Tribe (Native American)

<h2 id="legal-definition-in-the-united-states">Legal definition in the United States</h2>
<p class="note">Main articles: <a href="/facts/Federally_recognized_tribes/loQDd5s0">Federally recognized tribes</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities/pWuwks5q">List of Alaska Native tribal entities</a>, and <a href="/facts/State-recognized_tribes/hLzQtfWq">State-recognized tribes</a></p>
<p>The term "tribe" is defined in the United States for some <a href="/facts/Government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">federal government</a> purposes to include only tribes that are <a href="/facts/List_of_Native_American_Tribal_Entities/loQDd5s0">federally recognized</a> by the <a href="/facts/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs/WjzPw4dz">Bureau of Indian Affairs</a> (BIA), and those <a href="/facts/Alaska_Native_tribes/pWuwks5q">Alaska Native tribes</a> established pursuant to the <a href="/facts/Alaska_Native_Claims_Settlement_Act/w4XEEPgj">Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act</a> [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.]. Such tribes, including <a href="/facts/Alaska_Natives/BdNgd6Ds">Alaska Native</a> village or regional corporations recognized as such, are known as "federally recognized tribes" and are eligible for special programs and services provided by the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. The BIA, part of the US Department of the Interior, issues <a href="/facts/Certificate_of_Degree_of_Indian_Blood/p17nmDUd">Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood</a>, which tribes use as a basis for tribal enrollment in most cases. Federally recognized tribes are "unique governmental entities and are not extensions of State or local governments."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="other-uses">Other uses</h2>
<p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Tribe/Jn8tFmPf">Tribe</a></p>
<p>In addition to their status as legal entities, tribes have political, social, and historical rights and responsibilities. The term also refers to communities of Native Americans who historically inhabit a particular landbase and share a language and culture.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> 
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Classification_of_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas/gtPyURes">Classification of Indigenous peoples of the Americas</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Indian_reservation/Y52l5YFG">Indian reservation</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Indian_colony/rBsPzuUD">Indian colony</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities/pWuwks5q">List of Alaska Native tribal entities</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States/loQDd5s0">List of federally recognized tribes in the United States</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_by_state/fa19J2x8">List of federally recognized tribes by state</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_organizations_that_self-identify_as_Native_American_tribes/eBpSnR6b">List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Native_American_name_controversy/4mnqwFSJ">Native American name controversy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Native_Hawaiians/7zjSgjjV">Native Hawaiians</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/State-recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States/hLzQtfWq">State-recognized tribes in the United States</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tribal_council_(United_States)/JkQMa27p">Tribal council</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/25/1801">Cornell Law</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usa.gov/tribes#item-37647">Federally Recognized Tribes and Resource for Native Americans</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bia.gov">U.S. Department of the Interior - Indian Affairs</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Tribal Protocol Manual (NUREG-2173, Revision 1)". U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Retrieved July 18, 2024. <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2173/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2173/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Tribal Protocol Manual (NUREG-2173, Revision 1)". U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Retrieved July 18, 2024. <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2173/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2173/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Tribal Nations FAQs". United States Department of Energy. <a href="http://www.em.doe.gov/tribalpages/faqs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.em.doe.gov/tribalpages/faqs.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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