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List of all the currently federally recognized U.S. Tribes and year they were recognized

  1. Acoma Pueblo (New Mexico) - 1924

  2. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (California) - 1959

  3. Ak-Chin Indian Community (Arizona) - 1961

  4. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas - 1987

  5. Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town (Oklahoma) - 1936

  6. Alturas Indian Rancheria (California) - 1984

  7. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma - 1913

  8. Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation (Wyoming) - 1868

  9. Aroostook Band of Micmacs (Maine) - 1991

  10. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Montana) - 1888

  11. Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians (California) - 1984

  12. Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation (Wisconsin) - 1934

  13. Bay Mills Indian Community (Michigan) - 1936

  14. Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria (California) - 1983

  15. Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California - 1917

  16. Big Lagoon Rancheria (California) - 1984

  17. Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley (California) - 1937

  18. Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California - 1986

  19. Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria (California) - 1928

  20. Bishop Paiute Tribe (California) - 1915

  21. Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana - 1851

  22. Blue Lake Rancheria (California) - 1981

  23. Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota - 1936

  24. Bridgeport Indian Colony (California) - 1974

  25. Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California - 1985

  26. Burns Paiute Tribe (Oregon) - 1972

  27. Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians (California) - 1959

  28. Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria (California) - 1917

  29. Caddo Nation of Oklahoma - 1978

  30. Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria (California) - 1984

  31. Campo Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation (California) - 1893

  32. Capitan Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of California - 1875

  33. Catawba Indian Nation (South Carolina) - 1993

  34. Cayuga Nation (New York) - 1974

  35. Cedarville Rancheria (California) - 1986

  36. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation (California) - 1907

  37. Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (California) - 1906

  38. Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma - 1866

  39. Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma) - 1867

  40. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation (South Dakota) - 1889

  41. Chickasaw Nation (Oklahoma) - 1856

  42. Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California - 1985

  43. Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation (Montana) - 1936

  44. Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior - 1934

  45. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana - 1916

  46. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - 1866

  47. Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Oklahoma) - 1936

  48. Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California - 1994

  49. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation (Idaho) - 1891

  50. Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California - 1985

  51. Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California) - 1865

  52. Comanche Nation (Oklahoma) - 1867

  53. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (Montana) - 1855

  54. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Washington) - 1855

  55. Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon - 1984

  56. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon - 1977

  57. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (Washington) - 1906

  58. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Washington) - 1872

  59. Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation (Nevada and Utah) - 1980

  60. Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon - 1983

  61. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation (Oregon) - 1949

  62. Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon - 1938

  63. Coquille Indian Tribe (Oregon) - 1989

  64. Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California - 1985

  65. Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana - 1973

  66. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (Oregon) - 1982

  67. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California - 1915

  68. Crow Tribe of Montana - 1868

  69. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation (South Dakota) - 1944

  70. Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation (California) - 1983

  71. Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California - 1983

  72. Delaware Nation (Oklahoma) - 1867

  73. Delaware Tribe of Indians (Oklahoma) - 1867

  74. Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California - 1982

  75. Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation (Nevada) - 1940

  76. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (North Carolina) - 1868

  77. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma - 1867

  78. Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria (California) - 1983

  79. Elk Valley Rancheria (California) - 1987

  80. Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada - 1937 Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California - 2000

  81. Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (Nevada) - 1936

  82. Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (California) - 2000

  83. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota - 1934

  84. Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin - 1938

  85. Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana - 1936

  86. Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California - 1917

  87. Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation (California) - 1936

  88. Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (Nevada and Oregon) - 1936

  89. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (Arizona) - 1903

  90. Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (Arizona, California, and Nevada) - 1890

  91. Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma - 1978

  92. Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation (Arizona) - 1859

  93. Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Michigan) - 1980

  94. Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California - 1985

  95. Guidiville Rancheria of California - 2011

  96. Hannahville Indian Community (Michigan) - 1936

  97. Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation (Arizona) - 1882

  98. Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin - 1963

  99. Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation (Washington) - 1883

  100. Hoopa Valley Tribe (California) - 1988

  101. Hopi Tribe of Arizona - 1936

  102. Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (California) - 1906

  103. Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians (Maine) - 1980