Federally recognized tribes

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Federally recognized tribes are those Indian tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for certain federal government purposes.

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In the United States, the Indian tribe is a fundamental unit, and the constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Sandoval (231 US. 28 [1913]) warned, "it is not... that Congress may bring a community or body of people within range of this power by arbitrarily calling them an Indian tribe, but only that in respect of distinctly Indian communities the questions whether, to what extent, and for what time they shall be recognized and dealt with as dependent tribes" (at 46).[1] Federal tribal recognition grants to tribes the right to certain benefits, and is largely controlled by the United States federal agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

On April 4, 2008, the U.S. government's Federal Register issued an official list of 562 tribes in the Federal Register as Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, which can be downloaded as a PDF document from the U.S. Library of Congress: [2]. USA.gov, the federal government's official web portal, also maintains a list of tribal governments which is constantly updated. Ancillary information present in former versions of this list but no longer contained in the current listing have been included here in italics print.


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  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
  • Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California
  • Elk Valley Rancheria, California
  • Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada
  • Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
  • Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California
    (formerly the Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation)

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  • Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California
  • Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington
  • Jamul Indian Village of California
  • Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana
  • Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
    (formerly the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation)

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  1. ^ Sheffield (1998) p56
  2. ^ INDIAN ENTITIES RECOGNIZED AND ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Federal Register, Volume 72, Number 55 dated March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648)