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EspañolUNRECOGNIZED TRIBES
'Unrecognized tribes' are those domestic Indian tribes that are not recognized by a federal or state government in the United States.
Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as tribes that have not been recognized by either the Bureau of Indian Affairs or by one of the states.
__NOTOC__
★ 'Cherokee Nation of Alabama'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/16/1999.
★ 'Cherokees of Jackson County, Alabama'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/23/1981; certified letter returned "not known" 11/19/97.[1][2]
★ 'Eagle Bear Band of Free Cherokees'
★ 'Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/09/1971. Declined to Acknowledge 06/10/1985 50 FR 14302; certified letter returned "not known" 10/1997.
★ 'United Cherokees'
★ 'Chilkoot Kaagwaantaan Clan'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/22/1997.[3]
★ 'Five Landless Alaska Tlingit communities'. These Tlingit communities were omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and received neither land nor subsistence rights under the Act.[4]
★ 'Katalla-Chilkat Tlingit Tribe of Alaska'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/02/1995.
★ 'Tsimshian Tribal Council'. This may be a splinter group off of Metlakatla Indian Community of Annette Island Reserve, a Federally-recognized Native Alaskan Village. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/02/1978.
★ 'Barrio Pascua' - a village of Yaqui on the Arizona-Mexico border region.[5]
★ 'Chickamauga Cherokee Nation'
★ 'Lost Cherokee of Arkansas & Missouri'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1999
★ 'Revived Ouachita Indians of Arkansas and America'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/25/1990
★ 'Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/07/1998
★ 'Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri'. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/01/1998
★ 'Amah Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/1990[6][7]
★ 'American Indian Council of Mariposa County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/24/1982[8][9]
★ 'Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee'. Letter of Intent to Petition
★ 'Ani Yvwi Yuchi'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/31/1996
★ 'Antelope Valley Paiute Tribe' (aka 'Antelope Valley Indian Community'). Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976
★ 'Atahun Shoshones of San Juan Capistrano'
★ 'Big Meadows Lodge Tribe'
★ 'Calaveras County Band of Miwok Indians'
★ 'Calusa-Seminole Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1998
★ 'Choinumni Tribe'. 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
★ 'Coastal Band of Chumash Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/25/1982
★ 'Coastal Gabrieleno Diegueno 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
★ 'Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/24/1994
★ 'Costoanoan Ohlone Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/07/1994
★ 'Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/09/1979; Acknowledged 01/03/1983 47 FR 50109
★ 'The Displaced Elem Lineage Emancipated Members (DELEMA)'. Letter of Intent to Petition 5/11/1998
★ 'Dunlap Band of Mono Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/04/1984
★ 'Esselen/Coastanoan Tribe of Monterey County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1992; withdrawn 11/15/1996
★ 'Federated Coast Miwok'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/08/1995
★ 'Fernandeno/Tataviam Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1995
★ 'Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians of California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/3/1998
★ 'Gabrielino/Tongva Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1994
★ 'Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/14/1997
★ 'Hownonquet Community Association'
★ 'Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/09/1989
★ 'Ish Panesh United Band of Indians' (formerly 'Oakbrook Chumash People aka Ish Panesh Band of Mission Indians, Oakbrook Park Chumash'). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/25/1995
★ 'Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation' (I). Letter of Intent to Petition 08/17/1982
★ 'Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation' (II). Letter of Intent to Petition 3/8/1996
★ 'Kern Valley Indian Community'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/27/1979
★ 'Konkow Valley Band of Maidu'. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/20/1998
★ 'Maidu Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/6/1977
★ 'Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians'
★ 'Mono Lake Indian Community'. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976
★ 'Ohlone/Costanoan Muwekma Tribe' (aka 'Muwekma Indian Tribe: Costanoan/Ohlone Indian Families of the San Francisco Bay'). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/09/1989
★ 'Northern Maidu Maidu Tribe '
★ '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
★ 'Ohlone/Costanoan - Esselen Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/03/1992
★ 'Salinan Nation aka Salinan-Chumash Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/10/1989
★ 'Salinan Tribe of Monterey County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/13/1993
★ '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
★ 'Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1982
★ 'Tehatchapi Tribe'
★ '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.
★ 'T'Si-akim Maidu'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1998
★ 'Tsnungwe Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/1992
★ 'United Hourma Nation, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 3/22/1994.[10]
★ '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
★ '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
★ 'Wintoon Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
★ 'Wintu Indians of Central Valley, California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
★ 'Wintu Tribe of Northern California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/25/1993
★ 'Wukchumni Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1988; certified letter undeliverable 10/1997
★ 'Yokayo Tribe of Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1987; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
★ 'Munsee Thames River Delaware'. 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'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/26/1993; certified letter returned "attempted, not known" 11/5/97
★ 'Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut'. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/28/1978
★ 'The Mohegan Tribe and Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/06/1992
★ 'The Nehantic Tribe and Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1997
★ 'Nipmuc Indian Bands'
★ 'The Southern Pequot Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/7/1998
★ 'Lenape Tribe of Delaware'
★ 'Apalachicola Band of Creek Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/17/1996
★ 'Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek 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.
★ 'Oklewaha Band of Yamassee Seminole Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/12/1990
★ '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
★ 'Indian Creek Band Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee Inc.'
★ 'Seminole Nation of Florida' (aka 'Traditional Seminole'). Letter of Intent to Petition 08/05/1983; referred to SOL for determination 5/25/1990
★ '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
★ 'Cane Break Band of Eastern Cherokees'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/09/1979; rejoined 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (I), notification 7/16/1997
★ 'Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Inc.'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985 50 FR 39047
★ 'Tama Indian Tribe'
★ 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (II). This is an unrecognized tribe that have the same name as a State-recognized tribe 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (I).
★ 'SouthEastern Indian Nation'. Incomplete Letter of Intent to Petition 01/05/1996; requested removal from petitioning process 11/10/1997
★ 'Delawares of Idaho, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 06/26/1979
★ 'Lemhi-Shoshone Tribes' was stripped of recognition in 1907.
★ '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
★ 'Upper Kispoko Band of the Shawnee Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/10/91; certified letter returned undeliverable 10/30/97
★ 'Wea Indian Tribe of Indiana'. Claims re-establishment in 2004
★ 'Delaware- Muncie Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 6/19/1978
★ 'Kaweah Indian Nation'
★ 'Swan Creek & Black River Chippewas'
★ '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
★ 'Biloxi, Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 10/24/1995 (separated from 'United Houma Nation, Inc.')
★ 'Point au Chien Indian Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/22/1996 (separated from 'United Houma Nation, Inc.')
★ 'Apalachee Indian Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/22/1996
★ 'Apalachee Indians of Louisiana'. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/5/1996
★ 'Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee'
★ 'Maliseet Tribe'
★ 'Accohannock Indian Tribal Association, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1995
★ 'Piscataway-Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1978
★ 'Piscataway Indians'
★ 'Youghiogaheny River Band Of Shawnee Indians'
★ Choctaw Nation Mississippi River Clan
★ 'Celilio-Wyam Indian Community' [11]
★ 'Chetco Tribe'
★ 'Chinook Indian tribe of Oregon & Washington', Letter of Intent to Petition 7/23/1989.
★ 'Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes'
★ 'Confederated Tribes Rogue, Table Rock & Assoc. Tribes, Inc.'
★ 'Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band of Southeast Cherokee Confederacy', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/9/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985
★ 'Tchinouk Indians', Letter of Intent to Petition 5/16/1979; Declined to Acknowledge 3/17/1986
★ 'Tolowa-Tututni Tribe'. Also in California.
★ 'Eastern Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania'
★ 'Aquidneck Indian Council'
★ 'Pokanoket Tribe'
★ 'Rhode Island Indian Council'
★ 'Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina'[12][13]
★ 'Chicora-Siouan Indian People'
★ 'Edisto Indian Organization of South Carolina'
★ 'Four Hole Indian Organization', Letter of Intent to Petition 12/30/1976.
★ 'Free Cherokee-Chickamauga'
★ 'Marlboro & Chesterfield Pee Dee Band' (aka 'Upper Pee Dee Nation of South Carolina')
★ 'Natchez Indian Tribe of South Carolina'
★ 'Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek'
★ 'Pine Hill Indian Community'
★ 'Summerville Indian Group'
★ 'Sumter Band of Cheraw Indians'
★ 'Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians'
★ 'Chickamauga Circle Free Cherokee'
★ 'Chikamaka-Cherokees'
★ 'Cumberland Creek Indian Confederation'
★ 'Elk Valley Council Band of Free Cherokees'
★ 'Etowah Cherokee Nation', Letter of Intent to Petition 12/31/1990. This group's recognition is contested, and is based in Cleveland cites a Proclamation of Recognition by the Governor of Tennessee dated May 25, 1978.[14][15]
★ 'Free Cherokee Tennessee River Band Chickamauga'
★ 'Kwatani Mission of Chickamuga Cherokee'
★ 'Red Clay Band of Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/9/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985.
★ 'Tennessee River Band of Chickamuga Cherokee'
★ 'Tennessee River Band of Chickamuga'
★ 'Creek Indians of Texas at Red Oak'
★ 'Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation'
★ 'Lipan Apache Band of Texas'. Filed Petition 1993
★ 'Pamaque Clan of Coahuila Y Tejas'. Filed Petition 2003; BAR Papers filed 2005
★ 'People of LaJunta (Jumano/Mescalero)'
★ 'Cedar City Band of Paiutes'
★ 'Northeast Band of Shoshone Indians'
★ 'White Mesa Ute Council'
★ 'Abenaki Tribe of Vermont'
★ 'Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation' (aka 'Cowasuck Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation').
★ 'Missisiquoi Council Abenaki Nation'
★ 'Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki'
★ 'St. Francis-Skokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont', Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
★ 'Traditional Abenaki of Mazipskwik'
★ 'Ani-Stohini Unami Nation'
★ 'Chinook Indian Tribe, Inc.', Letter of Intent to Petition 7/23/1979
★ 'Duwamish Indian Tribe', Letter of Intent to Petition 6/7/1977
★ 'Marietta Band of Nooksacks'
★ 'Mitchell Bay Band'
★ 'Noo-Wha-Ha Band'
★ 'Snohomish Tribe of Indians', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/3/1975
★ 'Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island', Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
★ 'Steilacoom Tribe', Letter of Intent to Petition 8/28/1973
★ 'Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
★ 'Northwestern Shoshoni'
1. U.S. Federally Non-Recognized Indian Tribes Troy Johnson
2. U.S. Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
3. Petitions for Federal Recognition 500nations.com
4. http://cooday8.tripod.com/landless-tlingits.htm Jesse Cooday
5. The Yaquis: A Celebration, H. S. Choate, , , , ,
6. The key: Petition No. 120
7. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area Rosemary Cambra (Tribal Chair), et. al.
8. Traditional use agreement signed between Yosemite National Park and American Indian Council of Mariposa County
9.
10. May be the same as the 'United Houma Nation, Inc.', a tribe recognized by the State of Louisiana
11. Wild Apache Native American Portal Wild Apache
12. Members South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission
13. Visitors Center South Carolina Indigenous Gallery
14. Sheffield (1998) p70-71
15. TN Tribal Recognition - past example Chattanooga InterTribal Association
★ Federally recognized tribes
★ State recognized tribes
★ Classification of Native Americans
List of unrecognized tribes
Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as tribes that have not been recognized by either the Bureau of Indian Affairs or by one of the states.
__NOTOC__
Alabama
★ 'Cherokee Nation of Alabama'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/16/1999.
★ 'Cherokees of Jackson County, Alabama'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/23/1981; certified letter returned "not known" 11/19/97.[1][2]
★ 'Eagle Bear Band of Free Cherokees'
★ 'Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/09/1971. Declined to Acknowledge 06/10/1985 50 FR 14302; certified letter returned "not known" 10/1997.
★ 'United Cherokees'
Alaska
★ 'Chilkoot Kaagwaantaan Clan'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/22/1997.[3]
★ 'Five Landless Alaska Tlingit communities'. These Tlingit communities were omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and received neither land nor subsistence rights under the Act.[4]
★ 'Katalla-Chilkat Tlingit Tribe of Alaska'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/02/1995.
★ 'Tsimshian Tribal Council'. This may be a splinter group off of Metlakatla Indian Community of Annette Island Reserve, a Federally-recognized Native Alaskan Village. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/02/1978.
Arizona
★ 'Barrio Pascua' - a village of Yaqui on the Arizona-Mexico border region.[5]
Arkansas
★ 'Chickamauga Cherokee Nation'
★ 'Lost Cherokee of Arkansas & Missouri'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1999
★ 'Revived Ouachita Indians of Arkansas and America'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/25/1990
★ 'Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/07/1998
★ 'Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri'. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/01/1998
California
★ 'Amah Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/1990[6][7]
★ 'American Indian Council of Mariposa County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/24/1982[8][9]
★ 'Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee'. Letter of Intent to Petition
★ 'Ani Yvwi Yuchi'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/31/1996
★ 'Antelope Valley Paiute Tribe' (aka 'Antelope Valley Indian Community'). Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976
★ 'Atahun Shoshones of San Juan Capistrano'
★ 'Big Meadows Lodge Tribe'
★ 'Calaveras County Band of Miwok Indians'
★ 'Calusa-Seminole Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1998
★ 'Choinumni Tribe'. 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
★ 'Coastal Band of Chumash Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/25/1982
★ 'Coastal Gabrieleno Diegueno 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
★ 'Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/24/1994
★ 'Costoanoan Ohlone Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/07/1994
★ 'Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/09/1979; Acknowledged 01/03/1983 47 FR 50109
★ 'The Displaced Elem Lineage Emancipated Members (DELEMA)'. Letter of Intent to Petition 5/11/1998
★ 'Dunlap Band of Mono Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/04/1984
★ 'Esselen/Coastanoan Tribe of Monterey County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1992; withdrawn 11/15/1996
★ 'Federated Coast Miwok'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/08/1995
★ 'Fernandeno/Tataviam Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1995
★ 'Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians of California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/3/1998
★ 'Gabrielino/Tongva Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1994
★ 'Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/14/1997
★ 'Hownonquet Community Association'
★ 'Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/09/1989
★ 'Ish Panesh United Band of Indians' (formerly 'Oakbrook Chumash People aka Ish Panesh Band of Mission Indians, Oakbrook Park Chumash'). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/25/1995
★ 'Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation' (I). Letter of Intent to Petition 08/17/1982
★ 'Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation' (II). Letter of Intent to Petition 3/8/1996
★ 'Kern Valley Indian Community'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/27/1979
★ 'Konkow Valley Band of Maidu'. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/20/1998
★ 'Maidu Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/6/1977
★ 'Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians'
★ 'Mono Lake Indian Community'. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/09/1976
★ 'Ohlone/Costanoan Muwekma Tribe' (aka 'Muwekma Indian Tribe: Costanoan/Ohlone Indian Families of the San Francisco Bay'). Letter of Intent to Petition 05/09/1989
★ 'Northern Maidu Maidu Tribe '
★ '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
★ 'Ohlone/Costanoan - Esselen Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/03/1992
★ 'Salinan Nation aka Salinan-Chumash Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/10/1989
★ 'Salinan Tribe of Monterey County'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/13/1993
★ '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
★ 'Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1982
★ 'Tehatchapi Tribe'
★ '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.
★ 'T'Si-akim Maidu'. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1998
★ 'Tsnungwe Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/1992
★ 'United Hourma Nation, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 3/22/1994.[10]
★ '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
★ '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
★ 'Wintoon Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
★ 'Wintu Indians of Central Valley, California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/26/1984; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
★ 'Wintu Tribe of Northern California'. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/25/1993
★ 'Wukchumni Council'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1988; certified letter undeliverable 10/1997
★ 'Yokayo Tribe of Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1987; certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997
Colorado
★ 'Munsee Thames River Delaware'. 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'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/26/1993; certified letter returned "attempted, not known" 11/5/97
Connecticut
★ 'Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut'. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/28/1978
★ 'The Mohegan Tribe and Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/06/1992
★ 'The Nehantic Tribe and Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1997
★ 'Nipmuc Indian Bands'
★ 'The Southern Pequot Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/7/1998
Delaware
★ 'Lenape Tribe of Delaware'
Florida
★ 'Apalachicola Band of Creek Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/17/1996
★ 'Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek 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.
★ 'Oklewaha Band of Yamassee Seminole Indians'. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/12/1990
★ '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
★ 'Indian Creek Band Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee Inc.'
★ 'Seminole Nation of Florida' (aka 'Traditional Seminole'). Letter of Intent to Petition 08/05/1983; referred to SOL for determination 5/25/1990
★ '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
Georgia
★ 'Cane Break Band of Eastern Cherokees'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/09/1979; rejoined 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (I), notification 7/16/1997
★ 'Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Inc.'. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985 50 FR 39047
★ 'Tama Indian Tribe'
★ 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (II). This is an unrecognized tribe that have the same name as a State-recognized tribe 'Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokees, Inc.' (I).
★ 'SouthEastern Indian Nation'. Incomplete Letter of Intent to Petition 01/05/1996; requested removal from petitioning process 11/10/1997
Idaho
★ 'Delawares of Idaho, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 06/26/1979
★ 'Lemhi-Shoshone Tribes' was stripped of recognition in 1907.
Indiana
★ '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
★ 'Upper Kispoko Band of the Shawnee Nation'. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/10/91; certified letter returned undeliverable 10/30/97
★ 'Wea Indian Tribe of Indiana'. Claims re-establishment in 2004
Kansas
★ 'Delaware- Muncie Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 6/19/1978
★ 'Kaweah Indian Nation'
★ 'Swan Creek & Black River Chippewas'
★ '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
Louisiana
★ 'Biloxi, Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 10/24/1995 (separated from 'United Houma Nation, Inc.')
★ 'Point au Chien Indian Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/22/1996 (separated from 'United Houma Nation, Inc.')
★ 'Apalachee Indian Tribe'. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/22/1996
★ 'Apalachee Indians of Louisiana'. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/5/1996
★ 'Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee'
Maine
★ 'Maliseet Tribe'
Maryland
★ 'Accohannock Indian Tribal Association, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1995
★ 'Piscataway-Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes, Inc.' Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1978
★ 'Piscataway Indians'
★ 'Youghiogaheny River Band Of Shawnee Indians'
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
★ Choctaw Nation Mississippi River Clan
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
★ 'Celilio-Wyam Indian Community' [11]
★ 'Chetco Tribe'
★ 'Chinook Indian tribe of Oregon & Washington', Letter of Intent to Petition 7/23/1989.
★ 'Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes'
★ 'Confederated Tribes Rogue, Table Rock & Assoc. Tribes, Inc.'
★ 'Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band of Southeast Cherokee Confederacy', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/9/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985
★ 'Tchinouk Indians', Letter of Intent to Petition 5/16/1979; Declined to Acknowledge 3/17/1986
★ 'Tolowa-Tututni Tribe'. Also in California.
Pennsylvania
★ 'Eastern Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania'
Rhode Island
★ 'Aquidneck Indian Council'
★ 'Pokanoket Tribe'
★ 'Rhode Island Indian Council'
South Carolina
★ 'Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina'[12][13]
★ 'Chicora-Siouan Indian People'
★ 'Edisto Indian Organization of South Carolina'
★ 'Four Hole Indian Organization', Letter of Intent to Petition 12/30/1976.
★ 'Free Cherokee-Chickamauga'
★ 'Marlboro & Chesterfield Pee Dee Band' (aka 'Upper Pee Dee Nation of South Carolina')
★ 'Natchez Indian Tribe of South Carolina'
★ 'Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek'
★ 'Pine Hill Indian Community'
★ 'Summerville Indian Group'
★ 'Sumter Band of Cheraw Indians'
★ 'Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians'
Tennessee
★ 'Chickamauga Circle Free Cherokee'
★ 'Chikamaka-Cherokees'
★ 'Cumberland Creek Indian Confederation'
★ 'Elk Valley Council Band of Free Cherokees'
★ 'Etowah Cherokee Nation', Letter of Intent to Petition 12/31/1990. This group's recognition is contested, and is based in Cleveland cites a Proclamation of Recognition by the Governor of Tennessee dated May 25, 1978.[14][15]
★ 'Free Cherokee Tennessee River Band Chickamauga'
★ 'Kwatani Mission of Chickamuga Cherokee'
★ 'Red Clay Band of Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/9/1978; Declined to Acknowledge 11/25/1985.
★ 'Tennessee River Band of Chickamuga Cherokee'
★ 'Tennessee River Band of Chickamuga'
Texas
★ 'Creek Indians of Texas at Red Oak'
★ 'Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation'
★ 'Lipan Apache Band of Texas'. Filed Petition 1993
★ 'Pamaque Clan of Coahuila Y Tejas'. Filed Petition 2003; BAR Papers filed 2005
★ 'People of LaJunta (Jumano/Mescalero)'
Utah
★ 'Cedar City Band of Paiutes'
★ 'Northeast Band of Shoshone Indians'
★ 'White Mesa Ute Council'
Vermont
★ 'Abenaki Tribe of Vermont'
★ 'Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation' (aka 'Cowasuck Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation').
★ 'Missisiquoi Council Abenaki Nation'
★ 'Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki'
★ 'St. Francis-Skokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont', Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
★ 'Traditional Abenaki of Mazipskwik'
Virginia
★ 'Ani-Stohini Unami Nation'
Washington
★ 'Chinook Indian Tribe, Inc.', Letter of Intent to Petition 7/23/1979
★ 'Duwamish Indian Tribe', Letter of Intent to Petition 6/7/1977
★ 'Marietta Band of Nooksacks'
★ 'Mitchell Bay Band'
★ 'Noo-Wha-Ha Band'
★ 'Snohomish Tribe of Indians', Letter of Intent to Petition 3/3/1975
★ 'Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island', Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
★ 'Steilacoom Tribe', Letter of Intent to Petition 8/28/1973
Wisconsin
★ 'Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin'. Letter of Intent to Petition 4/15/1980
Wyoming
★ 'Northwestern Shoshoni'
References
1. U.S. Federally Non-Recognized Indian Tribes Troy Johnson
2. U.S. Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
3. Petitions for Federal Recognition 500nations.com
4. http://cooday8.tripod.com/landless-tlingits.htm Jesse Cooday
5. The Yaquis: A Celebration, H. S. Choate, , , , ,
6. The key: Petition No. 120
7. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area Rosemary Cambra (Tribal Chair), et. al.
8. Traditional use agreement signed between Yosemite National Park and American Indian Council of Mariposa County
9.
10. May be the same as the 'United Houma Nation, Inc.', a tribe recognized by the State of Louisiana
11. Wild Apache Native American Portal Wild Apache
12. Members South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission
13. Visitors Center South Carolina Indigenous Gallery
14. Sheffield (1998) p70-71
15. TN Tribal Recognition - past example Chattanooga InterTribal Association
See also
★ Federally recognized tribes
★ State recognized tribes
★ Classification of Native Americans
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