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i wrote the song about tribes that ain't "FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED", which is full of Gover. B.S.... so i thought i would write a list of "FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED" and "FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED" tribes and the states. if you think i'm missing one, email me at the band email address.


ALABAMA
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED TRIBES
Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe
Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians
Piqua Shawnee Tribe
United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation


ARIZONA
Tonto Apache Tribal Council
Yavapai-Prescott Board of Directors
Yavapai-Apache Community Council
Mohave-Apache Community Council
Havasupai Tribal Council
Kaibab Paiute Tribal Council
San Juan Southern Paiute Council
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council
Tohono Oíodham Council
Hualapai Tribal Council
Hopi Tribal Council
Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council
Gila River Indian Community Council
San Carlos Apache Tribal Council
Colorado River Tribal Council
Quechan Tribal Council
White Mountain Apache Tribal Council
Ak Chin Indian Community Council
Navajo Nation

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
San Juan S. Paiute
Barrio Pascua
Optas(Nico,AZ)

CALIFORNIA
Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation .
Table Mountain Rancheria .
Table Bluff Rancheria (Wiyot)
Sycuan Business Committee< Kumeyaay)
Lone Pine Reservation .
Susanville Rancheria .
Hopland Reservation Pomo .
Stewart Point Rancheria Pomo
Barona General Business .
Pechanga Band of Mission Indians .
Picayune Rancheria .(Chukchansi Indians)
Pauma Band of Mission Indians .
La Jolla Band .
Pala Band of Mission Indians .
Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria .
Potter Valley Rancheria .
Winnemucca Indian Colony .
La Posta Band .
Chicken Ranch Rancheria .
Soboba Band of Mission Indians .
Smith River Rancheria .
Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians .
Tule River Reservation .
Manzanita General Council .
Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians .
Jamul Band of Mission Indians .
Middletown Rancheria .
Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians
Karuk Tribe of California .
Viejas Tribal Council .
Manchester/Point Arena Rancheria .
Woodfords Community Council .
Morongo Band .
Inaja & Cosmit Band of Mission Indians .
Upper Lake Rancheria .
Trinidad Rancheria .
Lytton Rancheria .
Guidiville Rancheria .
Alturas Rancheria .
Agua Caliente Tribal Council .
Pit River Tribal Council .
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe .
Tuolumne Me-wuk Rancheria .
Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians .
Mooretown Rancheria .
Rincon Band of Mission Indians .
Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians .
Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians .
Santa Rosa Reservation .
Rumsey Rancheria .
San Pasqual Band .
Cabazon Indians of California .
Grindstone Rancheria .
Chemehuevi Tribal Council .
Round Valley Reservation .
Dry Creek Rancheria .
Robinson Rancheria .
Santa Rosa Rancheria .
Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians .
Redwood Valley Rancheria .
Redding Rancheria .
Coyote Valley Reservation .
Cloverdale Rancheria .
Campo Band of Mission Indians .
Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians .
Cortina Rancheria .
Colusa Rancheria .
Quartz Valley Reservation .
Cold Springs Rancheria .
Cedarville Rancheria .
Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians .
Fort Bidwell Reservation .
Benton Paiute Reservarion .
Berry Creek Rancheria .
Greenville Rancheria .
Chico Rancheria Mechoopda tribe
Big Lagoon Rancheria .
Big Sandy Rancheria .
Fort Independence Reservation .
Shingle Springs Rancheria .
Sherwood Valley Rancheria .
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians , Serrano tribe
Chemehuevi Tribal Council .
Buena Vista Rancheria .
Yurok Tribe .
Big Valley Rancheria .
Elk Valley Rancheria .
Bridgeport Indian Colony .
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians .
Laytonville Rancheria .
North Fork Rancheria .
Blue Lake Rancheria .
Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians, Sulphur Bank Rancheria
Bishop Reservation .
Pinoleville Band of Pomo
California Valley Miwok Tribe
Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Amah Band of Ohlonebraska_native_americans/Coastanoans
American Indian Council of Mariposa Co.
Antelope Valley Indian Community
Atahun Shoshones of San Juan Capistrano
Big Meadows Lodge Tribe
Calaveras Co. Band of Miwok Indians
Choinumni Tribe
Chukchansi Yokotch Tribe
Coastal Band of Chumash Indians
Coastanoan Band of Mission Indians
Death Valley Timba-Sha Shoshone Band
Dunlap Band of Mono Indians
Federated Coast Miwok Tribe
Hownonquet Community Assoc.
Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians
Kawaiisu Tribe
Kern Valley Indian Community
Maidu Nation
Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians
Mono Lake Indian Community
N. Maidu Tribe
Nor-El-Muk Band of Wintun Indians
Northfolk Band of Mono Indians
Ohlonebraska_native_americans/Coastanoan Muwekma Tribe
San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians
Shasta Tribe
Tehatchapi Tribe
Tolowa-Tututni Tribe
Tsnungwe Nation
Wintoon Indians
Wintu Indians of Central Valley, CA
Wukchunmi Council
Washoe/Paiute of Antelope Valley
United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina & America
Wintoon Indians
Yokayo Tribe


COLORADO
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Southern Ute Tribe

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Munsee Thames River Delaware
Council of the Colorado Winnebagoes


CONNECTICUT
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
E. Pequots of Connecticut
Nipmuc Indian Bands
Paucatuck E. Pequots
Scaticook Bands


DELAWARE
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Nanaticoke Association


FLORIDA
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Miccosukee Tribe .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Creeks E. of the Mississippi
Florida Tribe of E. Creeks
Topachula Tribe
Oklewaha Band of Seminoles
Tuscola United Cherokee Tribe of Florida, Inc
Perdido Bay Tribe of Lower Muscogee Creeks


GEORGIA
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Cane Break Band of E. Cherokees
Cherokees of Georgia, Inc.
Georgia Tribe of E. Cherokees
Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe- E. of the Mississippi
S.E. Cherokee Confederacy


IOWA
Sac & Fox Tribal Council .


IDAHO
Fort Hall Business Council .
Kootenai Tribal Council .
Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee .
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation .
Coeur DíAlene Tribal Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Delawares of Idaho
Lemhi-Shoshone Tribes(were stripped of recognized in 1907)


INDIANA
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Miami Nation of Indiana
Upper Kiskopo Band of the Shawnee Nation


KANSAS
Kickapoo of Kansas Tribal Council .
Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Council .
Sac & Fox of Missouri Tribal Council .
Iowa of Kansas Executive Committee .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Wyandot Nation of Kansas
Delaware- Muncie Tribe
Swan Creek & Black River Chippewas
United Tribe of Shawnee Indians


LOUISIANA
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of LA .
Coushatta Tribe .
Chitimacha Tribe
Indian Township Reservation
Jena Band of Choctaws

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Adais Caddo
Biloxi Chitimacha
Clifton- Choctaws
Four Winds Tribe LA Cherokee
Jena Band of Choctaws
Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb
Point au Chien Tribe
United Houma Nation


MAINE
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Penobscot Nation, Old Town, Maine
Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Princeton, Maine


MARYLAND
FEDERALLY NONRECOGNIZED
Piscataway- Conoy Confederacy & Sub- Tribes, Inc.
Piscataway Indians


MASSACHUSETTS
Wampanoag (Aquinnah) Band of Gay Head, MA

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Nipmuc Tribal Council of Massachusetts (Hassanamisco Band)
Nipmuc Tribal Council of Massachusetts (Chaubunagungamang Band)
Mashpee Tribe
Narragansett Tribal of Indians


MICHIGAN
Keweenaw Bay Tribal Council .
Hannahville Indian Community Council, Potawatomi
Bay Mills Executive Council .
Grand Traverse Tribal Council .
Laca Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan .
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council .
Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Council .
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
Huron Potawtomi Band (Nottawaseppi Band of the Huron Potawatomis)
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Lake Superior Chippewa of Marquette, Inc.
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians, Inc.
Consolidated Bahwetig Ojibwas & Mackinacs
Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians


MINNESOTA
Mille Lacs Reservation Business Committee .
Prairie Island Community Council (Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux) .
Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee .
Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee .
Nett Lake Reservation Business Committee (Bois Forte) .
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota .
Grand Portage Reservation Business Committee .
White Earth Reservation Business Committee .
Lower Sioux Indian Community Council .
Shakopee Sioux Community Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
NI-MI-WIN Ojibways (is this Sandy Lake Band?)
Kah-Bay-Kah-Nong (Warroad ChIppewa)
Sandy Lake Band of Ojibwes


MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Grand Valley Natchez Indian Tribe

MISSOURI
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (NOTE: tribe has members in Missouri as well as OK, office is in MO)

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED TRIBES
Northern Cherokee Tribe of Missouri
Chickamauga Cherokee


MONTANA
Blackfoot Tribal Business Council
Fort Belknap Community Council .
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council .
Chippewa Cree Business Committee .
Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board .
Crow Tribal Council .
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewas of Montana
Swan Creek & Black River Chippewa


NORTH CAROLINA
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Person Co. Indians
Cherokees of Hoke Co.
Meherrin Indian Tribe (state recognized)
Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe (state recognized)
Hattadare Indian Tribe
Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc.
Faircloth Indian Tribe
Cherokees of Robison & Adjoining Cos.
Coharie Intra- Tribal Council (state recognized)
Waccamaw Siouan Tribe (state recognized)
Hatteras Tuscarora
Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina
Lumbee Tribe (state recognized)


NORTH DAKOTA
Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council .
Devils Lake (renamed Spirit Lake) Sioux Tribal Council .
Devils Lake Sioux Tribal Council .
Three Affiliated Tribes Business Council (Ft. Berthold: Hidatsa, Arikara, Mandan)
Turtle Mountain Tribal Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Little Shell Band of the North Dakota Tribe


NEBRASKA
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska .
Omaha Tribal Council .
Santee Sioux Tribal Council .
Winnebago Tribal Council .


NEW HAMPSHIRE
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Abenaki Nation


NEW JERSEY
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Ramapough Lenape Nation (state recognized)
Nanaticoke Lenni- Lennapes of New Jersey, Inc. (state recognized)
Powhatan-Renape Nation (state recognized)
Sand Hill Band of Indians


NEW MEXICO
Pueblo of Sandia .
Ramah Navajo Chapter .
Pueblo of Santa Ana .
Pueblo of Zia .
Pueblo of San Juan .
Pueblo of Santo Domingo .
Pueblo of Tesuque .
Pueblo of Taos .
Pueblo of Zuni .
Pueblo of Jemez .
Pueblo of Laguna .
Pueblo of Namba .
Pueblo of Picuris .
1Mescalero Apache Tribe .
icarilla Apache Tribe .
Pueblo of Pojoaque .
Pueblo of San Felipe .
Pueblo of San Ildefonso .
Pueblo of Isleta .
Pueblo of Cochiti .
Pueblo of Acoma .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Tiwa Indian Tribe -- note: this is a language group of a number of recognized Pueblos
Canoncito Band of Navajos -- Note: this is a recognized Chapter (governing unit) of the Navajo Nation


NEVADA
Pyramid Lake Paiute
Dresslerville Community Council .
Duckwater Shoshone Tribal Council .
Colony Council .
Las Vegas Tribal Council .
Yerington Paiute Tribal Council .
Walker River Paiute Tribal Council .
Yomba Tribal Council .
Elko Band Council .
Washoe Tribal Council .
Fallon Business Council .
Lovelock Tribal Council .
Battle Mountain Band Council .
South Ford Band Council .
Stewart Community Council .
Fort McDermitt Tribal Council .
Carson Colony Community Council .
Wells Indian Colony Band Council .
Shoshone Paiute Business Council .
Tribal Council of the Te-Moak Western Tribe .
Reno-Sparks Tribal Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED TRIBES
Pahrump Band of Paiutes


NEW YORK
Tuscarora Nation .
Oneida Indian Nation of New York .
St. Regis Mohawk Council Chiefs .
Onondaga Nation .
Seneca Nation of Indians
Cayuga Indian Nation .
Tonawanda Band of Senecas
Poospatuck
Shinnecock


OHIO
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Alleghenny Nation (Ohio Band)
Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band
Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnees
N.E. Miami Inter- Tribal Council
Mekoce Shawnee


OKLAHOMA
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town .
Otoe-Missouria Tribal Council .
Comanche Business Committee .
Quapaw Tribal Business Committee .
Osage Nation of Oklahoma .
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Citizen Band Potawatomi Business Committee
Apache Business Committee .
Wichita & Affiliated Tribal Executive Committee .
Peoria Indian Tribe of Oklahoma .
Ponca Business Committee .
Cheyenne-Arapaho Business Committee .
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma .
Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma .
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma .
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma .
Pawnee Business Council .
Caddo Tribal Council .
Kiowa Business Committee .
Kialegee Tribal Town .
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma .
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma .
Absentee-Shawnee Executive Committee .
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma .
Kaw Executive Council .
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma .
Kickapoo of Oklahoma Business Committee .
Delaware Executive Committee
Thiopthlocco Tribal Town .
Tonkawa Tribal Committee .
Creek Nation of Oklahoma .
Iowa of Oklahoma Business Committee
Sac and Fox of Oklahoma

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Cataba Tribal Association
Yuchi Tribal Organization
Natchez Nation


OREGON
Siletz Tribal Council
Tribes of the Grande Ronde Tribal Council, Shasta, Kallapuya, Molalla, Rogue River, Umpqua), Grand Ronde, OR
Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians .
Burns-Paiute General Council .
Klamath General Council .
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Board of Trustees
Coquille Indian Tribal Community, North Bend
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians .
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, (Warm springs, Northern Paiute, Wasco)
Celillo Village, Columbia River Tribes
Klamath Reservation, (Klamath, Modoc, Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians), Chiloquin, OR
Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Tolowa- Tututni Tribe (there's a Tolowa Nation in CA)
N.W. Cherokee Wolf Band of S.E. Cherokee Confederacy -- makes no sense in Oregon
Chetco Tribe, no petition
Tchinook Tribe, petitioned 5/16/79; acknowledgement declined, 3/17/86


RHODE ISLAND
Narragansett Indian Tribe .


SOUTH CAROLINA
Cawtawba Indian Nation
Edisto Tribe

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Santee Tribe
Summerville Indian Group


SOUTH DAKOTA
Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council .
Yankton Sioux Tribal Business & Claims Committee .
Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council .
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Council
Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Council .
Oglala Sioux Tribal Council .


TENNESSEE
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Cumberland Creek Indian Confederation
Cherokee of Lawrence County TN
Etowah Cherokee Nation
Red Clay Band of S.E. Cherokee Confederacy


TEXAS
Texas Band Kickapoo Traditional Council .
Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council .
Ysleta de Sur Pueblo .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Creek Indians of Texas at Red Oak


UTAH
Skull Valley General Council c/o Unitah & Ouray Agency .
Uintah & Ouray Tribal Business Committee .
Goshute Business Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
N.E. Band of Shoshone Indians
White Mesa Ute Council
Cedar City Band of Paiutes


VERMONT
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Abenaki Nation
St. Francis/Skokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont


VIRGINIA
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Chickahominy Indian Tribe, state recognized
E. Chickahominy Indian Tribe, state recognized
Monacan Indian Tribe, state recognized
Nansemond Indian Tribal Association, state recognized
Pamunkey Nation, state recognized
Upper Mataponi Tribe, state recognized
Rappahannock Tribe, state recognized


WASHINGTON
Upper Skagit Tribal Council .
Makah Tribal Council .
Kalispel Reservation, Usk, WA
Lummi Business Council .
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Council .
Yakama Reservation, Topennish, Washington
Lower Elwha Community Council .
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe .
Muckleshoot Tribal Council .
Colville Business Council, (Colville, Chelan, Entiat, Methow, Okanogan, San Poil, Lake Nespelem, Nez Perce, Palouse, Moses, Sinkiuse, Wenatchee)
Quileute Tribal Council .
Puyallup Tribal Council .
Nisqually Indian Community Council .
Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Council .
Nooksack Indian Tribal Council, Whatcom
Shoalwater Bay Tribal Council (Chehalis, Chinook, Quinault) .
Quileute Tribal Council
Quinault Tribal council
Tulalip Board of Directors , (Snohomish, Snowqualmie, Skyhomish)
SkokomishTribal Council .
Chehalis Business Council .
Samish Indian Tribe
Squaxin Island Tribal Council .
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, (Swinomish, Kikiallus, Lower Skagit, Samish)
Suquamish Tribal Council
Snoqualmie Tribe
Spokane Business Council,
Stillaquamish Board of Directors, Arlington, Washington
Hoh Tribal Business Council
Samish Indian Tribe, Anacortes, WA
Cowlitz
Snoqualmie Tribe

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Mitchell Bay Band
Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island
Duwamish Indian Tribe, merged with Suquamish
Steilacoom Tribe, descendants of this tribe live on the Skokomish rez
Chinook Tribe. ; funding in progress
Chinook Indian Tribe, Inc., located in Chinook, Washington; petitioned 7/23/79
Snohomish Tribe of Indians, located in Washington, Snowhomish bands on Tualip reservation
Noo-Wha-Ha Band


West Virginia
FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Native American Indian Federation, Inc


WISCONSIN
Red Cliff Tribal Council .
Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council .
Lac Courte Oreilles Governing Board .
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
Sokaogon Chippewa Tribal Council .
Oneida Tribal Council .
Sokaogon Chippewa Tribal Council .
Bad River Tribal Council .
Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee .
Forest County Potawatomi Executive Council .

FEDERALLY NON-RECOGNIZED
Brotherton Indians of Wisconsin


WYOMING
Arapahoe Business Council
Shoshone Business Council