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Native Nations of the United States

Living nations, deep histories, and source-reviewed context

Explore an editorial first release of profiles centered on contemporary sovereign Native Nations in the United States. Each entry distinguishes historical homelands from present-day government, identifies the terminology used by the Nation itself where sources support it, and connects key facts to official or public-institution sources.

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Famílias linguísticas
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instituições tribais reconhecidas pelo governo federal
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Map points show approximate public headquarters locations for orientation. They do not represent reservation, trust-land, treaty, cultural, or jurisdictional boundaries.

Tlingit & Haida is a regional sovereign Tribal government headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, representing Tlingit and Haida citizens. Its public work connects self-government, citizen services, language and cultural priorities, traditional food security, and stewardship across Southeast Alaska and beyond.

Federally recognized regional Tribal government Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Juneau, Alaska
Família linguística
Tlingit: Na-Dené; Haida: language isolate
Southeast and Southern Plains

Cherokee Nation

ᏣᎳᎩ (Tsalagi)

Cherokee Nation is a contemporary sovereign Tribal government based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Its history connects southeastern homelands, forced removal in the 1830s, constitutional government in Indian Territory, and continuing governance within the Cherokee Nation Reservation.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Família linguística
Iroquoian
Southeast and Southern Plains

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Chahta Okla

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is a sovereign Tribal Nation with southeastern homelands and a present-day government in southeastern Oklahoma. Its public history encompasses treaties, forced removal, post-removal constitutions, language and cultural continuity, and a modern three-branch government.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Durant, Oklahoma
Família linguística
Muskogean
Northwest Coast

Lummi Nation

Lhaq'temish

The Lummi Nation is a sovereign Coast Salish Tribal Nation in northwestern Washington. Lhaq'temish history and present-day life are closely tied to the shores and waters of the Salish Sea, fishing, harvesting, language, treaty rights, and government by the Lummi Indian Business Council.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Lummi Nation, near Bellingham, Washington
Família linguística
Salishan (Coast Salish)
Northeast and Southern New England

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Mashantucket (Western) Pequot

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a sovereign Tribal government in southeastern Connecticut. Pequot continuity at Mashantucket survived colonial war, attempts to erase Pequot identity, and centuries of land loss; federal recognition in 1983 supported the restoration of land and modern institutions.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Mashantucket, Connecticut
Família linguística
Algonquian
Southeast and Southern Plains

Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Mvskoke Etvlwv

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It descends from a southeastern confederacy of autonomous Tribal towns whose people maintained political, ceremonial, and agricultural traditions through removal and the rebuilding of government in Indian Territory.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Família linguística
Muskogean
Southwest

Navajo Nation

Diné

The Navajo Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation whose lands extend across parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Diné language, community-based chapters, and a modern three-branch government are central to its public life.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Window Rock, Arizona
Família linguística
Athabaskan (Na-Dené)
Plateau and Inland Northwest

Nez Perce Tribe

Nimiipuu

The Nez Perce Tribe is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Lapwai, Idaho. Nimiipuu history and contemporary life are deeply connected to the rivers, fisheries, treaty-reserved rights, and homelands of present-day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Lapwai, Idaho
Família linguística
Sahaptian
Central Plains

Osage Nation

Wahzhazhe

The Osage Nation is a sovereign Tribal Nation headquartered in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Its history spans homelands in the central Mississippi and Missouri river worlds, nineteenth-century displacement to present-day Oklahoma, and a contemporary constitutional government established by Osage voters in 2006.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Família linguística
Siouan
Southeast

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Seminole Tribe of Florida

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a sovereign Tribal government whose communities remained in Florida through the nineteenth-century wars and removal campaigns. The modern government established in 1957 serves several reservation communities and sustains Maskókî and Mikisúkî language and culture.

Federally recognized Tribal Nation Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.
Sede Pública
Hollywood, Florida
Família linguística
Muskogean
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Esta edición editorial contiene 10 perfiles. It is not a complete list of Native Nations. El directorio contextual recoge 575 instituições tribais reconhecidas pelo governo federal con fecha de January 30, 2026.

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