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Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [1] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: Chahta Okla) is a Native American reservation [5] occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. [6] At roughly 6,952,960 acres (28,138 km 2; 10,864 sq mi), it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo, exceeding that of the seven smallest U.S. states.
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. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
About 140,000 citizens live in the Cherokee Nation reservation area. [48] In 2023, the nation's enrollment reached 450,000. [49] In 2024, the nation released updated demographics maps showing the nation's total population in the United States was approximately 466,118. [2]
Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area is a statistical entity identified and delineated by federally recognized American Indian tribes in Oklahoma as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census and ongoing American Community Survey. [1]
The Muscogee Nation's Reservation status was affirmed in 2020 by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Sharp v. Murphy , which held that the allotted Muscogee Nation reservation in Oklahoma has not been disestablished and therefore retains jurisdiction over tribal citizens in Creek , Hughes , Okfuskee , Okmulgee , McIntosh ...
More: Tribes keep opting out of Oklahoma governor's reservation task force, calling it flawed. The Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the state, has not yet reached any deals with Stitt’s ...
After removal, the Oklahoma and Florida Seminole developed independently and had little contact for nearly 100 years. [citation needed] By the terms of a 1832 treaty, Seminole people were initially forced to share a reservation with the Muscogee Nation, however in 1845 United States promised to give the Seminole people their own reservation. [8]