federally recognized tribe

A federally recognized tribe is a Native American or Alaska Native governing body that the U.S. federal government formally acknowledges as a sovereign political entity with a government-to-government relationship and eligibility for specific legal rights, services, and protections.

Aliases (13)

• Native American tribe ×38
• federally recognized Native American tribe ×10
• Native American community ×3
• Cherokee tribe ×2
• Native American tribal government ×2
• Native people of Alaska ×2
• Federally recognized tribe ×1
• Federally recognized tribe in the United States ×1
• Muscogee (Creek) tribal group ×1
• Wampanoag tribe ×1
• federally recognized tribe in the United States ×1
• sovereign Native American nation ×1
• sovereign tribal government ×1

Instances (100)

• Wilton Rancheria ("Native American tribe")
• Mahican
• Aleut ("Native people of Alaska")
• Ho-Chunk
• Kaw ("Native American tribe")
• Sauk people
• Coast Miwok ("Native American tribe")
• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Kaw Nation ("Native American tribe")
• Narragansett people ("Native American tribe")
• Massachusett people ("Native American tribe")
• Nauset people ("Native American tribe")
• Mohegan tribe ("Native American tribe")
• Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation
• Navajo Nation
• Herring Pond Wampanoag ("Native American community")
• Chemehuevi people
• Podunk ("Native American tribe")
• Nipmuc ("Native American tribe")
• Cherokee Nation (historical) ("sovereign Native American nation")
• Narragansett ("Native American tribe")
• Choctaw Nation ("Native American tribe")
• Chickasaw Nation ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ("Native American tribe")
• Creek (Muscogee) Nation ("Native American tribe")
• CRIT
• Serrano ("Native American tribe")
• Chemehuevi
• Osage Nation ("Native American tribe")
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians ("Native American tribe")
• Pawnee ("Federally recognized tribe")
• Morongo Band of Mission Indians ("Native American tribe")
• Comanche
• Kawita (Coweta) people ("Muscogee (Creek) tribal group")
• Penobscot people ("Native American tribe")
• Miami tribe ("Native American tribe")
• Suquamish ("Native American tribe")
• Shinnecock Indian Nation ("Native American tribe")
• Crow ("Native American tribe")
• Lumbee ("Native American tribe")
• Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Paiute ("Native American tribe")
• Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians ("Native American tribe")
• Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians ("Native American tribe")
• Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians ("Native American tribe")
• Gila River Indian Community
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Unangan ("Native people of Alaska")
• Colorado River Indian Tribes
• Walapai ("Native American tribe")
• Calusa ("Native American tribe")
• Yavapai-Apache Nation ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Delaware Nation ("Native American tribe")
• Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Havasuw `Baaja ("Native American tribe")
• Serrano people
• Acoma Pueblo ("Native American community")
• Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Tohono O'odham ("Federally recognized tribe in the United States")
• Bodéwadmi ("Native American tribe")
• Sac
• Fox people ("Native American tribe")
• Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
• Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona ("federally recognized Native American tribe")
• Forest County Potawatomi Community ("Native American tribe")
• Hannahville Indian Community
• Mohegan ("Native American tribe")
• Quapaw ("federally recognized tribe in the United States")
• Metlakatla Indian Community
• Omaha ("Native American tribe")