Native American Tribes by State 2026

The indigenous people of North America, also known as Native Americans or American Indians, are the first inhabitants of what is now known as the United States. The ancestors of today’s living Native Americans are believed to have settled on the land about 15,000 years ago. The term excludes Native Hawaiians and some Alaskan Natives.

Following the European colonization of the Americans, starting in 1492, the Native American population began to rapidly decline due to slavery, ethnic cleansing, warfare, and diseases brought by the settlers. Additionally, Native Americans have been forced off their ancestral lands and faced discriminatory government policies into the 20th century.

One of these government policies included the Indian Appropriation Act of 1871, which ended the recognition of independent native nations and treated them as “domestic dependent nations,” making them subject to federal law. In 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. who had not yet obtained it. This allowed natives to vote in state and federal elections and extended the Fourteenth Amendment protections to them while also emptying the “Indians not taxed” category. Despite this, some states denied voting rights to Native Americans for several decades.

Today, there are over five million Native Americans in the United States, 78% of whom live outside of reservations. There are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the country, about half associated with Indian reservations. T

Native American Tribes by State

Alabama

Abihka, Alabama, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Atasi, Chatot, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Eufaula, Fus-hatchee, Hilibi, Hitchiti, Ispokogi, Kan-hatki, Kealedji, Koasati, Kolomi, Mobile, Mukalsa, Muskogee, Napochi, Natchez, Okchai, Okmulgee, Osochi, Pakana, Pawokti, Pilthlako, Sawokli, Shawnee, Taensa, Tohome, Tukabahchee, Tuskegee, Wakokai, Wiwohka, Yamasee, Yuchi

Alaska

Ahtena, Aleut, Dihai-kutchin, Eskimo, Haida, Han, Ingalik, Koyukon, Kutcha-kutchin, Eskimo, Haida, Han, Ingalik, Koyukon, Kutcha-Kutchin, Nabesna, Niska, Natsit-kutchin, Tanaina, Tanana, Tennuth-kutchin, Tlingit, Tranjik-kutchin, Tlingit, Tranjik-kutchin, Tsimshian, Vaunta-kutchin

Arizona

Apache,Cocopa, Halchidhoma, Halyikwamai, Havasupai, Hopi, Kohuana, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Paiute, Papago, Pima, Quahatika, Sobaipuri,Tonto, Walapai,Yavapai, Yuma

Arkansas

Caddo, Cahinnio,Cherokee, Chickasaw, Illinois, Kaskinampo, Michigamea, Mosopelea, Ofo, Osage,Quapaw,Tunica,Yazoo

California

Achomawi, Agua Caliente, Alliklik, Atsugewi, Bear River,Cahto,Cahuilla,Chasta,Chaushila, Chemehuevi,Chemehuevi,Chetco,Chilula,Chimariko,Chumash, Chumash People,Costanoan,Cupeno,Cuyapaipe Band, Dakubetede,Esselen,Fernandeno,Gabrielino ,Halchidhoma, Hoopa,Huchnom, Hupa,Kamia, Karok, Kasihta, Kato,Kawaiisu, Kitanemake, Konkau, Konomihu, Koso, Lassik, Little Lake, Luiseno, Maidu, Mattole, Miwok, Modoc, Mohava, Mono, Nicoleno, Nongatl, Okwanuchu, Paiute (Northern), Patwin, Pomo, Quechan, Salinan, Serrano, Shasta, Shoshone, Sinkyone, Tolowa, Tubatulabal, Vanyume, Wailaki, Wappo, Washoe, Whilkut, Wintu, Wintun, Wiyot, Yahi, Yana, Yokuts, Yuki, Yuma, Yurok

Colorado

Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain Tribe

Connecticut

Mahican, Minisink, Mohegan, Pequot, Nipmuc, Quiripi

Delaware

Lenni Lenape, Nanticoke tribe

Florida

Miccosukee Tribe, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress and Brighton Reservations

Georgia

Apalachee Indians, Cherokee Indians, Hitchiti, Oconee, Miccosukee Indians, Muskogee Creek Indians, Timucua Indians, Yamasee and Guale Indians

Hawaii

Kanaka Maoli

Idaho

Coeur D’Alene Tribe, Kootenai Trib, Nez Perce Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation

Illinois

Chickasaw tribe, Dakota Sioux tribe, Ho-Chunk tribe (Winnebago0, Illinois tribe (Illini), Miami tribe, Shawnee tribe

Indiana

Illini Indians, Miami Indians (including the Wea), Shawnee Indians

Iowa

Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Kansas

Iowa Tribe of Indians of the Iowa Reservation in Nebraska and Kansas, Kickapoo Tribe of Indians, Prairie Band of Potawatomi, Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri

Kentucky

Cherokee tribe, Chickasaw tribe, Shawnee tribe, Yuchi tribe

Lousiana

Chitimacha Tribe, Coushatta Tribe

Maine

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tibe, Penobscot Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Tribe

Maryland

Lenape tribe, Nanticoke tribe, Powhatan tribe, Ohio Valley tribes, Susquehannock tribe, Tutelo and Saponi tribes

Massachusetts

Wampanoag tribes (includes the Nauset, Nantucket, Pennacook, Pokanoket, and Pocasset), Mohegan tribe, Mohican tribe

Michigan

Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, Hannahville Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa

Minnesota

Lower Sioux Indian Community, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Prairie Island Indian Community, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, Upper Sioux Indian Community

Mississippi

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Lower Mississippi

Missouri

Chickasaw Indians, Illini tribe, Ioway Indians, Missouria Indians, Osage Indians, Otoe Indians, Quapaw Indians

Montana

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Blackfeet Tribe, Chippewa Cree Tribe Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Crow Tribem Fort Belknap Indian Community, Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Nebraska

Omaha Tribe, Sac and Fox of Missouri of the Sac and Fox Reservation, Santee Sioux Tribe, Winnebago Tribe

Nevada

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Ely Indian Colony, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians, Lovelock Paiute Tribe, Moapa Band of Paiute Indian, Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Summit Lake Paiute, Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Washoe Tribe, Winnemucca Indian Colony, Yerington Paiute Tribe, Yomba Shoshone Tribe

New Hampshire

Abenaki tribe, Pennacook tribe

New Jersey

Unami (Lenape) tribe, Minisink (Munsee) tribe, Unalachtigo tribe

New Mexico

Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Navajo Tribe, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Cochiti, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Felipe, Peublo of San Juan, Pueblo of San Iidefonso, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of Taos, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of Zia, Ute Mountian Tribe, Zuni Tribe

New York

Cayauga Nation, Oneida Nation, Onondaga Nation, Seneca Nation, St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians, Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians, Tuscarora Nation

North Carolina

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

North Dakota

Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Ohio

Erie tribe, Kickapoo tribe, Shawnee tribe

Oklahoma

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe, Alabama-Quassaarte Tribal Towns of the Creek Nation, Apache Tribe, Caddo Indian Tribe, Cherokee Nation, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians, Comanche Indian Tribe, Creek Nation, Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe, Fort Sill Apache Tribe, Iowa Tribe, Kaw Indian Tribe, Kialegee Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation, Kickapoo Tribe, Kiowa Indian Tribe, Miami Tribe, Modoc Tribe, Osage Tribe, Ottawa Tribe, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Pawnee Indian Tribe, Peoria Tribe, Ponca Tribes, Quapaw Tribe, Sac and Fox Nation, Seminole Nation, Seneca-Cayauga Tribe, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation, Tonkawa Tribe, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, Wichita Indian Tribe, Wyandotte Tribe

Oregon

Burns Piaute Indian Colony, Confederated Tribes of the Slietz Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

Pennsylvania

Erie tribe, Iroquois tribes (Seneca and Oneida), Lenape tribes, Munsee tribe, Shawnee tribe, Susquehannock tribe

Rhode Island

Narragansett tribe, Niantic tribe, Wampanoag tribe

South Carolina

Catawba tribe, Cherokee tribe, Creek tribe, Yuchi tribe, Cusabo and Edisto tribes, Carolina Siouan bands (Chicora, PeeDee, Waccamaw, and Santee)

South Dakota

Burns Piaute Indian Colony, Confederated Tribes of the Slietz Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

Tennessee

Cherokee tribe, Chickasaw tribe, Creek Tribe, Koasati tribe, Quapaw tribe, Shawnee tribe, Yuchi tribe

Texas

Apache tribes, Bidai tribe, Coahuiltecan and Carrizo tribes, Caddo tribe, Comanche tribe, Jumano, Suma, Piro, and other eastern Pueblo tribes, Karankawa tribe, Kiowa tribe, Kitsai tribe, Tawakoni tribe, Tonkawa tribe, Wichita tribe

Utah

Burns Piaute Indian Colony, Confederated Tribes of the Slietz Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

Vermont

Abenaki tribe, Mohican tribe, Massachusett tribes (Pennacook and Pocomtuc)

Virginia

Catawba tribe, Cherokee tribe, Croatoan tribe, tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, Tuscarora tribe, Tutelo and Saponi tribes, Yuchi tribe

Washington

Cayuse tribe, Chehalis tribe, Chinook tribe, Colville and Okanagan tribes, Coeur d’Alene tribe, Cowlitz tribe, Kalispel and Spokane Salish tribes, Klallam tribe, Kwalhioqua tribe, Lummi and Samich tribes, Makah tribe, Nez Perce tribe, Nooksack tribe, Quileute, Hoh, and Chemakum tribes, Quinault tribe, Skokomish tribe, Thompson Salish tribe, Umatilla tribe, Walla Walla and Palouse tribes, Wasco and Wishram tribes, Yakima tribe, Puget Sound Salish tribes (Puyallup, Snohomish, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, Skagit, Suquamish, Squaxin, Swinomish, Stillaguamish, and Sauk-Suiattle tribes)

West Virginia

Cherokee tribe, Shawnee tribe, Tutelo and Saponi tribes

Wisconsin

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Forest County, Potawatomi Community, Lac Corte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Menominee Indians Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Sokoagon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians, Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians, Wisconsin Winnebago Indian Tribe

Wyoming

Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation