tse:ning-din (Ironside Mountain) People") or ''Tsanunghwa'' are a Native American people indigenous to the modern areas of the lower South Fork Trinity River (), Willow Creek (), ...
(a.k.a. South Fork Hupa). Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/1992. # United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1980; Declined to Acknowledge 07/02/1985 (50 FR 18746). Also in North Carolina. # United Maidu Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/06/1977. # Wadatkuht Band of the Northern Paiutes of the Honey Lake Valley. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/26/1995. # Washoe/Paiute of Antelope Valley. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976. #
Winnemem Wintu Tribe The Winnemem Wintu ("middle river people" or "middle water people") are a Native American band of the Wintu tribe originally located along the lower McCloud River, above Shasta Dam near Redding, California. History Forty-two Winnemem men, wo ...
, Redding, CA # Wintoon Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997. # The Wintoon Tribe of Northern California, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/27/2005. # Wintu Indians of Central Valley, California. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997. # Wintu of Shasta-Toyon # Wintu Tribe of Northern California. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/25/1993. # Woodfords Community Council # Wukchumni Council Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1988. Certified letter undeliverable 10/1997. # Xolon Salinan Tribe, Bay Point, CA Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/2001. #
Yak Tityu Tityu Yak Tiłhini The yak (''Bos grunniens''), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, hairy cattle, or domestic yak, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region, the Tibetan Plateau, Tajikistan, the Pamir Mountains ...
, also yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region, YTT Northern Chumash Tribe, San Luis Obispo, CA # Yamassee Native American Association of Nations, Van Nuys, CA # Yaqui Nation of Southern California, Thousand Palms, CA # Yaquis of Southern California, Borrego Springs, CA, # Yokayo Tribe of Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1987. Certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997 # Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Indian Community. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/06/2005.


Colorado

# Munsee Thames River Delaware, Manitou Springs, CO. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/22/1977; declined to Acknowledge 01/03/1983 47 FR 50109. # Council for the Benefit of the Colorado Winnebagoes, Aurora, CO. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/26/1993; certified letter returned "attempted, not known" 11/5/1997.


Connecticut

# Grasmere Band of Wangunk Indians of Glastonbury, Connecticut, Middleton, CT (formerly the Pequot Mohegan Tribe, Inc.). Letter of Intent to Petition 4/12/1999. # Native American Mohegans, Inc., Norwich, CT. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/19/2002. Receipt of Petition 9/19/2002. # The Nehantic Tribe and Nation, Chester, CT.Lavin, Lucianne
''Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures.''
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013: xiii. . Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1997. # New England Coastal Schaghticoke Indian Association # Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut, Thompson, CT # Nipmuc Indian Bands # Paugussett Tribal Nation of Waterbury, Connecticut. Letter of Intent to Petiton 7/3/2002. Receipt of Petition 7/3/2002. # Pocasset Wampanoag Indian Tribe, Cheshire, CT. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/01/1995 # Poquonnock Pequot Tribe, Ledyard, CT. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/7/1999. # Schaghticoke Tribe, Bridgeport. CT, not the same as the
Schaghticoke Indian Tribe The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe (SIT) is a state-recognized tribe in Connecticut. SIT is not a federally recognized American Indian tribe. SIT is not to be confused with the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN), another state-recognized tribe in Connec ...
, Kent, CT. # The Southern Pequot Tribe, Waterford, CT (a.k.a. The Southern Pequot Tribal Nation of Waterford). Letter of Intent to Petition 7/7/1998. # The Western Pequot Tribal Nation of New Haven, West Haven, CT. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/27/2000.


Delaware

# Assateague Peoples Tribe, Frankford, DE


District of Columbia

# Cherokee Tuscarora Nation of Turtle Island


Florida

# Apalachicola Band of Creek Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/17/2004Listed as "Un-Recognized Florida Tribes in Florida" i
Are there any Indian Reservations in Florida?
 # Arkansas White River Cherokee (a.k.a. Chickamauga Cherokee Nation - White River Band (I)). Letter of Intent to Petition 10/22/2003. Despite the Arkansas name, the group is located in Florida. There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation - White River Band (II) and (III) in Oklahoma. # Binay Tribe # Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Band # Choctaws of Florida (a.k.a. Hunter Tsalagi-Choctaw Tribe). Letter of Intent to Petition 03/02/2005. Declined to acknowledge 2013-07-11. # Choctaw Nation of Florida. # Church of the Métis Tribe. # Creeks East of the Mississippi (a.k.a. Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi). Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1973 (petitioned as part of a State-recognized tribe Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe – East of the Mississippi, Inc., Georgia); declined to Acknowledge 12/21/1981 46 FR 51652, see also 47 FR 14783 # Echota Cherokee Tribe of Florida # Florida Mockingbird Clan # Florida Tribe of Cherokee Indians, Inc # Florida Tribe of Eastern Creeks. # Indian Creek Band, Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/19/2004. # Lower Chattahoochee Band of Yuchi Indians # Muscogee Nation of Florida (formerly Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians). Letter of Intent to Petition 06/02/1978; awaiting Active Consideration; all documents have been filed with BAR. ## Creek-Euchee Band of Indians of Florida. Letter of Intent to Petition; Receipt of Petition 11/23/1999. Letter of Intent withdrawn 10/20/2000; merged with Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians # Ocali Nation, Ocala, FL # Oklewaha Band of Seminoles. # Ouachita Indians of Florida and America # Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation, Clewiston, FL. Also Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples. # Perdido Bay Tribe of Lower Muscogee Creeks # Rainbow Tribes, Tampa Bay, FL # Red Nation's Intertribal # Santa Rosa Band of the Lower Muscogee, also Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe, Milton, FL # Seminole Nation of Florida (a.k.a. Traditional Seminole). Letter of Intent to Petition 08/05/1983; referred to SOL for determination 5/25/1990. # Siwanoy Nation Incorporated, Tampa, FL # Sovereign Miccosukee Seminole Nation, a.k.a. Everglades Miccosukee Tribe of Seminole Indians. # Topachula Tribe # Tuscola United Cherokee Tribe of Florida, Inc. (formerly Tuscola United Cherokees of Florida & Alabama, Inc.). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/19/1979; withdrawn at petitioner's request 11/24/1997; reinstated 2005. # Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe, Inc. of Florida, Milton, FL. Also in Alabama.


Georgia

# American Cherokee Confederacy (see Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Inc. (SECC) below). Known Bands: Horse Band (OK). # Broad River Band of Cherokee. # Cane Break Band of Eastern Cherokees. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/09/1979; rejoined
Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc. The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Inc. is a state-recognized tribe and non-profit organization based in the US state of Georgia. It is not federally recognized as an American Indian tribe. The three federally recognized Cherokee tribes regard ...
(I), notification 7/16/1997 # Cherokee Indians of Georgia, Inc. # Chickamauga Cherokee Band of Northwest Georgia. # Georgia Band of Chickasaw Indians (formerly Mississippi Band of Chickasaw Indians). Letter of Intent to Petition 9/15/1998. # Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc. (II). This is an unrecognized tribe in Dahlonega, GA, that have the same name as a State-recognized tribe Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc. (I). # Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc. (III). This is an unrecognized tribe that have the same name as a State-recognized tribe Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc. (I). # Kokeneschv Natchez Nation. # Manahoac Saponi Nation # North Georgia Cherokee Indians. # South-Eastern Indian Nation. Incomplete Letter of Intent to Petition 01/05/1996; Incomplete Letter of Intent withdrawn at petitioner's request 11/10/1997. # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Inc. (SECC) Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985 (50 FR 39047). Became the American Cherokee Confederacy on 1/31/1996, with a breakaway group Southeastern Cherokee Council, Inc. (SeCCI) forming on the same day. Bands: Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band (OR), Red Clay Intertribal Indian Band (TN). # Southeastern Cherokee Council, Inc. (SeCCI). Also in Michigan. Bands and Clans: Big Lake Eagle Band (AK), Black Wolf Clan (KY), Blue Band (FL), Buffalo Creek Band (TN), Earth Band (PA), Enola Band (NC), Grey Wolf Clan of Ochlocknee (GA), Hummingbird Band (CA), Hummingbird Medicine Band (MO), Little Wolf Band (MI), Long Hair Band (FL), Lost Tribes Band (MI, MN), Many Waters Band (DE, MD), Mountain Band (NC), Myrtlewood Band (OR), Nighthawk Medicine Clan (FL), Northern Lights Band (MN), One Spirit Band (TN), Panther Band (GA), Patoka Valley Band (IN), Red Cedar (VA), Running Horse Band (TX), Tennessee Chota Band (TN), Turtle Band (OK), Turtle Island Band (OH), Turtle Moon Band (FL), Uwharie Band (NC), Wandering Waters Band (MI), Wee Toc Band (NC), Where Rivers Meet Band (MI), Windsong Band (DC (MD)). # Southeastern Indian Nation. # Tama Indian Tribe # Uganawvkalvgv Kituwah Ayeli, also known as Southeast Kituwah Nation. # The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) – Eastern National Office. Also in Arizona. # The United Creeks of Georgia # The
Yamassee Native American Moors of the Creek Nation The Nuwaubian Nation, Nuwaubian movement, or United Nuwaubian Nation () is an American religious organisation founded by Dwight York circa 1967. Since that point the group has repeatedly changed its name, as well as many of its teachings and pra ...
. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/27/1999.


Idaho

# Delawares of Idaho, Inc., Meridian, ID. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/26/1979. # Lemhi-Shoshone Tribes was stripped of recognition in 1907.


Illinois

# Choctaw Nation Mississippi River Clan # The People of the Mountains. Letter of Intent 6/3/2004. # Vinyard Indian Settlement of Shawnee Indians. Bill HB3217 proposed for state recognition.


Indiana

#
Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council (ACQTC) is a cultural heritage group and nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Quinnipiac people. They are based in Milltown, Indiana, but also hold eve ...
, Milltown, IN # Eel River Tribe Inc. of Indiana. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/13/2006. # Lone Wolf Band of Cherokee Indians. # Lost River Band of the Cherokees, Mitchell, IN # Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/02/1980; Declined to Acknowledge 08/17/1992 57 FR 27312. # Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indiana. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/26/1985 # United Métis Tribe ## Buffalo Spirit Band of the United Métis Tribe ## Nimkii Band of the United Métis Tribe # Upper Kispoko Band of the Shawnee Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/10/1991; certified letter returned undeliverable 10/30/1997. # Wea Indian Tribe. Claims re-establishment in 2000 Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/2007. # Wea Indian Tribe of Indiana. Claims re-establishment in 2004 Letter of Intent to Petition 11/29/2006. # The Zibiodey / River Heart Metis Association/Band


Iowa

# United People of Cherokee Heritage.


Kansas

#Delaware-Muncie Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/19/1978. #
Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc. The Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc. was a fraudulent organization that falsely claimed to be an unrecognized tribe from the 1980s to the early 2000s. It appropriated the name of the Kaweah people but had no legitimate connection to any historical Na ...
Also in North Carolina. #Neutral Land Cherokee Group. Also in Missouri. #
Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of individuals who self-identify as Cherokee but are not state or federally recognized as a Native American tribe or government. The headquarters for ...
. Located in Arkansas and Missouri ##Kanasas (Awi Akta) District of NCNOLT. – Located in Kansas ##Oklahoma (Ani Tsi Na) District of the NCNOLT. – Located in Oklahoma. #Red Nation of the Cherokee. Also in Arkansas. #Swan Creek & Black River Chippewas. #Tripanick Nansemond Family Indian Tribe. #United Tribe of Shawnee Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/06/1995. #Wyandot Nation of Kansas. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/12/1994.


Kentucky

# Black Wolf Clan of SE Cherokee Council, Inc. # Cherokee Tribe of Kentucky. # Kentucky Cherokee Heritage Group # Kentucky Southern Cherokee—Osda Nuwati, Louisville, KY # Southeastern Kentucky Shawnee #
Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky The Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky (SCNK) is an unrecognized tribe based in Kentucky, United States. # Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe of Indians, Hazard, KY, received a House Joint Resolution, HJR15 09RS in 2009 and again in 2010, that recognized the Tribe but only the House passed the HJR and not the Senate # Tribe of the Whitetop Band of Native Indians, also The Whitetop Nation, Georgetown, KY


Louisiana

# Apalachee Indian Tribe, Alexandra, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 01/22/1996. # Apalachee Indians Talimali Band, Stonewall, LA #
Atakapa-Ishak Nation The Atakapa Ishak Nation, officially named the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Atakapa people. The Atakapa Ishak Nation is an ...
, Lake Charles, LA # Avogel Nation of Louisiana, Marksville, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 11/13/2000. # Avogel, Okla Tasannuk, Tribe/Nation, Duson, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 03/19/2001. # Avoyel-Kaskaskia Tribe of Louisiana, Marksville, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 06/20/2005. # The Avoyel-Taensa Tribe/Nation of Louisiana Inc., Marksville, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 01/09/2003. Receipt of Petition 01/09/2003. # Bayou Lacombe Band of Choctaw, St. Tammany Parish, LA # Biloxi, Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Inc., Bourg, LA # Chahta Tribe. # Canneci Tinné Apache Tribe, also Coco Tribe of Canneci Tinne, Carencro, LA # Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee. # Louisiana Choctaw Turtle Tribe # Red Shoe Tribe, Kinder, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 6/21/2010. # Talimali Band, The Apalachee Indians of Louisiana (formerly Apalachee Indians of Louisiana), Libuse, LA Letter of Intent to Petition 02/05/1996.


Maine

# Métis Eastern Tribal Indian Society of Maine # Wesget Sipu Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 6/4/2002. Receipt of Petition 6/4/2002.


Maryland

# Assateague Peoples Tribes # Federation:
Moorish Science Temple of America The Moorish Science Temple of America is an American national and religious organization founded by Noble Drew Ali (born as Timothy Drew) in the early 20th century. He based it on the premise that African Americans are descendants of the Moabite ...
, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/23/96; determined ineligible to petition 5/15/1997. # Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, Vienna, MD # Notoweega Nation. Filed with the Maryland Indian Commission for state recognition 6/9/2021. # Pocomoke Indian Nation, Eden, MD # Youghiogaheny River Band Of Shawnee Indians


Massachusetts

# Assawompsett-Nemasket Band of Wampanoags, Lakeville, MA # Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, New Bedford, MA # Chappaquiddick Band of Massachusetts, Andover, MA Letter of Intent to Petition 5/31/2007. # Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation,Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness
 South Yarmouth, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/21/2007. # Chaubunagungamaug Band of the Nipmuck Nation, Webster/Dudley; Dudley, MA; Grafton, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/22/1980 as part of Nipmuc Nation; separate letter of intent 5/31/1996. Declined to acknowledge on 6/25/2004, 69 FR 35664. # Council of Seven, Royal House of Pokanoket,
Pokanoket Tribe The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and forme ...
, Pokanoket Nation, Millbury, MA # Cowasuck Band-Abenaki People, also known as Cowasuck Band of Pennacook Abenaki People, Franklin, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/23/1995. # Federation of Old Plimoth Indian Tribes, Inc., Plymouth, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/16/2000. Receipt of Petition 05/16/2000. # Historical Nipmuc Tribe, Webster, MA #
Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag is a cultural heritage group that claims descendancy from the Massachusett people, an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. While they identify as a Native American tribe, they are unrecognized, m ...
, Bridgewater, MA # Mattakeeset Tribe of the Massachuset Nation, Newton, MA. Also Mattakeeset Massachuset Tribe # Natick Nipmuc Indian Council, Natick, MA # New England Coastal Schaghticoke Indian Association and Tribal Council Natick, MA #
Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag The Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag is a cultural heritage group that claims descendancy from Praying Indians in Massachusetts, including the Massachusett people, an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. While they identify a ...
, Stoughton, MA # Quinsigamond Band of the Nipmucs, Worcester, MA # Rebel Deaf Panther Tribe International, Ashland, MA #
Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Wampanoag people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Multiple nonprofit organizations were formed to represent the Seac ...
, Seekonk, MA


Michigan

# Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Petitioner #101. Denied, effective Jan. 23, 2007. # Genesee Valley Indian Association # Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians (formerly Grand River Band Ottawa Council). Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1994. # Lake Superior Chippewa of Marquette. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/13/1991. # Little Owl Band of Central Michigan Indians, Sidney. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/27/2000. #
Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians is a nonprofit organization and an unrecognized tribe. Located in Michigan, the Mackinac Band identifies as descendants of Bands 11-17 of Ojibwe and Odawa. The organization is headquartered in ...
. Petitioner #186. Letter of intent submitted on May 13, 1998. # Maconce Village Band of Ojibwa. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/07/2000. Receipt of Petition 3/7/2000. # Maple River Band of Ottawa. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/31/2005. # Muskegon River Band of Ottawa Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/26/2002. Receipt of Petition 07/26/2002. # Ooragnak Indian Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/1/1999. Receipt of Petition 12/01/1999. # Southeastern Cherokee Council, Inc. (SeCCI). Also in Georgia. # Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes. Petitioner #135. Letter of intent submitted on May 4, 1993. # The Chi-cau-gon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa of Iron County. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/12/1998. # Wyandot of Anderdon Nation LLC. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/21/2003. Receipt of Petition 01/21/2003. Also in Ontario.


Minnesota

# Kah-Bay-Kah-Nong (a.k.a. ''Gabekanaang
Anishinaabeg The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They in ...
''/Warroad Chippewa), Letter of Intent to Petition 2/12/1979; Postal service returned certified letter 10/30/1997. # Kettle River Band of the St. Croix Chippewa of Minnesota. Currently recognized only as part of the
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Mille can refer to: People * Constantin Mille, Romanian journalist and politician * Mathieu Mille, French ice hockey player Places * Mille Lacs County, Minnesota * Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. * Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River ...
. #
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community is a Dakota community centered in Mendota, Minnesota. The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community (MMDTC) is an organization that works to continue Dakota cultural practices and tribal organizat ...
. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/11/1996. # Ni-Mi-Win Ojibways # Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Ojibwe. Currently recognized only as part of the
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Mille can refer to: People * Constantin Mille, Romanian journalist and politician * Mathieu Mille, French ice hockey player Places * Mille Lacs County, Minnesota * Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. * Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River ...
. #
Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa (Ojibwe language, Ojibwe: ''Gaa-mitaawangaagamaag-ininiwag'') are a historical Ojibwa tribe located in the upper Mississippi River basin, on and around Big Sandy Lake in what today is in Aitkin County, Minn ...
, petitioned for independent federal recognition and independent state recognition. Currently recognized as part of the
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Mille can refer to: People * Constantin Mille, Romanian journalist and politician * Mathieu Mille, French ice hockey player Places * Mille Lacs County, Minnesota * Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. * Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River ...
. # Snake and Knife Rivers Band of the St. Croix Chippewa of Minnesota. Currently recognized only as part of the
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Mille can refer to: People * Constantin Mille, Romanian journalist and politician * Mathieu Mille, French ice hockey player Places * Mille Lacs County, Minnesota * Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. * Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River ...
. # St. Croix Chippewa of Minnesota. Currently recognized as part of the
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Mille can refer to: People * Constantin Mille, Romanian journalist and politician * Mathieu Mille, French ice hockey player Places * Mille Lacs County, Minnesota * Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. * Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River ...
.


Mississippi

# Grand Village Natchez Indian Tribe # Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation (defunct historic organization) #
Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw The Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw or Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw Tribe is an List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes, unrecognized tribe and nonprofit organization based in Vancleave, Mississippi. The State of Mississippi, ...
,
Vancleave, MS Vancleave is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi, Pascagoula Pasca ...
. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/14/2006. State law MS HR50 in 2016 declared this organization "The Official Native American Tribe of the Choctaw People of Jackson County, Mississippi"


Missouri

# Ahi Ni Yv Wiya, Inc. # Amonsoquath Band of Cherokee. # Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/17/1995. Also in California. # Cherokee Nation West of Missouri & Arkansas (formerly Cherokee Nation West – Southern Band of the Eastern Cherokee Indians of Arkansas and Missouri). Letter of Intent to Petition 5/11/1998. Also in Arkansas. # Chickamauga Cherokee Nation. # Dogwood Band of Free Cherokees. # Lost Cherokee of Arkansas & Missouri, Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1999; letter returned, marked "in dispute" between two different addresses. Also in Conway, AR #Neutral Land Cherokee Group. Also in Kansas. #Northern Cherokee Nation. Dissoved into three groups: ## Chickamauga Cherokee Nation (I), also known as Chickamauga Cherokee Nation MO/AR White River Band and as White River Band of Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Missouri and Arkansas. Also in Arkansas and Oklahoma. There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (II) in Oklahoma. ##
Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of individuals who self-identify as Cherokee but are not state or federally recognized as a Native American tribe or government. The headquarters for ...
. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/19/1992. Also in Arkansas. ### Kanasas (Awi Akta) District of NCNOLT. ### Oklahoma (Ani Tsi Na) District of the NCNOLT. ## Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians of Missouri and Arkansas. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/26/1985. Also in Arkansas. # Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of Arkansas and Missouri. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/19/1999. Receipt of Petition 10/19/1999. Also in Arkansas. # Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga-Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri Inc. (formerly Northern Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri). Letter of Intent to Petition 09/05/1991. Also in Arkansas. # Saponi Nation of Missouri (Mahenips Band). Letter of Intent to Petition 12/14/1999. Receipt of Petition 12/14/1999. # Southern Cherokee Indian Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/01/2006. # Western Cherokee. # Western Cherokee of Arkansas/Louisiana Territories. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/05/2001. Receipt of Petition 10/05/2001. Also in Arkansas. # Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/01/1998. Also in Arkansas. # The Wilderness Tribe of Missouri. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/16/1999.


Montana

# Swan Creek & Black River Chippewa


Nebraska

# Nebraska band of Omaha-Winnebago Indians -->


Nevada

# Pahrump Band of Paiutes, Pahrump, NV. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/9/1987.


New Hampshire

# Abenaki Indian Center, Inc. # Abenaki Nation of New Hampshire, Whitefield, NH # Cowasuck Band–Pennacook/Abenaki People, Alton, NH # Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation, Post Mills, NH # Pennacook New Hampshire Tribe


New Jersey

# Cherokee Nation of New Jersey"New Jersey Tribes."
''500 Nations.'' Retrieved 24 June 2012. # Eagle Medicine Band of Cherokee Indians, also in Pennsylvania # New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Indians (also known as Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians or Sand Hill Band of Indians). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/09/2007. # Osprey Band of Free Cherokees # Powhatan Renape Nation, Rancocas, NJ # Unalachtigo Band of Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/1/2002. # Schèjachbi Wonameys, NJ Lenni Lenape Nation. Delaware Treaty "Lenape Treaty"


New Mexico

# Canoncito Band of Navajos, petitioned for independent federal recognition 07/31/1989. Note: this is a Chapter (governing unit) of the federally recognized
Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in ...
. # Chiricahua Apache Nation, also Chiricahua Apache Nde Nation, Santa Clara, NM #
Genízaro (or Genizaros) was the name for detribalized Indigenous people from the 17th to 19th century in the Spanish colony of New Mexico and neighboring regions of the American Southwest. Genízaros were usually women and children who had been captured ...
. In 2007, the New Mexico state legislator passed a memorial resolution honoring the Genízaros. New Mexico's Legislative Memorial bills do not have the force of law # Mazewalli Nation, Albuquerque, NM unrecognized group claiming to represent Mesoamerican diaspora in New Mexico # Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, Las Cruces, NM. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1971. # Piro/Manso/Tiwa Tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo (a.k.a. Tiwa Indian Tribe), Las Cruces, NM. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/17/2002. Receipt of Petition 12/17/2002.


New York

# Cherokee-Blackfeet, New York City, NY. Also Cherokee Blackfoot Cultural Circle # The Chickamauga Notowega Creeks, Staten Island. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/19/2001. # Deer Council of Free Cherokees. # Hudson River Band (formerly Konkapot Band, Hudson Valley Band). Letter of Intent to Petition 04/19/2002. Receipt of Petition 04/19/2002. # Matinecock Tribal Nation, Kew Gardens, NY. Also Matinecock Tribal Nation of Queens and Long Island New York Inc. # Montauk Indian Nation, Amityville, NY. Also Montaukett Indian Nation of New York. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/31/1995. # Montaukett Tribe of Long Island. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/16/1998. # North-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. # Nuy Keetoowah, Inc. # Ohatchee Cherokee Tribe of New York and Alabama. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/16/2002. Receipt of Petition 12/16/2002. # Schaghticoke First Nations Inc. # Western Mohegan Tribe & Nation of New York. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/27/1997.


North Carolina

# Algonquian Indians of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, NC #
Cape Fear Band of Skarure and Woccon Indians The Cape Fear Band of Skarure and Woccon Indians is an unrecognized group of individuals based in Brunswick County, North Carolina who self-identify as descendants of the Tuscarora and Woccon peoples. The group is neither federally recognized ...
, Leland, NC # Cherokee Indians of Hoke County, Inc. (a.k.a. Tuscarora Hoke Co.), Lumber Bridge, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/20/1983; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). # Cherokee Indians of Red Banks, Robeson and Adjoining Counties, Red Springs, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/01/1979; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). # Chicora-Siouan Indian People, Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1993. Also in South Carolina. # Chowanoke Indian Nation, formerly the Meherrin-Chowanoke, Winton, NC # Coree Indians (a.k.a. Faircloth Indians), Atlantic, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/05/1978. # Creek-Cherokee Indians, Pine Tree Clan. # Cumberland County Association for Indian People # Eno-Occaneechi Tribe of Indians, Mebane, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/24/1997. # Free Cherokee. # Four Hole Indian Organization, Letter of Intent to Petition 12/30/1976. Also in South Carolina. # Guilford Native American Association # Hattadare Indian Nation, Bunnlevel, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/16/1979. # Hatteras Tuscarora Indians, Maxton, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/24/1978: determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). Merged with Tuscarora Nation East of the Mountains, 3/22/2004. # Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc., Oriental, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1980; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997; Declined to Acknowledge 06/10/1985 (50 FR 14302). Also in Kansas. # Machapunga Tribe of North Carolina, also Machapunga/Mattamuskeet Tribe, Manteo, NC # Meherrin Indian Tribe (II). Letter of Intent to Petition 06/27/1995. There is a State-recognized tribe with the same name, Meherrin Indian Tribe (I). # Ne'Ha-Tsunii Indian Nation # Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), East Bend, NC # Ridge Band of Cherokees, Ridgecraft, NC # Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe, Elizabeth City, NC, formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of Dare County. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/10/2004. # Santee Tribe, White Oak Community. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/04/1979 # Santee Tribe # Skaroreh Katenuaka Tuscarora Nation of Indians, Windsor, NC # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Four Oaks, NC # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Silver Cloud Clan. # Summerville Indian Group. Also in South Carolina. # Tsalagi Nation Early Emigrants 1817, Durham, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/30/2002. Receipt of Petition 07/30/2002. # Tuscarora Indian Tribe, Drowning Creek Reservation, Maxton, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/25/1981; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). Group formally dissolved and department notified group 02/19/1997. # Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/21/2004. # Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, Maxton, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/19/1985; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). # Tuscarora Nation East of the Mountains, Bowland, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/08/1999. # United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/28/1980; Denied federal recognition 07/02/1985. Also in California. Not to be confused with the
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. The tribe represents Lumbee people. They have federal recognition as a Native American tribe but do not receive the benefits accorded to most other federally-recog ...
, a state-recognized tribe. # Waccamaw Sioux Indian Tribe of Farmers Union, Clarkton, NC # New River Band of the Catawba Nation


North Dakota

# Christian Pembina Chippewa Indians, Belcourt, ND Letter of Intent to Petition 6/26/1984. # Little Shell Band of the North Dakota Tribe, also Little Shell Pembina Band of North America, Rolla, ND. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/11/1975.


Ohio

# Alleghenny Nation Indian Center (Ohio Band) (I), Canton, OHSTDs in American Indians and Alaska Natives: OHIO
, National Coalition of STD Directors also known as the Allegheny-Lenape Indian Council of Ohio. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/03/1979. # Alleghenny Nation Indian Center (Ohio Band) (II). Letter of Intent to Petition 6/02/2005. Possibly broke away from Alleghenny Nation Indian Center (Ohio Band) (I) located 1 mile away. # Catawba Tribe of Carr's Run, Chillicothe, OH # Cherokee Delaware Indian Center, Coshocton, OH # Cherokee United Intertribal Indian Council. # Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Band of Cherokee, Cleveland, OH # Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee, Cleveland, OH. Also "Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee of Ohio, West Virginia & Virginia." Letter of Intent to Petition 08/28/2006. # East of the River Shawnee # Eastern Cherokee Nation, Overhill Band. # Etowah Cherokee Nation. # Free Cherokee, Four Direction Council. # Free Cherokee, Hokshichanklya Band. # Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee (Hog Creek Reservation). # Lower Eastern Ohio Mekojay Shawnee, Wilmington, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 3/5/2001. # Mekoce Shawnee, Wilmington, OH # Morning Star Shawnee Nation, Shelby, OH # Munsee Delaware Indian Nation—USA, formerly known incorrectly as the "Munsee-Thames River Delaware" and as "Munsee Delaware Indian Nation". # North Eastern U.S. Miami Inter-Tribal Council, Youngstown, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/09/1979. # Notoweega Nation, Logan, OH. Also known as the Ohio Woodlands Tribe. # The Nottoway in Ohio, Xenia, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/03/2008. # Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnee Indians, North Hampton, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/16/1991. the Piqua Shawnee Tribe were state-recognized in Alabama in 1991 Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. # Saponi-Catawba Nation of the Ohio Valley, Webster, OH # Saponi Nation of Ohio, Rio Grande, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. # Shawnee Nation, Ohio Blue Creek Band of Adams County, Lynx, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/5/1998. #
Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band The United Remnant Band of the Shawnee Nation, also called the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band (URB), is an organization that self-identifies as a Native American tribe in Ohio. Its members identify as descendants of Shawnee people. In 2016, t ...
, Bellefontaine, OH # Tallige Cherokee Nation, Fire Clan. # Tutelo Nahyssan Tribal Nation, Cutler, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/27/2005. # Tutelo-Saponi Tribal Nation (formerly known as Pine Hill Saponi Tribal Nation), Beavercreek, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/1/2002.


Oklahoma

# Canadian River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation # Cataba Tribal Association # Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (II). There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (I) in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. #
Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of individuals who self-identify as Cherokee but are not state or federally recognized as a Native American tribe or government. The headquarters for ...
, also in Arkansas and Missouri ## Kanasas (Awi Akta) District of NCNOLT. – Located in Kansas ## Oklahoma (Ani Tsi Na) District of the NCNOLT. – Located in Oklahoma # Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians # Northern Chickamaunga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1991 # Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Inc., Chandler, OK Also Chickamauga Cherokee Nation (I), also known as Chickamauga Cherokee Nation MO/AR White River Band and as White River Band of Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Missouri and Arkansas. Also in Arkansas and Missouri. There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (II) in Oklahoma. # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Horse Clan # Southern Cherokee Nation # United Band of the Western Cherokee Nation Letter of Intent to Petition 3/14/2003. # Yuchi Tribal Organization, Sapulpa, OK. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/05/1990; Declined to acknowledge 3/21/2000, 64 FR 71814., part of the federally recognized
Muscogee (Creek) The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Sapulpa, OK, part of the federally recognized
Muscogee (Creek) The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands # Cherokee Delaware Tribe of the Northwest # Chetco Tribe # Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes # Confederated Tribes: Rogue, Table Rock & Associated Tribes; Letter of Intent to Petition 3/24/1997; properly executed Letter of Intent 6/19/1997 # Northwest Cherokee Deer Clan # Northwest Cherokee Wolf and Paint Clan # Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band of the Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Talent, OR. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985 (50 FR 39047) # Tchinouk Indians, Letter of Intent to Petition 05/16/1979; Declined to Acknowledge 03/17/1986, 51 FR 2437 # Tolowa-Tututni Tribe, also in California # Una Nation of Mixed-Bloods, Eugene, OR


Pennsylvania

# Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe # Eastern Delaware Nations. # Erie Indian Moundbuilders Tribal Nation, Erie, PA # Free Cherokee-Chickamauga. # Lena'pe Nation. # Eastern Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/16/2000. #
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania (LNPA) is one of more than a dozen cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Lenape people, also known as Lenni-Lenape or Delaware people. They are based in Easton, Pennsyl ...
, Easton, PA # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania. # Thunder Mountain Lenapé Nation, Saltsburg, PA # Tsalagi Elohi Cherokee Earth. # United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia. Also in South Carolina and West Virginia. # White Path Society.


Rhode Island

# Aquidneck Indian Council, Newport, RI # Northern Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island, Providence, RI #
Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts and Rhode Island The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island.Salwen, "Indians of Southern New England and Long Isla ...
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Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation The Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Wampanoag people in Rhode Island. They formed a nonprofit organization, the Pocasset Pokanok ...
, Cranston, RI # Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, Bristol, RI. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/05/1994 for Federal Recognition. State recognition attempted for the tribe with the introduction of State of Rhode Island House Bill 2006
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but the bill was never passed. Also in Massachusetts. # Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation/Wampanoag Nation/Pokanoket Tribe/And Bands, Warwick, RI. Letter of intent to petition 1/5/1998. # Rhode Island Indian Council, Providence, RI #
Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe The Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Wampanoag people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Multiple nonprofit organizations were formed to represent the Seac ...
, Providence, RI, formerly Greenwich, RI. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/29/1998. # Wappinger Tribal Nation, Wakefield, RI. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/7/2003. # Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot Tribe, Hope Valley, RI. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/15/2000. Receipt of Petition 09/15/2000.


South Carolina

South Carolina recognizes some Native American entities as groups or special interest organizations, but not as tribes. #
Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People The Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People or Chaloklowa Chickasaw is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and "state-recognized group" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe. The state of South Carolina gave them the state-recognized group a ...
, Hemingway, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe #
Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina The Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South Carolina, Inc. or ECSIUT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and "state-recognized group" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe. The state of South Carolina gave them t ...
, Duncan, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe #
Natchez Indian Tribe of South Carolina The Natchez Indian Tribe of South Carolina or Eastern Band of Natchez is a nonprofit organization and "state-recognized group" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe. The state of South Carolina gave them the state-recognized group and ...
, Columbia, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe # Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek, Neeses, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe # Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative, North, SC, state-recognized special interest organization, but not state-recognized tribe Unrecognized organizations include: # American Indian Center of South Carolina. # Broad River Band of Cherokee. # Carolina Indian Heritage Association. # Cherokee Bear Clan of South Carolina. # Cherokees of South Carolina. # Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina (formerly Chicora-Siouan Indian People). Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1993. Also in North Carolina. # Croatan Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Orangeburg, SC # Fields Indian Family – Pine Hill Indian Community (or Pine Hill Indian Tribe). # Free Cherokee-Chickamauga # Horse Creek Indian Heritage Association. # Little Horse Creek American Indian Association. # Marlboro & Chesterfield Pee Dee Band (a.k.a. Upper Pee Dee Nation of South Carolina) # Midlands Intertribal Empowerment Group. # Pee Dee Indian Association. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/30/1995. # Redcrows Foundation. Associated with unrecognized Yamassee Indian Nation. # Santee Indian Nation. # United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia. Also in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. # Waccamaw Siouan Indian Association. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1992; Postal service returned certified letter 11/5/1997. # Yamassee Indian Tribe of Seminoles. Also referred to as the Yamassee Tribe, or Yamassee Nation of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.


Tennessee

# Central Band of Cherokee, Lawrenceburg, TN. Declined to acknowledge 7/24/2012 # Cherokee Wolf Clan, Yuma, TN # Chikamaka Band, Tracy City, TN # Etowah Cherokee Nation (I), Cleveland, TN. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/31/1990; certified letter returned undeliverable 10/1997. State legislature denied state recognition, contesting the authority of a Proclamation of Recognition] by the Governor of Tennessee of May 25, 1978. # Guaymari Kiawah Tribe, Antioch, TN # Remnant Yuchi Nation, Kingsport, TN # Tanasi Council, Memphis, TN # United Eastern Lenape Nation, Winfield, TN # United Aniyunwiya Nation, Memphis, TN # Mennefer Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ) Native American Tribe, Germantown, TN. Also Mennefer Tanasi Empowerment Ministries.


Texas

As journalists Graham Lee Brewer (Cherokee Nation) and Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa) reported, Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes." # Absentee Seminole Tribe of Texas, # American Cherokee Tribe of Texas # Apache Council of Texas, Alice, TX # The Arista Indian Village. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/21/2002 Receipt of Petition 05/21/2002 # Atakapas Ishak Nation of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/02/2007 # Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, also Tribal Council of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/06/1998. #
Cherokee Nation of Mexico The Cherokee Nation of Mexico, also known as the Cherokee Nation of Sequoyah of Mexico, Texas, and U.S.A. Reservation and Church, is an organization of individuals who claim descent from Cherokee tribe who migrated to Mexico during the 19th century ...
, Dripping Springs, TX # Cherokee Nation of Texas, Limited. # Chickamauga Cherokee Brushy Creek Band. # Comanche Penateka Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/03/1998. # Court of the Golden Eagle, The Oukah. # Creek Indians of Texas at Red Oak # Cuelgahen Nde Lipan Apache of Texas, Three Rivers, TX # Free Cherokee, Hummingbird Clan # Jumano Tribe (West Texas) (formerly The People of LaJunta (Jumano/Mescalero)). Letter of Intent to Petition 03/26/1997. # Karankawa Kadla #
Lipan Apache Band of Texas The Lipan Apache Band of Texas is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of Lipan Apache people The organization LABT is based in Edinburg, Texas; with members living in Texas, Louisiana, California, and Mexi ...
, Brackettville, TX #
Lipan Apache Nation of Texas Lipan Apache are a band of Apache, a Southern Athabaskan Indigenous people, who have lived in the Southwest and Southern Plains for centuries. At the time of European and African contact, they lived in New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and no ...
, San Antonio, TX. Also known as the Kuné Tsa Nde Band of the Lipan Apache Nation of Texas #
Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Texas. Members of the tribe descend from the Lipan Apache, a Southern Athabaskan Indigenous people. The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is headquartered in M ...
, McAllen, TX. Also known as Lipan Apache Tribe. Texas Senate Bill 27, introduced in January 2021, to formally recognize this group died in committee. # Miakan-Garza Band, also Mier Band of the Garza Tribe, in San Marcos, Texas; created the Indigenous Cultures Institute in 2006. #
Mount Tabor Indian Community The Mount Tabor Indian Community (also Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands of the Mount Tabor Indian Community) is a cultural heritage group located in Rusk County, Texas. There was a historical Mount Tabor Indian Community dating from the 19th ...
. Also known as Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands-Mount Tabor Indian Community. # Nato Indian Nation (Native American Tribal Organization), Grand Prairie, TX, also in Utah # Pamaque Clan of Coahuila y Tejas Spanish Indian Colonial Missions Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/23/2002; Receipt of Petition 04/23/2002. BAR Papers filed 2005. # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Hawk Clan # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Sequoyah Clan # Southeastern Cherokee Tribe and Associated Bands. # Sovereign Cherokee Nation Tejas # Tap Pilam: The Coahuiltecan Nation Letter of Intent to Petition 12/03/1997. #
Texas Band of Yaqui Indians The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians are a state recognized/acknowledged tribal group and non profit organization made up of individuals who are descendants of Yaqui people who migrated into Texas. They are dedicated to the cultural and ethnic awarene ...
# Texas Buffalo Bayou Band of Chickamaugan Cherokee, Southern Cherokee Nation. # Texas Gulf Coast Cherokee and Associated Bands # Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Tribe. Based in Waco, Texas. # United Chickamaugan # United Mascogo Seminole Tribe of Texas. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/31/2002. Receipt of Petition 12/31/2002. # The Yanaguana Bands of Mission Indians of Texas. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/19/2004.


Utah

# Cherokee Indian Descendents Organization of the Ani-Yun-Wiya # Colorado River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation # Nato Indian Nation (Native American Tribal Organization), Provo, UT, also in Texas # Northeast Band of Shoshone Indians # Rocky Mountain Band of Cherokee Descendents, Magna, UT # White Mesa Ute Council, White Mesa, UT


Vermont

# Free Cherokee, Tribal Council. # Green Mountain Band of Cherokee. # Sunray Meditation Society.


Virginia

# American Indigenous Accawmacke Indians, Cape Charles, VA # Ani-Stohini/Unami Nation, Fries, VA. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/08/1994. # Appalachian Cherokee Nation. # Buffalo Ridge Cherokees. # Cherokee of Virginia Birdtown. # Chowanoke Indian Nation, Winton, VA # Free Cherokees Spider Clan. # Halooie Indian Tribe, Seminary Hill area of Alexandria, VA. # Inagel Tsalagi, Cherokee of Virginia. # Northern Tsalagi Indian Nation. # Rappahannock Indian Tribe (II), Change. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/31/2001. Shares a name with a state-recognized tribe Rappahannock Indian Tribe (I). # Roanoke-Chowan Native American Association, Inc., Winton, VA # Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe, Dare County, VA # Southern Cherokee Confederacy, Pine Log Clan. # Turtle Band of Cherokee. # United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/03/2000. Receipt of Petition 07/31/2000. # Wicocomico Indian Nation, also Historic Wicocomico Indian Nation of Northumberland County, Virginia. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/15/2000. Receipt of Petition 08/28/2000. # Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe, 501(c)(3) in Henrico County, Virginia # Wolf Creek Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia. Failed bill introduced to Virginia for state-recognition 1/19/2015


Washington

# Anisahani Blue Clan, Woodland, WA # Chinook Indian Tribe of Oregon & Washington, Inc., also
Chinook Nation The Chinook Indian Nation is an unrecognized tribe in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington (state), Washington that was List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States, federally recognized from 2001 to 2002. It consist ...
, Baycenter, WA. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/23/1979; Declined to acknowledge 7/12/2003, 67 FR 46204. Also in Oregon. #
Duwamish Indian Tribe The Duwamish (, ) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people in western Washington, and the Indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle. Prior to colonization, the center of Duwamish society was around the Black and Duwamish rivers i ...
. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/07/1977; Declined to Acknowledge 05/08/2002 (66 FR 49966). # Free Cherokees, Four Directions Council, Toledo, WA #
Kikiallus Indian Nation The Kikiallus people () are a Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people Indigenous to parts of western Washington. The Kikiallus and their descendants are enrolled primarily in the federally-recognized tribe, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Communi ...
# Marietta Band of Nooksacks, Bellingham, WA #
Mitchell Bay Band of the San Juan Islands The Mitchell Bay Band of the San Juan Islands is an Indigenous Coast Salish community based in the San Juan Islands The San Juan Islands is an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and ...
# Noo-Wha-Ha Band #
Snohomish Tribe of Indians The Snohomish people (, , ) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people who are indigenous to the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Most Snohomish are enrolled in the Tulalip Tribes of Washington and reside on the reservatio ...
, Port Hadlock, WA. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/13/1975; Declined to Acknowledge 03/05/2004 68 FR 68942. #
Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island The Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island is a non-federally recognized tribe on Whidbey Island of Washington, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located i ...
, Bellingham, WA. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/14/1988. # Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Haddock/Compton Clan, Vancouver, WA # Steilacoom Tribe of Indians, Steilacoom, WA. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/28/1974; Proposed Finding 02/07/2000. Declined Acknowledgment effective 6/17/2008 73 FR 14833.


West Virginia

# Monican Indian Nation, Huntington, WV. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/23/2007. # United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia, Beckley, WV. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/30/2005. Also in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.


Wisconsin

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Brothertown Indians The Brothertown Indians (also ''Brotherton''), located in Wisconsin, are a Native American tribe ethnogenesis, formed in the late 18th century from communities descended from Pequot, Narragansett people, Narragansett, Montaukett, Montauk, Tunx ...
of Wisconsin. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/15/1980. declined to acknowledge 2012-12-11 # Muhheconnuck and Munsee Tribes. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/04/2003. # Southern Cherokee Confederacy, Wisconsin.


Wyoming

# Northwestern Shoshoni, Rock Springs, WY


List of groups self-identifying as Caribbean Indigenous tribes

Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as Caribbean Indigenous tribes but that have been recognized neither by the federal government (
Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior. It is responsible for im ...
) nor by any state, territory or tribal government.


Puerto Rico

# Concilio Taino Guatu-Ma-Cu A Borikén (Puerto Rico) # Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Borikén. (Puerto Rico).


U.S. Virgin Islands

# Opia Carib Indian Tribe in U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) # Carib-Taino Tribal Confederacy


See also

;United States *
Federally recognized tribes This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
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Native Americans in the United States Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the Contiguous United States, lower 48 states and A ...
* List of Alaska Native tribal entities *
List of Indian reservations in the United States This is a list of Indian reservations and other tribal homelands in the United States. In Canada, the List of Indian reserves in Canada, Indian reserve is a similar institution. Federally recognized reservations There are approximately 567 fed ...
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List of historical Indian reservations in the United States This is a list of historical Indian reservations in the United States. These Indian and Half-breed Reservations and Reserves were either disestablished or revoked. Few still exist as a considerably smaller remnant, or have been merged with other ...
* National Park Service Native American Heritage Sites *
Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to United States federal Indian law and policy: Federal Indian policy – establishes the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes within i ...
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State recognized tribes in the United States State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...
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Taíno heritage groups Taíno heritage groups are organizations, primarily located in the United States and the Caribbean, that promote Taíno revivalism. Many of these groups are from non-sovereign U.S. territories outside the contiguous United States, especially Puerto ...
;Canada *
List of Indian reserves in Canada Canada has numerous Indian reserves, also known as First Nations reserves, for First Nations in Canada, First Nations people, which were mostly established in 1876 by the ''Indian Act'' and have been variously expanded and reduced by royal commi ...
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List of First Nations governments The following is a partial list of First Nations band governments in Canada: Alberta Atlantic Canada Newfoundland and Labrador * Miawpukek First Nation * Mushuau Innu First Nation * Qalipu First Nation * Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Ne ...
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List of First Nations peoples The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area. It only includes First Nations people, which by definition excludes Métis and Canadian Inuit groups. The areas used here are in accordance ...
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Non-status Indian In Canada, the term non-status Indian () refers to any First Nations person who for whatever reason is not registered with the federal government, or is not registered to a band recognized under the Indian Act. For several decades, status Indian ...


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Petitions Resolved–Denied
Office of Federal Acknowledgment, U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs
BIA status summary of petitions for recognition as of 15 February 2007

Joint resolution of the Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposing fabricated Cherokee "Tribes" and "Indians"

Testimony of Leon Jones, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Dan McCoy, Tribal Council Chairman, on the Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1999
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