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State recognized tribes are American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by the individual states. This article lists those tribes with links to the states that recognize them and links to some of the tribes.
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State Recognized Tribes[edit | edit source]
State recognized tribes are American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by the individual states. There are other Tribes that are Federally recognized tribes
Alabama | California | Connecticut | Delaware | Georgia | Louisiana | Maryland | Massachusetts |Montana | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | South Carolina | Texas| Vermont | Virginia | Washington
Alabama[edit | edit source]
- Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians
- Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
- Cherokees of Southeast Alabama
- Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
- Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama
- Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians
- Piqua Shawnee Tribe
- Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks
- United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation
California[edit | edit source]
Connecticut[edit | edit source]
Delaware[edit | edit source]
Georgia[edit | edit source]
Louisiana[edit | edit source]
- Addai Caddo Tribe
- Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee
- Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb
- Clifton Choctaw
- Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy
- Grand Caillou/Dulac Band
- Isle de Jean Charles Band
- Louisiana Choctaw Tribe
- Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe
- United Houma Nation
Maryland[edit | edit source]
- Piscataway Indian Nation
- Piscataway Conoy Tribe
Massachusetts[edit | edit source]
Montana[edit | edit source]
New Jersey[edit | edit source]
New York[edit | edit source]
North Carolina[edit | edit source]
- Cohaire Intra-Tribal Council, Inc.
- Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
- Lumbee Tribe
- Meherrin Nation
- Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
- Sappony
- Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
South Carolina[edit | edit source]
- Beaver Creek Indian
- Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina
- Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina
- The Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians
- Santee Indian Organization
- The Waccamaw Indian People
- Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
Texas[edit | edit source]
Vermont[edit | edit source]
- Elnu Abenaki Tribe
- Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
- Koasek Abenaki Tribe
- Mississquoi Abenaki Tribe
Virginia[edit | edit source]
- Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
- Chickahominy Tribe
- Eastern Chickahominy Tribe
- Mattaponi
- Monacan Nation
- Nansemond
- Nottoway of Virginia
- Pamunkey
- Patawomeck
- Rappahannock
- Upper Mattaponi Tribe
Washington[edit | edit source]
Sources:[edit | edit source]
National Conference of State Legislatures [1]
Federal Register, October 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 190)(Page 60810-60814) Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A Survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States; Santa Clara Law Review, Volume 48 (2007); by Alexa Koenig and Jonathan Stein National Congress of American Indians Newspapers and state government websites
