Region
US East and Southeast
25 nations of US East and Southeast, each with its own name first and checked facts with sources.
25 nations
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Catawba Nation
Also known as Catawba Indian Nation
Lands York County, South Carolina, near Rock Hill, with a service area that includes North Carolina, United States
The Catawba Nation has over 3,300 enrolled citizens and continues to grow.
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Cayuga Nation
Also known as Guyohkohnyoh
Lands Around Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States
After more than 200 years away, Cayuga Nation citizens once again live on their ancestral homeland in New York's Finger Lakes region.
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Cherokee Nation
Also known as ᏣᎳᎩ
Lands Tahlequah and a 14-county reservation area in Oklahoma, United States; original homelands in the Southeast
Cherokee Nation governs through legislative, executive and judicial branches and serves people across a 14-county reservation area.
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Also known as Chahta
Lands Durant and a reservation of eight whole and five partial counties in southeastern Oklahoma, United States; original homelands in present-day Mississippi
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has more than 225,000 tribal members.
Source: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Delaware Nation
Also known as Lenape
Lands Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States; Lenape homelands on the Eastern Seaboard
Delaware Nation is a federally recognized tribe based in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
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Delaware Tribe of Indians
Also known as Lenape
Lands Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States; homelands along the Delaware River
The Delaware Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized tribe of the Lenape people, headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Source: Delaware Tribe of Indians (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Also known as EBCI
Lands The Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina, United States, beside the Great Smoky Mountains
The Eastern Band has more than 16,000 enrolled members, and over 60 percent of them live on the Qualla Boundary.
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Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Also known as Lumbee
Lands Along the Lumbee River in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties, North Carolina, United States, centered on Pembroke
The Lumbee Tribe became fully federally recognized by the United States on December 18, 2025.
Source: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Also known as People of the First Light
Lands Mashpee on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States; Wampanoag homelands across present-day Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the People of the First Light, has about 3,200 enrolled citizens.
Source: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Also known as MBCI
Lands Choctaw communities in east-central Mississippi, United States
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has more than 11,000 tribal members.
Source: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Muscogee Nation
Also known as Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Lands Okmulgee and the Muscogee reservation in eastern Oklahoma, United States; original homelands in present-day Georgia and Alabama
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation counts about 100,000 citizens and is still growing.
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Narragansett Indian Tribe
Also known as Narragansett
Lands Rhode Island, United States
The Narragansett Indian Tribe received federal recognition and acknowledgement on April 11, 1983.
Source: Narragansett Indian Tribe (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Oneida Indian Nation
Also known as Onayotekaono
Lands Central New York, United States
Oneida Indian Nation Members learn Onyota’a:ká:, the Oneida language, through intensive courses, a preschool curriculum, e-books, smartphone apps and an Oneida language keyboard.
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Onondaga Nation
Also known as Onundagaono
Lands Onondaga Nation territory south of Syracuse, central New York, United States
In the Haudenosaunee Grand Council, the Onondaga Fire Keepers present an issue, and debate goes on until they can announce that all are of One Mind, a decision by consensus.
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Pamunkey Indian Tribe
Also known as Pamunkey
Lands Pamunkey Reservation on the Pamunkey River, King William County, Virginia, United States
Guided by the idea that if you take fish from the river you put some back, the Pamunkey started an indoor fish hatchery in 1918.
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Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati)
Also known as Peskotomuhkati
Lands Sipayik (Pleasant Point) and Motahkomikuk (Indian Township) in Maine, United States, and a community in New Brunswick, Canada
Over 3,000 Passamaquoddy citizens belong to three self-governing communities, two in Maine and one in New Brunswick, linked by political, cultural and kinship ties.
Source: Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik (Pleasant Point) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Also known as Akwesasne Mohawk
Lands Akwesasne, on the St. Lawrence River in northern New York, United States; the wider Akwesasne community extends into Canada
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is made up of three Chiefs, three Sub-Chiefs and a Tribal Clerk, with elections scheduled each year and set terms of office.
Source: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Also known as The Great Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Lands Wewoka and Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States; earlier homelands in Florida
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is made up of fourteen bands, and its General Council seats two representatives from each band rather than from districts.
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Seminole Tribe of Florida
Also known as Seminole
Lands Big Cypress, Brighton, Fort Pierce, Hollywood, Immokalee and Tampa reservations in Florida, United States
Adding the Tampa and Immokalee reservations brought the Seminole Tribe of Florida's federal trust lands to more than 90,000 acres.
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Seneca Nation
Also known as Seneca Nation of Indians
Lands Allegany, Cattaraugus and Oil Spring territories in Western New York, United States
More than 8,500 Seneca citizens and their families carry the Nation forward today, living on and around the Allegany, Cattaraugus and Oil Spring territories in Western New York.
Source: Seneca Nation of Indians (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Shinnecock Indian Nation
Also known as Shinnecock Nation
Lands In and around the Town of Southampton on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, United States
The Shinnecock Indian Nation has over 1,589 enrolled tribal members.
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The Chickasaw Nation
Also known as Chickasaw
Lands Thirteen counties in south-central Oklahoma, United States; original homelands in present-day Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee
The Chickasaw Nation's three-department government was reestablished with the ratification of its 1983 Constitution.
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Tuscarora Nation
Also known as Skaruhreh
Lands Tuscarora Nation territory near Lewiston, western New York, United States; earlier homelands in what is now North Carolina
The Tuscarora Environment Program works as part of the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, established in 1992 by the Grand Council.
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United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Also known as UKB
Lands Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States
The United Keetoowah Band numbers more than 14,000 tribal members today.
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Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Also known as Aquinnah Wampanoag
Lands Aquinnah, on the western end of Martha's Vineyard (Noepe), Massachusetts, United States
The Aquinnah Wampanoag care for 477 acres of their ancestral lands on Martha's Vineyard.
Source: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (opens in a new tab) Checked