List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States: Difference between revisions

This is a '''list of federally recognized tribes''' in the [[contiguous United States]]. There are also [[List of Alaska Native tribal entities|federally recognized Alaska Native tribes]]. {{As of|2023|03|24|df=US}}, 574 [[tribe (Native American)|Indian tribes]] were legally recognized by the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] (BIA) of the United States.<ref name="loc.gov">{{cite journal |last1=Indian Affairs Bureau |date=12 January 2023 |title=Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/12/2023-00504/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of |journal=Federal Register |volume=88 |pages=2112–16 |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="bia.gov">[http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc1-030831.pdf Federal Acknowledgment of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714185005/http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc1-030831.pdf |date=2015-07-14 }}</ref> Of these, 228 are located in Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska Region {{!}} Indian Affairs |url=https://www.bia.gov/regional-office/alaska-region |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.bia.gov}}</ref>▼

In the United States, an Indian tribe is a fundamental unit, and the constitution grants [[United States Congress|Congress]] the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''[[United States v. Sandoval]]'', 231 U.S.&nbsp;28 (1913), warned, "it is not... that Congress may bring a community or body of people within range of this power by arbitrarily calling them an Indian tribe, but only that in respect of distinctly Indian communities the questions whether, to what extent, and for what time they shall be recognized and dealt with as dependent tribes" (at 46).<ref>Sheffield (1998) p. 56</ref> Federal [[Native American recognition in the United States|tribal recognition]] grants to tribes the right to certain benefits, and is largely <!-- controlled bu US Federal law and --> administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).▼

While trying to determine which groups were eligible for federal recognition in the 1970s, government officials became aware of the need for consistent procedures. To illustrate, several federally unrecognized tribes encountered obstacles in bringing [[land claim]]s; ''[[United States v. Washington]]'' (1974) was a court case that affirmed the fishing [[treaty rights]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] tribes; and other tribes demanded that the U.S. government recognize [[aboriginal title]]s. All the above culminated in the [[Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975]], which legitimized tribal entities by partially restoring [[Native American self-determination]].▼

* [[Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico]]<br>(''previously listed as [[Pueblo of Santo Domingo]]'')▼

** [[XL Ranch]]▼

** [[Dania Reservation]]▼

** [[Woodfords Community]]▼

* [[State recognized tribes in the United States]]▼

* [[Native Americans in the United States]]▼

* [[List of Indian reservations in the United States]]▼

* [[Native American Heritage Sites (U.S. National Park Service)|National Park Service Native American Heritage Sites]]▼

* [[List of Indian reserves in Canada]]▼