American Indian Tribes from A to Z

Alphabetical Listing of American Indian Tribes

The US government acknowledges the existence of 561 Native American tribes, which operate under their own forms of government. These tribal governments are recognized as self-determining sovereignties operating according to their own government sanctions and each tribe is solely responsible for establishing membership requirements for inclusion into its ranks.

As sovereignties, Native American tribes are allowed to enforce both civil and criminal laws among their members. They also tax, license, and regulate all activities and commerce that is conducted within their jurisdictional boundaries.


The governments established by these 561 Native American tribes is granted with enforcement of many of the same powers the federal government grants to individual states. These Native American tribes also function under many of the same limitations the government places on states, too.

Individual states and Native American tribes are restricted in their operations by three major limitations placed upon them by the US government. Neither entity can wage war, coin their own money or establish a money system, and they cannot engage in independent relationships with foreign nations.





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