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Pages in category "Native American history of Tennessee" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
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. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
State legislature denied state recognition, contesting the authority of a Proclamation of Recognition] [165] by the Governor of Tennessee of May 25, 1978. [166] [167] Guaymari Kiawah Tribe, Antioch, TN [168] Remnant Yuchi Nation, [164] Kingsport, TN; Tanasi Council, [164] Memphis, TN; United Eastern Lenape Nation, [164] Winfield, TN
Groups who decide to remain uncontacted are referred to as indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation. [1] Legal protections make estimating the total number of uncontacted peoples challenging, but estimates from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the UN and the nonprofit group Survival International point to between 100 and 200 ...
Painting of Bimbache of El Hierro by Leonardo Torriani, 1592 The San are the oldest inhabitants of Southern Africa. Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are those which have a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, and may consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories ...
Counties of Tennessee Location State of Tennessee Number 95 Populations 5,128 (Pickett) - 910,042 (Shelby) Areas 114 sq mi (300 km 2) (Trousdale) -755 sq mi (1,960 km 2) (Shelby) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most ...