Recognized Tribes

The following list of Federally Recognized Tribes currently located in the Northeast was taken from the Federal Register: April 4, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 66). We have inserted the location of each tribe’s representative, which was not included in the text.

Please note: Not all states in the Northeast have tribes that are Federally Recognized.

Also note: Information on a tribes location and their government status may change.

Our Notes

While doing research for this page, we noticed there are many lists out there that will tell you which tribes are federally recognized and which tribes are state recognized, but there are very few sites that will tell you what either means, or even what the difference is between the two.

Even when we found federal documents that list “federally recognized” tribes, there was still no clear answer. And, to make matters worse, the term “non-federally recognized” is thrown around like that should give us a clue.

What we did find however, were links to some very important government and legal websites (see Links below) that we think every Native American should visit on a continuous basis, as they may, in the future, hold information that can shape our own individual future.

But for now, June 2008, we must live with the hope that when the BIA’s Indian Affairs website is reconnected (as was court ordered on May 14, 2008), internet access to the BIA will provide answers we currently are unable to get.

Click here to go to the BIA’s website, and while you’re there, visit their Useful Links page for a host of other government agency links.

In summary, the May 14th court order ruled that the following government offices, which are of concern to many Native Americans, are reconnected to the internet:

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA)

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST)

Office of Historical Trust Accounting (OHTA)

This of course, does not mean we will have access to all of the records of all of these agencies on the internet, or even that the information provided on these websites will be particularly helpful, but it is a step in the right direction and will potentially give us more information than we currently have.

Connecticut

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Mohegan Indian Tribe

Ledyard, CT Uncasville, CT

Maine

Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe

Presque Isle, ME Princeton, ME

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Penobscot Tribe of Maine

Houlton, ME Indian Island, Old Town, ME

Massachusetts

Mashpee Wapanoag Tribe

Mashpee, MA

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts

Gay Head, MA

New York

Cayuga Nation of NY Mohawk Indians of NY

Versailles, NY

Oneida Nation of NY Seneca Nation of NY

Oneida, NY Salamanca, NY

Onondaga Nation of New York Tonawanda Band of Seneca Nedrow, NY Basom, NY

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Tuscarora Nation of NY

Hogansburg, NY Lewiston, NY

Rhode Island

Narragansett Indian Tribe of RI

Charlestown, RI

State and/or non-Recognized Tribes

The following list of State (and/or non) recognized tribes was obtained form the National Conference of State Legislatures website, which also contains a list of Federally Recognized Tribes. We chose to take our federal list above from the Federal Register, because it has been more recently published (2008).

It appears from our research that a tribe can be considered “non-Recognized” if they have applied for federal recognition and have not yet received it. That same tribe may or may not be State recognized.

Connecticut

Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe

Trumbull, CT Ledyard, CT

Schaghticoke Bands

Monroe, CT

Delaware

Nanticoke Indian Tribe

Massachusetts

Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Herring Pond Wampanoag

Pocasset, MA

Chaubunagungamaug Band of Nipmucs Pocassett Wampanoag

Dudley, MA