Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as Native American tribes but that are not recognized by the U.S. federal government (
Bureau of Indian Affairs) or by any state government.
Alabama • Cherokee Nation of Alabama. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/16/1999. • Cherokee River Indian Community, • Chickamauga Cherokee of Alabama. • Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi, Declined to Acknowledge 06/10/1985 50 FR 14302; certified letter returned "not known" 10/1997. • Katalla-Chilkat Tlingit Tribe of Alaska, • Tsimshian Tribal Council,
Arizona • American Cherokee Confederacy • Chiricahua Apache Ndeh Nation, Silver City, AZ • The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) – Western National Office. Hawaii, Idaho (Montana), Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana (Mississippi), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (Kansas), Nebraska (Iowa), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (Illinois (Chicago and Metropolis branches), Minnesota) and Wyoming.
Arkansas • Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee, • Arkansas Band of Western Cherokee (formerly Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe), • Arkansas White River Cherokee (also in Florida), • Neches Tribe – Cherokee Nation, also known as Chickamauga Cherokee Nation MO/AR White River Band and as White River Band of Northern Cherokee Nation of Missouri and Arkansas. Letter of Intent to Petition 2/19/1992. • Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of Arkansas and Missouri, Melbourne, AR. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/19/1999. Also in Kansas. • Revived Ouachita Indians of Arkansas and America, Chandler, OK. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/05/1991. Separate from the Mena group, this Conway group was represented by Cary G. Kuykendall. • Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee. • Calaveras County Band of Miwuk Indians, • Confederation of Aboriginal Nations Letter of Intent to Petition 08/24/1994. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1995. The tribe, however, has broken into several factions, some of whom are seeking federal recognition as separate tribes. The three largest and most prominent factions are: • Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, West Hills, CA, formerly the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, led by Charles Alvarez • Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel, San Gabriel, CA, led by Anthony Morales • Gabrieleño/Tongva Nation, also Gabrieliño/Tongva Tribe of the Los Angeles Basin). • Honey Lake Maidu. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/01/2000. • Kawaiisu Tribe of the Tejon Indian Reservation • Kern Valley Indian Community, Letter of Intent to Petition 02/27/1979. • Konkow Valley Band of Maidu, Oroville, CA. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/20/1998. Lee Vining, CA •
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (formerly Ohlone/Costanoan Muwekma Tribe a.k.a. Muwekma Indian Tribe: Costanoan/Ohlone Indian Families of the San Francisco Bay). • Northern Maidu Maidu Tribe • Strawberry Valley Rancheria, formerly federally recognized,
terminated on April 11, 1961 • Yamassee Native American Association of Nations, Van Nuys, CA • Yaqui Nation of Southern California, Thousand Palms, CA • Yaquis of Southern California, Borrego Springs, CA, • Yokayo Tribe of Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1997. • Nipmuc Indian Bands • Arkansas White River Cherokee (a.k.a. Chickamauga Cherokee Nation - White River Band (I)). Letter of Intent to Petition 06/02/1978; Clewiston, FL. Also Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples. • Perdido Bay Tribe of Lower Muscogee Creeks also Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe, Milton, FL • Seminole Nation of Florida (a.k.a. Traditional Seminole). • Sovereign Miccosukee Seminole Nation, a.k.a. Everglades Miccosukee Tribe of Seminole Indians. • The People of the Mountains. Letter of Intent 6/3/2004.
Indiana •
Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Milltown, IN • Eel River Tribe Inc. of Indiana. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/13/2006. •
Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc. •
Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc. • United Tribe of Shawnee Indians. • Southeastern Kentucky Shawnee •
Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky. received a
congratulary resolution, HJR15 09RS in 2009 • Tribe of the Whitetop Band of Native Indians, also The Whitetop Nation, Georgetown, KY
Louisiana • Apalachee Indian Tribe, •
Apalachee Indians Talimali Band, Stonewall, LA •
Atakapa-Ishak Nation, Lake Charles, LA • Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee. • Wesget Sipu Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 6/4/2002. •
Pocomoke Indian Nation,
Massachusetts • Assawompsett-Nemasket Band of Wampanoags, Lakeville, MA • Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, New Bedford, MA • Chappaquiddick Band of Massachusetts, Andover, MA South Yarmouth, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/21/2007. •
Council of Seven,
Royal House of Pokanoket,
Pokanoket Tribe,
Pokanoket Nation, Millbury, MA • Cowasuck Band-Abenaki People, also known as Cowasuck Band of Pennacook Abenaki People, Franklin, MA. Webster, MA •
Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, Bridgewater, MA • Mattakeeset Tribe of the Massachuset Nation, Newton, MA. Also Mattakeeset Massachuset Tribe • Natick Nipmuc Indian Council, Stoughton, MA • Quinsigamond Band of the Nipmucs, • Genesee Valley Indian Association (formerly Grand River Band Ottawa Council). Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1994. •
Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw,
Vancleave, MS. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/14/2006.
Missouri • Ahi Ni Yv Wiya, Inc. • Neutral Land Cherokee Group. • Pennacook New Hampshire Tribe • Eagle Medicine Band of Cherokee Indians, also in Pennsylvania
New Mexico • Canoncito Band of Navajos, •
Genízaro. In 2007, the New Mexico state legislator passed a memorial resolution honoring the Genízaros. New Mexico's Legislative Memorial bills do not have the force of law • Mazewalli Nation, Albuquerque, NM unrecognized group claiming to represent Mesoamerican diaspora in New Mexico •
Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, Las Cruces, NM. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1971. • The Chickamauga Notowega Creeks, Staten Island. • Montauk Indian Nation, Amityville, NY. Also Montaukett Indian Nation of New York. • Western Mohegan Tribe & Nation of New York. • Cape Fear Band of Skarure and Woccon Indians, Leland, NC • Cherokee Indians of Hoke County, Inc. (a.k.a. Tuscarora Hoke Co.), Winton, NC •
Coree Indians (a.k.a. Faircloth Indians), • Meherrin Indian Tribe (II). Letter of Intent to Petition 06/27/1995. • Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), The
Catawba Indian Nation issued a cease-and-desist letter to this organization in 2024. • Ridge Band of Cherokees, formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of Dare County. Windsor, NC • Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, • Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Silver Cloud Clan. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/30/2002. • New River Band of the Catawba Nation
North Dakota • Christian Pembina Chippewa Indians, also known as the Allegheny-Lenape Indian Council of Ohio. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/03/1979. • Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee, Cleveland, OH. • Eastern Cherokee Nation, Overhill Band. Also known as the Ohio Woodlands Tribe. Webster, OH • Saponi Nation of Ohio, • Tallige Cherokee Nation, Fire Clan. Letter of Intent to Petition 7/27/2005. Also Chickamauga Cherokee Nation (I), also called the Sakochee Tribe of Native American Descendants, Eugene, OR
Pennsylvania • Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe • Eastern Delaware Nations. • Free Cherokee-Chickamauga. •
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, Easton, PA • Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania. Saltsburg, PA • Tsalagi Elohi Cherokee Earth. Providence, RI •
Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Cranston, RI •
Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, Also in Massachusetts. • Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation/Wampanoag Nation/Pokanoket Tribe/And Bands, Warwick, RI. Letter of intent to petition 1/5/1998. •
Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People, Hemingway, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe • Broad River Band of Cherokee. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/10/1993. • Fields Indian Family – Pine Hill Indian Community (or Pine Hill Indian Tribe). Associated with unrecognized Yamassee Indian Nation. • Santee Indian Nation. Also referred to as the Yamassee Tribe, or Yamassee Nation of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
Tennessee • Central Band of Cherokee, Lawrenceburg, TN. Declined to acknowledge 7/24/2012 • Cherokee Wolf Clan, by the Governor of Tennessee of May 25, 1978. • Guaymari Kiawah Tribe, Antioch, TN • Remnant Yuchi Nation, Kingsport, TN • Tanasi Council, Germantown, TN. Also Mennefer Tanasi Empowerment Ministries.
Texas As journalists Graham Lee Brewer (Cherokee Nation) and Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa) reported, Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes." • Absentee Seminole Tribe of Texas, • American Cherokee Tribe of Texas • The Arista Indian Village. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/21/2002 • Cherokee Nation of Texas, Limited. Three Rivers, TX • Free Cherokee, Hummingbird Clan •
Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Brackettville, TX •
Lipan Apache Nation of Texas, also Mier Band of the Garza Tribe, in San Marcos, Texas; created the Indigenous Cultures Institute in 2006. •
Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, McAllen, TX. Also known as Lipan Apache Tribe. Texas Senate Bill 27, introduced in January 2021, to formally recognize this group died in committee. •
Mount Tabor Indian Community. also in Utah • Pamaque Clan of Coahuila y Tejas Spanish Indian Colonial Missions Inc. • Texas Buffalo Bayou Band of Chickamaugan Cherokee, Southern Cherokee Nation. Based in Waco, Texas. • United Chickamaugan also in Texas • Northeast Band of Shoshone Indians •
Ani-Stohini/Unami Nation, Fries, VA. • Free Cherokees Spider Clan. • Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe, Dare County, VA and Historic Wicocomico Indian Nation of Northumberland County, Virginia. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/15/2000.
Washington • Anisahani Blue Clan, Woodland, WA •
Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Borikén. (Puerto Rico).
U.S. Virgin Islands • Opia Carib Indian Tribe in U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) • Carib-Taino Tribal Confederacy == See also ==