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Many State Agencies have provided information of Indian Tribes that lived and roamed within their boarders. Finding these links are what we are proving our readers, take a look and see if you will find what you are looking for. It is not my intention to list all Federally or State Recognized Tribes, the ones I have listed are the official website of the Nation.

US Indian Resources
- Indian Affairs/Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Time to Abolish the BIA? (provided by Cherokee Observer)
- National Archives
  - Guide to American Indians
    - Native American Research
- United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- National Congress of American Indians
RootsWeb Database
- Native American Data
Alabama
- Alabama Indians (hosted at Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Alabama Indian Affairs Commission (hosted at State of Alabama)
- Moundville Archaeological Park (hosted at University of Alabama Museums)
- Alabama Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
- Indian Tribes (within Alabama)
  - Poarch Creek Indians (Federally Recognized)
  - Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama (State Recognized)
  - Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama (State Recognized)
  - Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians (State Recognized)
  - United Cherokee Ami-Yun-Wiya Nation (State Recognized)
  - Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (State Recognized)
  - Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks (State Recognized)
  - Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians (State Recognized)
  - Piqua Shawnee Tribe (State Recognized)
Alaska
- Alaska Tribes (within Alaska)
- Alaska Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Arizona
- Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs
- Arizona Department of Commerce
  - Indian Community Profiles
- Indian Tribes (within Arizona)
  - Ak-Chin Indian Community
  - Hopi Tribe
  - Tohono O'odham Nation
    - History and Culture
  - Cocopah Tribe
  - Hualapai Tribe
  - Tonto Apache Tribe
  - Colorado River Indian Tribe
    - About the Tribes
  - Kaibab-Paiute Tribe
  - White Mountain Apache
  - Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
  - Navajo Nation
  - Yavapai-Apache Nation
  - Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
  - Pascua Yaqui Tribe
  - Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
  - Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe
  - Salt River Pima -Maricopa Indian Community
  - Pueblo of Zuni
    - History
    - Chronological History of Zuni
  - Gila River Indian Community
  - San Carlos Apache Tribe
    - San Carlos Apache Reservation
  - Havasupai Tribe
  - San Juan Southern Paiute
- Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
- Arizona Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Arkansas
- Arkansas Indian Commission (No Indian Commission in Arkansas)
- Arkansas History Commission
  - Native American Records on Microfilm
- Arkansas Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
California
- California Native American Heritage Commission
  - Cultural Resources
- California Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Colorado
- Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs
  - Colorado Directory of American Indian Resources (hosted at State of Colorado) (PDF)
    - Indian Census
- Colorado State Archives
  - 1900 Census - Colorado Indian Industrial Schools
- Indian Tribes (within Colorado)
  - Ute Mountain Ute (Federally Recognized)
  - Southern Ute (Federally Recognized)
    - History
- Colorado Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Indian Affairs Council
- Connecticut State Library
- Connecticut Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
- Indian Tribes (within Connecticut)
  - Paucatuck Eastern Pequot (State Recognized)
  - Schaghticoke Indian Tribe
  - Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
  - Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
  - Mohegan Indian Tribe
Delaware
- Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
- Delaware Public Archives
- Indian Tribes (within Delaware
  - The Nanticoke Indian Tribe (State Recognized)
Florida
- State Archives of Florida
- Florida Governors Council on Indian Affairs, Inc.
- Florida Department of State
  - Seminole History
- Indian Tribes (within Florida)
  - Muscogee Nation of Florida (State Recognized)
  - Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (Federally Recognized)
    - History
  - Perdido Bay Tribe of Lower Muscogee Creeks (State Recognized)
  - Seminole Tribe of Florida (Federally Recognized)
- Florida Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Georgia
- Council on American Indian Concerns
  - About Indians in Georgia
- Georgia Archives
  - Georgia Land Lotteries
- Indian Tribes (within Georgia)
  - The Cherokee of Georgia (State Recognized)
    - About our Tribe
  - Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee (State Recognized)
    - Enrollment Information
  - The Lower Muscogee Creek Tribe (State Recognized)
- Georgia Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Hawaii
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs
  - OHA Hawaiian Registry Program
- Hawaii State Archives
  - Genealogical Indexes
Idaho
- Idaho State Archives and Libraries
- Idaho State Historical Society
- Idaho Council on Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within Idaho)
- Idaho Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
- Idaho Indian Tribes Project (Part of IdahoGenWeb)
Illinois
- Illinois State Archives
  - Illinois Winnebago War Veterans
  - Black Hawk War Veterans
- American Indian Center of Chicago
- Indian Tribes (within Illinois)
- Illinois Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Indiana
- Native American Council (No direct link at the state website)
- Indiana State Archives
  - Indian Lands Noted on the LaPorte-Winamac Land Office
  - Introduction
- Indian Tribes (within Indiana)
  - Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Federally Recognized)
- Indiana Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Iowa
- Iowa Commission of Indian Affairs
- State Historical Society of Iowa
- Indian Tribes (within Iowa)
  - Sac & Fox Tribe (Meskwaki) (Federally Recognized)
- Iowa Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Kansas
- Kansas Office of Native American Affairs (No direct link at the state website)
- Kansas State Historical Society
  - Bibliography Sac and Fox Indians in Kansas
- The University of Kansas
  - First Nations Student Association
- Indian Tribes (within Kansas)
  - Kansas Kickapoo Tribe (Federally Recognized)
    - History
  - Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri (in Kansas) (Federally Recognized)
  - Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation (Federally Recognized)
    - History and Culture
  - Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (Federally Recognized)
- Kansas Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department of Archives and Libraries
- Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
- Indian Tribes (within Kentucky)
- Kentucky Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Louisiana
- Louisiana Office of Indian Affairs
- Louisiana Indian Heritage Association
- Indian Tribes (within Louisiana)
  - Chitimacha Indian Tribe (Federally Recognized)
  - Sovereign Nation of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (Federally Recognized)
  - Jena Band of Choctaw Indians (Federally Recognized)
  - Tunica-Biloxi Tribe o Louisiana (Federally Recognized)
- Louisiana Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Maine
- Maine State Archives
- Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission
- Indian Tribes (within Maine)
  - Penobscot Indian Nation (Penawahpskewi)
- Maine Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Maryland
- Maryland State Archives
- Maryland Commission on American Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within Maryland)
- Maryland Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Archives
- Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within Massachusetts)
  - Hassanamisco Nipmuc
  - Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
    - History and Culture
- Massachusetts Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Michigan
- State Archives of Michigan
- Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry in Michigan
- Indian Tribes (within Michigan)
- Michigan Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Minnesota
- Minnesota State Archives
- Minnesota Indian Affairs
  - Tribal Nations
- Indian Tribes (within Minnesota)
  - Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
    - History
  - Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  - Grand Portage Band
  - Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
    - History
  - Lower Sioux (Mdewakanton Band of Dakota)
    - History
  - Mille Lac Band of Ojibwe
    - History
  - Prairie Island Indian Community (Mdewakanton Band)
    - History
  - Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
  - Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
  - White Earth Nation
- Minnesota Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Mississippi
- Mississippi Indian Affairs (none listed)
- Mississippi Museum of History
  - Native Americans Traveling Trunk
  - Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
- Indian Mounds of Mississippi
- Indian Tribes (within Mississippi)
  - Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
    - Cultural Affairs
- Mississippi Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Missouri
- Missouri Indian Affairs (none listed)
- Missouri State Archives
- Indian Tribes (within Missouri)
- Missouri Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Montana
- Montana Office of Indian Affairs
  - Tribal Nations Directory
- Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
- Montana State Archives and Libraries
- Montana Historical Society
- Little Bighorn Battlefield (a must take trip)
  - Webcams
  - Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn
- Indian Tribes (within Montana)
  - Blackfeet Nation (from government site)
  - Crow Tribe (Apsáalooke Nation)
  - Fort Belknap Indian Community (Gros Ventre & Assiniboine Tribes)
  - Fort Peck Tribes (Assiniboine & Sioux)
    - Tribal History
  - Northern Cheyenne Tribe
  - Rocky Boy Reservation (Chippewa Cree)
  - Little Shell Tribe (State Recognized)
- Montana Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Nebraska
- Nebraska State Historical Society
- State of Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
  - Four Tribes of Nebraska
- Indian Tribes (within Nebraska)
  - Sac & Fox Nation of Kansas Nebraska & Missouri (in Nebraska)
  - Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
  - Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
    - History
  - Santee Sioux
  - Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
    - History
- Nebraska Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Nevada
- Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs
- Nevada Indian Commission
  - Nevada Indian Tribes
- Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
  - Great Basin Tribes
- Indian Tribes (within Nevada)
- Nevada Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire State Archives
- New Hampshire Historical Society
  - Native Americans of New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Indian Affairs (none listed)
  - American Indian/Alaska Native Fact Sheet, State of New Hampshire (hosted at NICWA)
- Indian Tribes (within New Hampshire)
- New Hampshire Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
New Jersey
- New Jersey State Archives
- New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within New Jersey)
  - Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape (State recognized)
  - Powhatan Renape Nation (State recognized)
  - Ramapough Lenape Nation (State recognized)
- New Jersey Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
New Mexico
- New Mexico Archives and Historical Service Division
  - Tracing your Ancestors
- New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
- Indian Tribes (within New Mexico)
  - Jicarilla Apache Nation
  - Mescalero Apache Tribe
  - Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico & Utah)
  - Ohkay Owingeh (hosted at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center)
  - Pueblo of Acoma (hosted at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center)
  - Pueblo of Cochiti (hosted at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center)
  - Zuñi Tribe of the Zuñi Reservation
- New Mexico Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
New York
- New York State Archives
- Office of Cultural Education
- Native American Services
- Indian Tribes (within New York)
  - Cayuga Nation of New York
  - Oneida Nation of New York
    - History
  - Onondaga Nation of New York
  - Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  - Seneca Nation of Indians
  - Shinnecock Tribe (State Recognized)
  - Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York (Facebook Page)
  - Tuscarora Nation of New York
  - Unkechaug Indian Nation of Poospatuck Indians (State Recognized)
- New York Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
North Carolina
- North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs
- North Carolina Office of Archives and History
- Indian Tribes (within North Carolina)
  - Coharie Intra-Tribal Council (State Recognized)
  - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  - Haliwa-Saponi Tribe (State Recognized)
  - Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (State Recognized)
  - Meherrin Indian Tribe (State Recognized)
  - Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation (State Recognized)
  - Sappony Tribe (State Recognized)
  - Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe (State Recognized)
- North Carolina Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
North Dakota
- State Archives and Library
  - Genealogy
- State Historical Society
- North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
  - Tribal Nations
- Indian Tribes (within North Dakota)
  - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
  - MHA Nation
    - Mandan
    - Hidatsa
    - Arikara (Sahnish)
  - Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation
    - Enrollment
  - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North and South Dakota)
- North Dakota Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Ohio
- Ohio Historical Society, State Archives
- Department of Indian Affairs (None listed)
- Indian Tribes (within Ohio)
  - Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band of Ohio (State Recognized) (Facebook Page)
- Ohio Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Archives and Records Management
Oklahoma Historical Society
- Search Archives (Many new options)
Oklahoma History Center
Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission

Indian Tribes (within Oklahoma)

Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town
Apache Tribe
Caddo Tribe
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes
- Historical Photo Collection
Chickasaw Nation

Oklahoma Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)

Oregon
- Oregon Archives
  - Genealogy
  - Historical Records Search
- Legislative Commission on Indian Services
- Indian Tribes (within Oregon)
- Oregon Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
  - Collections
  - Genealogy
- Pennsylvania Indian Affairs Department (none listed)
- Indian Tribes (within Pennsylvania)
- Pennsylvania Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Archives Division
- Rhode Island Indian Affairs Department (none listed)
- Indian Tribes (within Rhode Island)
- Rhode Island Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Department of Archives & History
  - Research Services
- South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs
  - Native Americans
- South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission
- Indian Tribes (within South Carolina)
  - Beaver Creek Indians (State Recognized)
  - Catawba Indian Nation
  - Chaloklowas Chickasaw Indian People (State Recognized)
  - Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina (State Recognized)
  - Edisto Indian Organization (State Recognized)
  - Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina (State Recognized)
    - History
  - Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina (State Recognized) (Facebook Page)
  - Piedmont American Indian Association (State Recognized)
  - Santee Indian Nation (State Recognized)
  - Waccamaw Indian People (State Recognized)
- South Carolina Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
South Dakota
- South Dakota State Archives
- South Dakota Tribal Government Relations
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Indian Tribes (within South Dakota)
- South Dakota Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
  - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation
  - Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation
  - Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
    - History and Culture
  - Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation
  - Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation
    - History
  - Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation
  - Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
  - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North Dakota and South Dakota)
    - History
  - Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Tennessee
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within Tennessee)
- Tennessee Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Texas
- Texas State Library & Archives Commission
  - Genealogy
- Office of Attorney General
  - Texas Indian Commission Records Inventory
- Indian Tribes (within Texas)
- Texas Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Utah
- Utah Division of Archives & Records Service
  - Finding Aids and Inventories
- Division of Indian Affairs
  - Digital Archive
- Indian Tribes (within Utah)
  - Goshute Indian Tribe
  - Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
  - Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Tribe
    - Culture & History
  - Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
  - Ute Indian Tribe
    - Tribal History
  - White Mesa Ute Council
- Utah Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Vermont
- Vermont Archives and Records Administration
- Vermont Commission on Indian Affairs
- Indian Tribes (within Vermont)
- Vermont Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Virginia
- Library of Virginia
- Virginia Historical Society
- Virginia Council on Indians
  - State Recognized Tribes
- Indian Tribes (within Virginia)
  - Chickahominy Tribe (State Recognized)
  - Eastern Chickahominy (State Recognized)
  - Mattiponi Indian Nation (State Recognized)
    - Mattaponi Indian Reservation
  - Monacan Indian Tribe (State Recognized)
    - History
  - Nansemond Indian Tribal Association (State Recognized)
  - Pamunkey Nation (State Recognized)
  - Rappahannock Tribe (State Recognized)
    - History
  - Upper Mattaponi Tribe (State Recognized)
- Virginia Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Washington
- Washington State Archives
- Governors Office of Indian Affairs
  - Tribal Directory
- Indian Tribes (within Washington)
- Washington Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
West Virginia
- West Virginia Archives & History
  - History Center
- Department of Indian Affairs (None Listed)
- Indian Tribes (within West Virginia)
  - Native American Indian Federation, Inc.
- West Virginia Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Historical Society
  - Research
- Special Committee on State Tribal Relations
- Wisconsin State Tribal Relations Initiative
  - Wisconsin's American Indian Reservation and Trust Lands
- Indian Tribes (within Wisconsin)
- Wisconsin Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)
Wyoming
- Wyoming State Archives
  - Reference, Research and Historical Photographs
- Select Committee on Tribal Relations
- Indian Tribes (within Wyoming)
  - Arapahoe Tribe
  - Shoshone Tribe
- Wyoming Indian Tribes (hosted at AccessGenealogy)

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