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We've been asked for a list of the original names (in their own languages) of Indian tribes and nations so many times now, that I'm simply starting a chart of them for everyone's use. Please note that this chart is not complete--we have included only the names of North American nations (not of every band or village within a nation), and only those nations whose original names are known. For a more complete listing of tribal names (without the etymology) see Native American tribes. With the exception of Cree and Cherokee, American Indian languages do not have their own writing systems, so the names must be written using English characters. I have not even tried to include every spelling variation this causes (for example, some Anishinaabe people spell the word Anishinabe, or Anishnaabe, or use the plural Anishinaabeg, or spell that Anishinabeg or Anishinabek or...) You can find out more information by clicking on the links we provide, this page is just a place to quickly see what the names are in the original languages of this continent. Comments and additions are welcome!

Original Tribal Name In Tribal Names Today, And Their Origins The People's Own Language
A'aninin ("white clay people") Gros Ventre (French word for "big belly," unclear why the

French called them this.) Abenaki ("dawn people," or easterners), also Alnombak ("the people") Absaroke ("children of the bigbeaked bird") Alabama ("cleared thicket") Abenaki Crow (English, from their tribal name) Alabama Today the Anishinaabe have two tribes: Ojibway/Ojibwe/Chippewa (Algonquian Indian for "puckered," referring to their moccasin style) and Algonquin (probably a French corruption of either the Maliseet word elehgumoqik, "our allies," or the Mi'kmaq place name Algoomaking, "fish-spearing place.") Cherokee/Tsalagi (from a Muskogee Indian word for "speakers of another language.") Sauk, from tribal name. Attikamekw, also Tte-de-Boule (French word for "ball head," unclear why the French called them this.) Ioway (from a word in their language meaning "sleepy," unclear how this came to be a tribal name.) Unfortunately the Beothuk are extinct today. They were more commonly known as Red Indians (English, after their extensive use of red ochre dye.) Potawatomi, from tribal name.

Anishinaabe ("original people")

Aniyunwiya ("principal people") Asakiwaki ("yellow earth people") Attikamekw ("whitefish people") Baxoje/Pahoja ("gray snow") Beothuk (possibly "kinfolk") Bode'wadmi ("firekeepers," traditional religious role)

Chahta (the name of a legendary Choctaw, from tribal name. tribal chief) Chikasha (the name of a legendary tribal chief) Dakelh ("water travelers") Chickasaw, from tribal name. Carrier (English translation of the Sekani name for them, referring to the tribe's mourning ritual.)

Dakota ("the allies.") Band names include Sisseton ("marsh Dakota Sioux ("Sioux" comes from an Ojibwe word dwellers,") Wahpeton ("forest meaning "little snakes.") dwellers,") and Yankton ("living far away.") Degexit'an ("people of this land") Ingalik (from an Inuktitut word for "Indian people.") Dena'ina ("the people") Dene ("the people") Dene Tha ("true people") Tanaina, from tribal name. Chipewyan (from a Cree word for "pointed shirt," after a traditional clothing style.) Slavey (English, from the Cree name for them, which meant

"servile ones.") Dine'e ("the people") Dunne-Za ("real people") Gaigwu ("principal people") Gayogohono ("swamp people") Gwich'in ("the people") Havasupai ("people of the bluegreen water") Hinonoeino ("our people") Ho-Chunk ("big voice") Hopi ("peaceful person," "civilized person") Hualapai ("people of the pine trees") Kalispel ("camas people") Kanza ("wind people") Illiniwek ("the best people"). A band name still in use today is Peoria ("backpack people.") Innu ("the people") Inuit ("the people") Navajo (from a Tewa word for "planted fields.") Beaver (English translation of a clan name, Tsatinne) Kiowa, from tribal name. Cayuga, also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Gwich'in or Kutchin. Havasupai Arapaho (probably from a Pawnee Indian word for "traders.") Ho-Chunk or Winnebago (from an Algonquian word for "smelly water.") Hopi Hualapai Kalispel or Pend d'Oreilles (French for "ear pendants," which the people wore.) Kaw/Kansa, from tribal name.

Kawchottine ("big hare people") Hare (English, from tribal name.) Illini or Illinois Indians (English and French corruptions of tribal name.) Innu, also Montagnais (French word for "mountain people") and Naskapi (band name, means "bad dressers" in the Innu language.) Inuit, also Eskimo (from a Cree name for the Inuit meaning either "raw meat eaters" or "snowshoe lacers.")

Iyiniwok/Ininiwok ("the people") Cree (from the French word for the tribe, Kristeneaux, of or Nehiyawok ("Cree speakers") uncertain origin.) Kadohadacho ("true chiefs") or Hasinai ("our own people") Kanienkehaka ("people of the flint") Kanonsionni ("people of the longhouse"), more recently Haudenosaunee. Karok ("upriver") Kiwigapawa ("wanderer," in Caddo, from tribal name. Mohawk (from an Algonquian word meaning "maneaters,") also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Iroquois Confederacy (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Karok Kickapoo, from tribal name.

Shawnee; the Kickapoos split off from the Shawnee tribe.) Lakota ("the allies") or Teton ("prairie dwellers.") Lenape ("the people"), Lenni Lenape ("true people") L'nu'k ("the people"), Mi'kmaq ("my friends") Maklak ("the people") Mamaceqtaw ("the people") Meskwaki ("red earth people") Mikasuki ("boar clan") Minisink ("rocky land") Mohingan ("wolf"--this was probably originally a clan name and became a tribal name later) Muheconneok ("Running Waters," name of a river in their homeland) Muskogee (meaning not known, may originally have been a Muskogee chief's name) Myaamia ("allies") Nakoda ("allies") Nanigansek ("Small Point," a geographical location in their homeland) Nantego ("tidewater people") Ndee ("the people") Niukonska ("middle water") Numakiki ("people") Numinu ("the people") Nuutsiu or Nuntzi ("the people") Nuxbaaga ("original people") Lakota Sioux ("Sioux" comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "little snakes.") Delaware (after the English name for the Delaware River, named after a British nobleman.) Mi'kmaq Klamath (from unknown origins) Menominee (from an Ojibwe word meaning "wild rice people.") Fox Indian (possibly an English translation of a clan name). Miccosukee, from tribal name, also Seminole (from a Spanish word meaning "wild.") Munsee, from tribal name. Mohegan, sometimes mistakenly called Mohican by nonIndians. Mohican, or Stockbridge Indians (the name of a town they settled in temporarily). Creek (after the English name for a river in their homeland), also Seminole (from a Spanish word meaning "wild.") Miami or Maumee, from tribal name. Assiniboine (from an Algonquian Indian word meaning "cooks with stones," or Stoney (English word with the same idea). Narragansett, from tribal name. Nanticoke, from tribal name. Apache (from a Zuni word for "enemy.") Osage (from Wazhazhe, a band name.) Mandan (from a Sioux word for "riverbank people.") Comanche (from a Ute word meaning "they fight with us.") Ute (probably a corruption of their tribal name; it does not mean "mountain" as is popularly believed) Hidatsa (from the name of a village), also Gros Ventre (French for "big belly," unclear why they called them this) and Minitari (from a Mandan word for "across the water.")

Odawa ("traders") Olekwo'l (the people) Onandowaga ("people of the mountain") Onundaga'ono ("people of the hills") Onyota'aka ("people of the standing stone") Panawahpskek ("Rocks Spread Out," geographical location in their homeland) Peskotomuhkati ("pollockspearers") Powhatan ("falling water," the name of their principal village) Qwulhhwaipum ("prairie people") Sahnish ("original people")

Ottawa, from tribal name (the Canadian city is named after this tribe.) Yurok (from a Karok word for "downriver.") Seneca (possibly corrupted version of an Onandowaga village name, Osininka). Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Onondaga, from tribal name. Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Oneida, from tribal name. Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.") Penobscot, from tribal name. Passamaquoddy, from tribal name. Powhatan, though many tribes of the old confederacy have returned to using their own names (Pamunkey, Mattaponi, etc.) Klickitat (from a Chinook word for "beyond the mountains.") Arikara (from a word in their own language meaning "horns," referring to a tribal hairstyle.)

Schitsu'umsh ("the people found Coeur d'Alene (French for "awl heart," unclear exactly why here") they called them this.) Shawanwa ("southerner") Shuyelpee (name of a village) Shawnee, from tribal name. Colville, after the English name for a river in their territory.

Siksika ("black foot," referring to their moccasin style.) Band names Blackfoot/Blackfeet (English translations of the tribal still in use today include Pikuni name.) The English also called the Kainai band the Bloods ("short robes") and Kainai ("many because of their red face paint. chiefs.") Skarooren ("hemp gathererers") Tetawken ("we people") Tuscarora, from tribal name. Cayuse (from a French word for "rocky.")

Thlingchadine ("dog flank Dogrib (English translation of tribal name) people," from a traditional legend) Titcakhanotene (from a place name in their territory) Titska Watich ("civilized people") Tahltan (from the Tlingit name from their tribe, probably also a place name in the Tlingit language) Tonkawa (from the Waco name for the tribe, meaning "they keep together.") Cheyenne (from a Sioux Indian word for the tribe, probably meaning "relatives of the Cree.")

Tse'khene ("people of the rocks") Sekani, from tribal name. Tsitsistas ("the people")

Ugakhpa ("downstream people") Quapaw, from tribal name. Umon'hon ("against the current") Omaha, from tribal name. Wampanoag ("eastern people"), also Massachusett (range of hills) Wampanoag and Pokanoket (name of their principal village) Wendat ("islanders") Wiyot (name of a river in their homeland) Wendat/Wyandot or Huron (from a French word for "wild boar.") Wiyot

Wolastoqiyik ("Beautiful River," Maliseet (from a Mi'kmaq Indian word meaning "talks name of the river running through imperfectly.") their homeland) Yavapai ("people of the sun") Special cases: * Lumbee is a modern tribal name, but it comes from a Carolina Algonquian word meaning "dark water" (the traditional name of a river in their territory). The Lumbee people descend from a coalition of Carolina Indian tribes, each of whom originally had its own tribal name (Cheraw, Catawba, Croatan, etc.) Yavapai

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THE FOLLOWING TRIBES ARE FOUND ON THIS PAGE

Abenaki
Accohannock Achomawi Acoma Adenas Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Alleghans Aleut Algonkin Amonsoquath Cherokee Apache Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa Anishinabe Anasazi Apalachee

Lakota
Lenni-Lenape Listuguj Luisenos Lumbee Lummi Mahican Maidu Mechoopda Makah Mandans Mascoutan Mattabetic Mattaponi Maya Meherrin Menominee Metoac Miami Miami Chippewa Miccosoukee MicMac Middle Woodland

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Arapaho Arawak Arikara Aroostook Assateague Assiniboine

Athabaskan Atsina Aztecs Bella Coola

Beothuk
Blackfeet Blackfoot Bodega Miwok Brothertown Caddo Cahuilla California Calusa Carrier Sekani Catawba Cayuga Cayuse Chehalis Cherokee Cheyenne Chickaloon Chickasaw Chicora Chicorra Waccamaw Chinook Chilcotin Chippewa Choctaw Chitimacha Chucalissa Chumash Ciboney Clatsop Cocopah Coeur d'Lane Coharie Comanche Costanoan Coushatta Cowichan Cowlitz Creek Crees Crow Dakota Deh Cho Delaware Dene Diegueno Dineh Edisto Eeyou Erie Esketmc Eskimo Esselen Flathead Fond du lac Gabrielino

Mingo Iroquois Minnesota Mississippi Bands Missouri Tribes Miwok Modoc Mohawk Mohegan Mohican Mojave Monacan Mono Montauk Montaukett Mounds and Mound Builders Mowachaht Muckleshoot Munsee Muscogee Muwekma Nanticoke Narragansett Natchez Navajo Nez Perce Nipissing Nipmuc Nisga'a Nisqually Nomlaki Nooksack Nootka

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TRIBES OF THE UNITED STATES

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Samish Indian Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California Ak Chin Indian Community of Papago Indians of the Maricopa, Ak Chin Reservation, Arizona Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town of the Creek Nation of Oklahoma Alturas Indian Rancheria of Pit River Indians of California Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California. Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria of California Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Big Lagoon Rancheria of Smith River Indians of California Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California Big Valley Rancheria of Pomo & Pit River Indians of California Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana Blue Lake Rancheria of California Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon Cabazon'Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation, California Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, California Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, California Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Camoo Indian Reservation, California Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California: Catawba Tribe of South Carolina Cayuga Nation of New York Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians of California Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi

of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona, San Manual Band of Senano Mission Indians of the San Manual Reservation, California San Pascual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California Santa Rosa lndian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California Santa Rosa Band of Cahuiila Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, California Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska, Sauk-Suiattle indian Tribe of Washington Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress & Brighton Reservations Seneca Nation of New York Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota (Prior Lake) Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wttk Indians of California Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Washington Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah Smith River Rancheria of California Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Soboba Reservation, California Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin Southern Ute lndian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation. Colorado Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation. Washington Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, St.

Reservation, California Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Coast Indian Community of Yurok Indians of the Resighini Rancheria, California Cocopah Tribe of Arizona Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umoqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon

Croix Reservation St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada Suquamish lndian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Susanville Indian Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit River & Washoe Indians of California Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, Washington Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California Table Bluff Rancheria of Wiyot Indians of California Table Mountain Rancheria of California Te-Moak Tribes of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek Nation of Oklahoma Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (formerly known as the Papago Tribe of the Sells, Gila Bend & San Xavier Reservation, Arizona) Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York

Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Oregon Tuolumne Rancheria of California Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of Nation of the Yakama Reservation, Washington North Dakota Coquille Tribe of Oregon Tuscarora Nation of New York Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission California Indians of California Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana United Auburn Indian Community of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon Auburn Rancheria of California Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, Indians of Crow Tribe of Montana Oklahoma Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, Upper Lake Band of Pomo Indians of Upper South Dakota Lake Rancheria of California Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Upper the Cuyapaipe Reservation, California Sioux Reservation, Minnesota Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma Ute lndian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Reservation, Utah Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain

Reservation, North Dakota Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians f the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California Elk Valley Rancheria of California Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California FIandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana Fort Bidwell Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Bidwell Reservation, California Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada. Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, CaliPornia & Nevada Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Comunity of the Gila River Indian Reservation of Arizona Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians of Michigan Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Grindtone Indian Rancheria of Wintun. Wailaki Indias of California Guidiville Rancheria of California Hannahville Indian Community of isconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (formerly known as the Wisconsin WinnebagoTribe) Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington Hoopa Valley Tribe of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California Hopi Tribe of Arizona Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, California Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Jamestown Klallam Tribe of Washington Jamul Indian Village of California

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation. California Viejas (Baron Long) Group' of Capitart Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerviile & Washoe Ranches) White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi. Waco & Tawakonie) Oklahoma Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Winnemucca indian Colony of Nevada Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, Arizona Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico,

ALASKAN TRIBES
Village of Afognak Native Village of Akhiok Akiachak Native Community Akiak Native Community Native Village of Akutan Village of Alakanuk Alatna Village Native Village of Aleknagik Algaaciq Native Village (St. Mary's) Allakaket Villae Native Village of Ambler Village of Anaktuvuk Pass Yupiit of Andreafski Angoon Community Association Village of Aniak Anvik Village Arctic Village (See Native Village Venetie Tribal Government) Native Village of Atka Atqasuk Village (Atkasook) Village of Atmautluak Native Village of Barrow Beaver Village Native Village o Belkofski Village of Bill Moore's S1ouh

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation, Washington Karuk Tribe of California Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, Califrnia Kaw Nation, Oklahoma Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Bands of Chippewa Indians of the L'Anse Reservation, Michigan Kialegee Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation of Oklahoma Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon Kootenai Tribe of Idaho La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, California La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California La Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa lndians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin

Birch Creek Village Native Village of Brevig Mission Native Village of Buckland Native Village of Cantwell Native Village of Chanega (aa Chenega) Chalkyitsik Village Village of Chefornak Chevak Native Villag Chickaloon Native Village Native Village of Chignik Native Village of Chignik Lagoon Chignik Lake Village Chilkat Indian Village (Kluckwan) Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines) Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin) Native Village of Chistochina Native Village of Chitina Native Village of Chuatbaluk (Russian Mission, Kuskokwim) Chuloonawick Native Village Native Village of Koyuk Circle Native Community Village of Clarks's Point Native Village of Council Craig Community Association Village of Crooked Creek. Native Village of Deering Native Village of Dillingham Native Village of Diomede (aka Inalik) Village of Dot Lake Douglas Indian Association Native Village of Eagle Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Native Village of Eek Indians of Michigan Egegik Village Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Eklutna Native Village Indian Colony, Nevada Native Village of Ekuk Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Ekwok Village Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan Native Village of Elim Emmonak Village Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Los Evansville Village (aka Bettles Field) Native Village of Eyak (Cordova) Coyotes Reservation, California Native Village of False Pass Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Native Village of Fort Yukon Nevada Native Village of Gakona Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Galena Village (aka Louden Village) Reservation, South Dakota Native Village of Gambell Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Native Village of Georgetown Reservation, Washinton Native Village of Goodnews Bay Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Organized Village of Grayling (aka Holikachuk) Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Lower Sioux Gulkana Village Reservation in Minnesota Native Village of Hamilton Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington Lytton Rancheria of California Makah Indian Tribe of Healy Lake Village Holy Cross Village the Makah Indian Reservation Washington Hoonah Indian Association Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the ManchesterNative Village of Hooper Bay Point Arena Rancheria, California Hughes Village Mananita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Huslia Village Manzanita Reservation, California Hydaburg Cooperative Association Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut

Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation New Mexico Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations:Bois Forte Band tNett Lake): Fond du Lac Band: Grand Portage Band: Leech Lake Band: Mille Lacs Band: White Earth Band) Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Moapa Band of Paiute lndians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indiansof the Morongo Reservation, California Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico & Utah Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation, Washington Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie) Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Oneida Nation of New York Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Onondaga Nation of New York Osage Nation of Oklahoma Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Paiute-Shoshone lndians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Paskenta Band of Norrdaki Indians of California Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma

Igiugig Village Villiage of Iliamna Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope Ivanoff Bay Village Kaguyak Village Organized Village of Kake Kaktovik Village (aka Barter Island) Village of Kalskag Village of Kaltag Native Village of Kanatak Native Village of Karluk Organized Village of Kasaan Native Village of Kasigluk Kenaitze Indian Tribe Ketchikan Indian Corporation Native Village of Kiana Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove King Island Native Community Native Village of Kipnuk. Native Village of Kivalina Klawock Cooperative Association Native Village of Kluti Kaah (aka Copper Center) Knik Tribe Native Village of Kobuk Kokhanok Village Koliganek Village Native Village of Kongiganak Village of Kotlik Native Village of Kotzebue Native Village of Koyuk Koyukuk Native Village Organized Village of Kwthluk Native Village of Kwigillingok Native Village of Kwinhagak (aka Quinhagak) Native Village of Larsen Bay Levelock Village Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island) Lime Village Village of Lower Kalskag Manley Hot Springs Village Manokotak illage Native Village of Marshall (aka Fortuna Ledge) Native Village of Mary's Igloo McGrath Native Village Native Village of Mekoryuk Mentasta Lake Village Metlakatla Indian Community Annette Island Reserve Native Village of Minto Native Village of Mountain Village Naknek Native Village Native Village of Nanwalek (aka English Bay) Native Village of Napaimute Native Village of Napakiak Native Village of Napaskiak Native Village of Nelson Lagoon Nenana Native Association

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California Penobscot Tribe of Maine, Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Pit River Tribe of California (includes Big Bend, Lookout, Montgomery Creek & Roaring Creek Rancherias & XL Ranch) Poarch Band of Creek lndians of Alabama Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan Ponca Tribe of lndians of Oklahoma Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington Potter Valley Rancheria ofPomo Indians of California Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas Prarie Island Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, Washington Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota Redding Rancheria of California Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission lndians of the Rincon Reservation, California

New Stuyahok Village Newhalen Village Newtok Village Native Village of Nightmute Nikolai Village Native Village of Nikolski Ninilchik Village Native Village of Noatak Nome Eskimo Community Nondalton Village Noorvik Native Community Northway Village Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut) NulatoVillage Native Village of Nunapitchuk Vilage of Ohogamiut Village of Old Harbor Orutsararmuit Native Village (aka Bethel) Oscarville Traditional Vllage Native Village of Ouzinkie Native Village of Paimiut Paulof Harbor Village Pedro Bay Village Native Village of Perryville Petersburg Indian Association Native Village of Pilot Poit Pilot Station Traditional Village Native Village of Pitka's Point Platinum Traditional Village Native Village of Point Hope Native Village of Point Lay Native Village of Port Graham Native Village of Port Heiden Native Village of Port Lions Portage Creek Village (aka Ohgsenakale) Pribil of Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St. George Islands Qagan Toyagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village Rampart Village Village of Red Devil Native Village of Ruby Native Village of Russian Mission (Yukon) Village of Salamatoff Organized Village of Saxman Native Village of Savoonga Saint George (See Pribil of Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St. George Islands) Native Village of Scammon Bay Native Village of Selawik Seldovia Native Village Shageluk Native Village Native Village of Shaktoolik Native Village of Sheldon's Point Native Village of Shishmaref Native Village of Shungnak Sitka Tribe of Alaska Skagway Village Village of Sleetmute

Village of Solomon South Naknek Village Stebbins Community Association Native Village of Stevens Village of Stony River Takotna Village Native Village of Tanacross Native Village of Tanana Native Village of Tatitek Native Village of Tazlina Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Telida Village Native Village of Teller South Dakota Native Village of Tejin Round Valley lndian Tribes of the Round Valley Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Reservation. California (formerly known as the Covelo Tribes lndian Traditional Village of Togiak Community) Native Village of Toksook Bay Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of Tuluksak Native Community California Native Village of Tuntutuliak Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Native Village of Tonunak Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Twin Hills Village Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma Native Village of Tyonek Saginaw Chippewa lndian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Ugashik Village Reservation Salt River Pima-Maricopa indian Community of the Salt Umkumiute Native Village Native Village of Unalakleet River Reservation, Arizona Qawalingin Tribe of Unalaska Native Village of Unga Village of Venetie (See Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government) Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Arctic Village and Village of Venetie) Village of Wainwright Native Village of Wales Native Village of White Mountain Wrangell Cooperative Association Yaltutat Tlingit Tribe

Mitakuye oyasin!
We are all related! It isn't too late. We still have time to recreate and change the value system of the present. We must! Survival will depend on it. Our Earth is our original mother. She is in deep labor now. There will be a new birth soon! The old value system will suffer and die. It cannot survive as our mother earth strains under the pressure put on her. She will not let man kill her. The First Nation's Peoples had a value system. There were only four commandments from the Great Spirits:

1.Respect Mother Earth 2.Respect the Great Spirit 3.Respect our fellow man and woman 4.Respect for individual freedom We must all stand together as a force of love. Be united NOW. There is only one way. Communication. Knowledge. Arm yourself with truth, love and perseverence. Extend your family. Join with others in giving. We are all related. People of the earth take back your heritage. I am not speaking of skin color or religion. Our heritage is this earth... Our heritage is also extended beyond this earth into the heavens where the spirit once lived before our birth into this world. You are bound to both. THE TEN INDIAN COMMANDMENTS! Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect! Remain close to the Great Spirit Show great respect for your fellow beings Work together for the benefit of all mankind! Give assistance and kindness wherever needed Do what you know to be right Look after the well-being of mind and body Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good Be truthful and honest at all times Take full responsiblity for your actions..... FULL MOON PRAYER We thank the Moon and the stars, who give us their light when the Sun retires.... We thank the Great Spirit, incarnation of all kindness, who directs all things for the good of Its children."
from an Iroquois prayer