List of native american tribes by population
List of native american tribes by region!
Names of tribes
List of federally recognized tribes by state
This list is ordered by state. For a list ordered by alphabetically, see List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States
Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United StatesBureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government.[1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
As of January 8, 2024[update], 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.[2][3] Of these, 227 are located in Alaska and 109 are located in California.
Description
In the United States, the Native American tribe is a fundamental unit of sovereign tribal government. As the Department of the Interior explains, "federally recognized tribes are recognized as possessing certain inherent rights of self-government (i.e., t