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The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Native American tribes, the Chitimacha, the Coushatta, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi. [ 1 ] References
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Louisiana" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; T. Tunica-Biloxi This page was last edited on 27 May 2013, at 21:21 (UTC). Text is ... Category: American Indian reservations in Louisiana.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
There is a State-recognized tribe with the same name, Meherrin Indian Tribe (I). Ne'Ha-Tsunii Indian Nation [78] Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), [25] East Bend, NC; Ridge Band of Cherokees, [25] Ridgecraft, NC; Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe, Elizabeth City, NC, [130] formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of ...
Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
The Chitimacha were the first Native American tribe in Louisiana to gain federal recognition. Most Native Americans of the Southeast had been forcibly removed to Indian Territory or Texas west of the Mississippi River during the 1830s. [10] The tribe received some annuities and financial benefits as a result of formal recognition.