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Southeast Alaska
Tlingit & Haida
Tlingit & Haida is a regional sovereign Tribal government headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, representing Tlingit and Haida citizens. Its public work connects self-government, citizen services, language and cultural priorities, traditional food security, and stewardship across Southeast Alaska and beyond.
Federally recognized regional Tribal government
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Juneau, Alaska
- Language family
- Tlingit: Na-Dené; Haida: language isolate
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Southeast and Southern Plains
ᏣᎳᎩ (Tsalagi)
Cherokee Nation is a contemporary sovereign Tribal government based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Its history connects southeastern homelands, forced removal in the 1830s, constitutional government in Indian Territory, and continuing governance within the Cherokee Nation Reservation.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma
- Language family
- Iroquoian
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Southeast and Southern Plains
Chahta Okla
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is a sovereign Tribal Nation with southeastern homelands and a present-day government in southeastern Oklahoma. Its public history encompasses treaties, forced removal, post-removal constitutions, language and cultural continuity, and a modern three-branch government.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Durant, Oklahoma
- Language family
- Muskogean
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Northwest Coast
Lhaq'temish
The Lummi Nation is a sovereign Coast Salish Tribal Nation in northwestern Washington. Lhaq'temish history and present-day life are closely tied to the shores and waters of the Salish Sea, fishing, harvesting, language, treaty rights, and government by the Lummi Indian Business Council.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Lummi Nation, near Bellingham, Washington
- Language family
- Salishan (Coast Salish)
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Northeast and Southern New England
Mashantucket (Western) Pequot
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a sovereign Tribal government in southeastern Connecticut. Pequot continuity at Mashantucket survived colonial war, attempts to erase Pequot identity, and centuries of land loss; federal recognition in 1983 supported the restoration of land and modern institutions.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Mashantucket, Connecticut
- Language family
- Algonquian
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Southeast and Southern Plains
Mvskoke Etvlwv
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It descends from a southeastern confederacy of autonomous Tribal towns whose people maintained political, ceremonial, and agricultural traditions through removal and the rebuilding of government in Indian Territory.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma
- Language family
- Muskogean
The Navajo Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation whose lands extend across parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Diné language, community-based chapters, and a modern three-branch government are central to its public life.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Window Rock, Arizona
- Language family
- Athabaskan (Na-Dené)
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Plateau and Inland Northwest
Nimiipuu
The Nez Perce Tribe is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Lapwai, Idaho. Nimiipuu history and contemporary life are deeply connected to the rivers, fisheries, treaty-reserved rights, and homelands of present-day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Lapwai, Idaho
- Language family
- Sahaptian
The Osage Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Its history spans homelands in the central Mississippi and Missouri river worlds, nineteenth-century displacement to present-day Oklahoma, and a contemporary constitutional government established by Osage voters in 2006.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Pawhuska, Oklahoma
- Language family
- Siouan
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Southeast
Seminole Tribe of Florida
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a sovereign Tribal government whose communities remained in Florida through the nineteenth-century wars and removal campaigns. The modern government established in 1957 serves several reservation communities and sustains Maskókî and Mikisúkî language and culture.
Federally recognized Tribal Nation
Deep history to the present
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- Public headquarters
- Hollywood, Florida
- Language family
- Muskogean
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