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There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations.
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]
The number of tribes increased to 573 with the addition of six tribes in Virginia under the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, signed in January 2018 after the annual list had been published. [1]
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Indiana" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Osawatomie – a compound of two primary Native American Indian tribes from the area, the Osage and Pottawatomie; Tonganoxie – derives its name from a member of the Delaware tribe that once occupied land in what is now Leavenworth County and western Wyandotte County; Topeka – from Kansa dóppikĘ”e, "a good place to dig wild potatoes"
Indian Ranch Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on September 22, 1964 [51] Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (II). (Copycat band) Letter of Intent to Petition 3/8/1996. [24] [25] Decline to Acknowledge 12/03/2007 (72 FR 67951). Kawaiisu Tribe of the Tejon Indian Reservation [55] Kern Valley Indian Community.
State-recognized tribes may request the repatriation of cultural items or human remains only in cooperation with federally recognized tribes. [13] Other federal Indian legislation does not apply to state-recognized tribes. For example, Indian Preference in hiring [14] and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 do not apply to these organizations ...
An American Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose government is autonomous, subject to regulations passed by the United States Congress and administered by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and not to the U.S. state government in which it is located.