U.S. Native American Nations
 

Contents:  Abenaki (St Francis Sokoki Band) - Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas - Arapaho Nation of Wyoming -Aroostook Band of Micmacs - Blackfeet of Montana - Cheyenne River Sioux - Cherokee of Oklahoma - Chickasaw - Chitimacha - Choctaw of Mississippi - Choctaw of Oklahoma - Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'Umsh) - Comanchee Nation - Delaware of Oklahoma - Flandreau Santee Sioux - Hopi - Iowa of Oklahoma - Kanatak - Las Vegas Paiute - Mashantucket Pequot - Menominee - Miami Tribe of Oklahoma - Miccosukee - Mohegan - Morongo Band of Mission Indians - Muskogee (Creek) of Oklahoma - Narragansett - Navajo - Oglala Sioux  - Ottawa of Oklahoma - Pawnee of Oklahoma - Peoria of Oklahoma - Puyallup - Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma - Sac & Fox of Oklahoma - Sault Ste. Marie - Seminole of Florida - Seminole of Oklahoma - Shinnecock - Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Siletz Tribes - Southern Ute - Spokane Tribe -Tlingit and Haida Central Council - Tohono O'odham - Uintah & Ouray Ute - Warm Springs - White Mountain Apache - Wyandotte of Oklahoma - Yakama -

Note: In 2008, there were 562 Native American tribal entities recognized by the United States federal government, the Constitution, by treaty or statute, or by court decisions as "sovereign domestic dependent nations under the U.S. protection."  They have formal government-to-government relations with the federal government, enjoy full internal self-government and administer the territories they reserved for themselves. Currently this page lists only a small fraction of Native American Nations. More data will be added as information becomes available.

                     Adopted 24 Jul 1991

1976                       Abenaki (St. Francis-Sokoki Band) recognized by Vermont.
1977                       Recognition rescinded.

Chairmen
1974                       Wayne Hoague 
1974 - 1980                Homer St. Francis (1st time)    (d. 2001)
1980 - 1987                Blackie Lampman 
1987 - 2001                Homer St. Francis (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1996 -                     April St. Francis Rushlow (f)
                             (acting to 2001)

1795                       The Coushattas come to the Big Thicket area of East Texas.
1805                       Approximately 1,000 Alabamas come to Tyler County's Peach
                             Tree Village.
1854                       Tribal reservation granted to the Alabama-Coushatta tribe 
                             in Texas.
1938                       Introduction of constitutional government.
18 Aug 1987                Tribe recognized by Federal government.

Chiefs
.... - c.1838              Long King
c.1838 - 18..              Tempe
18.. - 1871                Long Tom
1871 -  3 Mar 1913         John Scott                      (b. 1805 - d. 1913)
1913 - 1928                Vacant
1928 -  8 Sep 1935         Charles Martin Thompson         (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1936                Mikko-Se Hotkas Clem Fain, Jr.
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 1936 - 23 Feb 1969  Bronson Cooper Sylestine        (b. 1879 - d. 1969)
                             (Tic-Ca-Che)
23 Feb 1969 -  9 Feb 1994  Robert Fulton Battise (Kina)    (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
                             (acting to 1 Jun 1970)
 9 Feb 1994 -              Clayton Marion Sylestine (Oscola)
                             (acting to 1 Jan 1995)

Arapaho Northern Tribe of Wyoming

                   Adopted 15 Jun 1956

Aroostook Band of Micmacs

1984                       Aroostook Micmac Council
26 Nov 1991                Federal Recognition granted (Aroostook Band of Micmacs).

Presidents     
1984 - 1985                Donald Sanipass (1st time)
1985 - 1986                Paul Phillips
1986 - 1987                Donald Sanipass (2nd time)
1987 - 1988                David Sanipass
1988 - 1989                Wesley Miller
1989 - 1991                Mary Philbrook (f)
Chiefs
1992 - 1994                Mary Philbrook (f)(1st time)
1994 - 1995                Roger Pictou
1995 - 1997                Mary Philbrook (f)(2nd time)
1997 - 1999                Richard Getchell
1999 - 2007                William W. Phillips
2007 -                     Victoria Higgins (f)

Blackfeet of Montana

Head Chiefs
1874 - ....                Little Plume
.... - 1903                White Calf                      (d. 1903)
Chief
1964 -                     Earl Old Person                 (b. 1929)

7 Oct 1861 - 23 Jun 1865                      Cherokee Braves Battle Flag

Adopted 9 Oct 1978

 7 Oct 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
20 Feb 1863                Pro-U.S. faction revokes treaty with the Confederacy.
19 Jul 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.
24 Apr 1906                End of national self-government.
1971                       Restoration of tribal self-government.

Principal Chiefs, Western Cherokees
1795 - 1813                John Bowles
1813 - 1818                Takatoka
1818                       Tahlonteeskee
1818 - Dec 1836            John Jolly (Oolootek)              (d. 1838)
Dec 1836 - Oct 1839        John Brown
Oct 1839 - 1840            John Rogers                        (b. 1778 - d. 1846)
Principal Chiefs, Eastern Cherokees
1730 - c.1753              Moytag                             (d. c.1753)
1753 - Aug 1760            Old Hop (Kanagatoga)               (d. 1760)
1760 - 1778                Attacullaculla                     (d. 1778)
1778 - 1780                Oconocoasta                        (d. 1783)
1780 - Jun 1788            Old Tassel (Kayatihi)              (d. 1788)
1788 - 1792                Haning Maw (Uskwaliguta)           (d. 1794)
1792 - 1801                Little Turkey (Kanagadoga)         (b. 1738 - d. 1838)
1801 - 22 Jul 1811         Blackfox (Enoli)                   (d. 1811)
1811 - Jan 1827            Pathkiller (Nunnadihi)             (b. 1749 - d. 1827)
Jan 1827 - 20 Jan 1827     Charles Renatus Hicks              (b. 1767 - d. 1837)
1827 - 1828                William Hicks                      (b. c.1769 - d. 1827)        
Oct 1828 - 11 Aug 1866     John Ross                          (b. 1790 - d. 1866)
Principal Chiefs
 2 Oct 1839 -  1 Aug 1866  John Ross                          (s.a.)
                            (in exile in Kansas, 3 Aug 1862 - Jun 1865)
21 Aug 1862 - 1866         Stand Watie (in rebellion)         (b. 1806 - d. 1871)
                            (elected by Confederate sympathizers;
                             surrendered to U.S. 23 Jun 1865)
 1 Aug 1866 - 19 Oct 1866  Lewis Downing (1st time) (acting)  (b. 1823 - d. 1882)
19 Oct 1866 -  4 Nov 1867  William Potter Ross (1st time)     (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
 4 Nov 1867 -  9 Nov 1872  Lewis Downing (2nd time)           (s.a.)
10 Nov 1872                Charles Thompson (1st time)        (d. 1891)
11 Nov 1872 -  1 Nov 1875  William Potter Ross (2nd time)     (s.a.)
 1 Nov 1875 -  3 Nov 1879  Charles Thompson (2nd time)        (s.a.)
 3 Nov 1879 -  1 Aug 1887  Dennis Wolf Bushyhead              (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
 1 Aug 1887 - 14 Dec 1891  Joel Bryan Mayes                   (b. 1833 - d. 1891)
14 Dec 1891 - 23 Dec 1891  Thomas Mitchell Buffington         (b. 1855 - d. 1938)
                             (1st time) (acting)
23 Dec 1891 -  4 Nov 1895  Colonel Johnson Harris             (b. 1856 - d. 1921)
 4 Nov 1895 -  6 Nov 1899  Samuel Houston Mayes               (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
 6 Nov 1899 -  2 Nov 1903  Thomas Mitchell Buffington         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 2 Nov 1903 - 21 Nov 1905  William Charles Rogers (1st time)  (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
21 Nov 1905 - 1905/06      Frank Josiah Boudinot              (b. 1866 - d. 1945)
1905/06 - 1917             William Charles Rogers (2nd time)  (s.a.)
1917 - 1919                Vacant
 8 Nov 1919 - 25 Nov 1919  Andrew Bell Cunningham
1919 - 1923                Vacant
23 Jun 1923 (1 day)        Edward M. Frye
1923 - 1925                Vacant
1925  (1 day)              Richard Baxter Choate
1925 - 1927                Vacant
27 Dec 1927 (1 day)        Charles J. Hunt
1927 - 1931                Vacant
26 May 1931 (1 day)        Oliver P. Brewer
1931 - 1936                Vacant
22 Jan 1936 (1 day)        William Wirt Hastings              (b. 1866 - d. 1938)
1936 - 1941                Vacant
1941 - 1949                Jesse Bartley Milam                (b. 1884 - d. 1949)
1949 - 1975                William Wayne Keeler               (b. 1908 - d. 1987) 
1975 - 1985                Ross O. Swimmer
1985 - 1995                Wilma Pearl Mankiller (f)          (b. 1945)
1995 - 1999                Joe Byrd
14 Aug 1999 -              Chadwick Smith                     (b. 1941)

Cherokee Indian Agents
177. - 1779                Alexander Cameron 
1779 - 178.                Thomas Brown 
c.1785                     Joseph Martin
1794 - 1799                John McKee 
Eastern Cherokee Indian Agents
1801 - 28 Jan 1823         Return Jonathan Meigs              (b. 1734 - d. 1823)
1823 - 1824                Joseph McMinn                      (b. 1758 - d. 1824)
1824 - 1832                Hugh Montgomery
1832 - 1833?               William H. Cleghorn
Western Cherokee Indian Agents
1809? - 1813               Samuel Treat
1813 - 1817                William Lewis Lovely               (d. 1817)
1817 - 1820                Reuben Lewis                       (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1820 - 1823                David Brearly
Dec 1823 - 1830            Edward W. Duval
1830 - 1835                George Vashon 
Cherokee Indian Agents
1836 - 1841                Montfort Stokes                    (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
1841 - 1846                Pierce Mason Butler                (b. 1798 - d. 1847)
1846 - 13 Jan 1848         James McKissick
Jan 1848 - Mar 1848        Gustavus Loomis (acting)
1848 - May 1849            Richard C.S. Brown
29 May 1849 - 21 Sep 1850  William Butler, Jr.                (d. 1850)
24 Sep 1850 -  8 Dec 1850  William G. Belknap (acting)
31 Oct 1850 -  4 Apr 1861  George Butler
Apr 1861 - Jun 1861        John Crawford 
                             (for the Confederate States Jun 1861 - 186.)
Jun 1861 - 31 Aug 1862     Charles W. Chatterton              (d. 1862)
1862 - 1866                James Harlan (acting to 1863)
1866 - 1867                John P. Humphreys
1867                       E.C. Cleaveland 
1867                       William Touples
1867 - 1868                J.J. Henderson
1868 - 1869                William B.D. Davis
1869 - 1870                John Craig 
1870 - 1874                John Buttrick Jones                (b. 1824 - d. 1876)
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents 

Chairmen Tribal Council 
1936 - 1942                Luke Gilbert
1942 - 1946                Samuel Charger
1946                       Iron Lightning
1946 - 1950                Albert LeBeau, Sr.
1950 - 1958                Frank Ducheneaux
1958 - 1962                Anthony A. Rivers II
1962                       Andrew LeBeau 
1962 - 1970                Frank Ducheneaux
1970 - 1974                Theophile O. Traversie
1974 - 1978                Wayne Ducheneaux (1st time)
1978 - 1982                Melvin Garreau, Sr. 
1982                       Kenneth West
1982                       Lanny LaPlant
1982                       Robert Chasing Hawk
1982 - 1986                Morgan Garreau
1986 - 1990                Wayne Ducheneaux (2nd time)
1990 -                     Gregg Bourland

17 Jan 1837 - 22 Jun 1855  Component part (District) of the Choctaw Nation.
 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
28 Apr 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.
24 Apr 1906                End of national self-government.
1971                       Restoration of tribal self-government.

Minko (hereditary chiefs)
17.. - 1784                Payamataha                               (d. 1784)
                           - jointly with - 
17.. - 1784                Mincohouma (Mingo Houma) 
1784 - 1794                Taski Etoka 
1794 - 1819                Chinubbee                                (d. 1819)
1819 - 1820?               Chehopieschee
1820 - 1822                Ishtehotopa
Chiefs of the Chickasaw District, Chiefs of the Chickasaw People
1838 - 1839                George Colbert
1839 - 1844                ....
1844 - 1846                Isaac Alberson (Samuel Seeley)
1846 - 1848                James McLaughlin
1848 - 1850                Edmund Pickens
1850 - 1856                Daugherty Winchester Colbert             (b. 1810 - d. 1880)
Governors
1856 - 1858                Cyrus H. Harris (1st time)               (b. 1817 - d. 1888)
1858 - 1860                Daugherty Winchester Colbert (1st time)  (s.a.)
1860 - 1862                Cyrus H. Harris (2nd time)               (s.a.)
1862 - 1866                Daugherty Winchester Colbert (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (in Texas exile Feb 1864 - 16 Jul 1865)
1864                       Horace Pratt (acting)
1866                       Jackson Kemp (acting)
1866 - 1870                Cyrus H. Harris (3rd time)               (s.a.)
1870 - 1871                William P. Brown
1871 - 1872                Thomas J. Parker                         (b. 1775 - d. 1890)
1872 - 1874                Cyrus H. Harris (4th time)               (s.a.)
1874 - 1878                Benjamin Franklin Overton (1st time)     (b. 1836 - d. 1884)
1878 - 1880                Benjamin Crooks Burney                   (b. 1844 - d. 1892)
1880 -  8 Feb 1884         Benjamin Franklin Overton (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1884 - 1886                Jonas Wolfe (1st time)                   (b. 1828 - d. 1900)
1886 - 1888                William Malcom Guy                       (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
1888 - 1892                William Leander Byrd                     (b. 1844 - d. 1915)
1892 - Jun 1894            Jonas Wolfe (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
Jun 1894 - Oct 1894        Tecumsah A. McClure (acting)             (b. c.1830 - d. ....)
Oct 1894 - Aug 1896        Palmer Simeon Mosely (1st time)          (b. 1851 - d. 1908)
Aug 1896 - 1898            Robert Maxwell Harris                    (b. 1850 - d. 1927)
1898 - 1902                Douglas Henry Johnston (1st time)        (b. 1858 - d. 1939)
1902 - 1904                Palmer Simeon Mosely (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1904 - 26 Apr 1906         Douglas Henry Johnston (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1906                       Peter Maytubby 
1906 - 1939                Douglas Henry Johnston (3rd time)        (s.a.)
1939 - 1963                Floyd Ernest Maytubby                    (b. 1893 - d. 1963) 
1963                       Hugh Maytubby 
1963 - 1987                Overton James
1987 -                     Bill Anoatubby                           (b. 1945)

Chickasaw Indian Agents
1794 - 1796                John McKee
1797 - 1806                Samuel Mitchell 
1806 - 1808                William Hill
1808 - 1809                Thomas Wright
 8 Jul 1809 -  3 Jun 1812  James Neelly (or Neeley)
1812 - 1814                James Robertson
1814 - 1818                William Cocke 
Apr 1818 - 1820            Henry Sherburne
Jan 1820 - 1823            Robert C. Nicholas
Dec 1823 - 1829            Benjamin F. Smith 
1829 - 1830                John Allen (acting)
1830 - 1837                Benjamin Reynolds
 9 Mar 1837 - 1851         A.M.M. Upshaw 
1851 - 1852                Kenton Harper 
1852 - 1856                Andrew J. Smith 
1856 - 1874                the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Agents
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents

Chiefs 
1903 - 1934                Benjamin Paul 
1934 - 1947                Ernest "Papa Jack" Darden 
1947                       Alexander Darden 
1948 - 1950                Leroy Burgess (chairman)
1950 - 1969                Emile "Bizz" Stouff 
1969 - 1971                Leonard "Nick" Stouff 
Chairmen 
1971 - 1981                Leroy Burgess
1981 - 1983                Daniel Darden (1st time)
1983 - 1987                Larry Burgess 
1987 - 1989                Daniel Darden (2nd time)
1989 - 1998                Ralph Darden 
1998 -                     Alton D. LeBlanc, Jr.

1786                       Choctaws under protection of the U.S., the original boundaries of
                             the Choctaw country fixed.
1805 & 1820                Main Choctaw land cessions to the U.S.
1826                       Choctaw tribal government (Choctaw Nation) established, governed by
                             the chiefs of the Okla Tannip District, the Okla Falaya District,
                             and the Okla Hannali District.
1830                       Choctaw Indian Reservation ceded to the U.S. in return for a new
                             reservation in the Indian Territory.
1834                       Majority of the Choctaws moved to the Indian Territory.
1918                       Choctaws of Mississippi recognized as separate from the Choctaw 
                             Nation of Oklahoma.
1939                       Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation established.
1945                       Choctaw tribal government (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians).

Chiefs of Okla Tannip District
180. - 1809                Homastubbee                    (d. 1809)
1809 - 1826                Moshulatubbee (1st time)       (b. 1778 - d. 1838)
1826 - 1830                David Folsom                   (b. 1791 - d. 1847)
1830 - 1834                Moshulatubbee (2nd time)       (s.a.)
Chiefs of Okla Falaya District
180. - 1824                Apukshunnubbee                 (d. 1824)
1824 - 1826                Robert Cole
1826 - 1834                Greenwood LeFlore              (b. 1800 - d. 1865)
Chiefs of Okla Hannali District
180. - 1824                Pushmataha                     (b. 1764 - d. 1824)
1824 - 1826                Humming Bird                   (d. 1828)
1826 - 1830                John "Sam" Garland
1830 - 1834                Nitakechi                      (b. 1792 - d. 1846)
Chairmen
1945 - 1949                Joe Chitto
1949 - 1959                Emmett York (1st time)
1959 - 1967                Phillip Martin                 (b. 1926)
1967 - 1975                Emmett York (2nd time)
Chiefs
1975 - 1979                Calvin Issac
1979 - Jul 2007            Phillip Martin                 (s.a.)
Jul 2007 -                 Beasley Denson

1834 - 1838                Governed by the chiefs of the Moshulatubbee District,
                             the Oklafalaya District, and the Pushmataha District.
1838 - Oct 1857            Governed by the chiefs of the Moshulatubbee District,
                             the Apukshunnubbee District, the Pushmataha District,
                             and the Chickasaw District (s.a.).
 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America.
28 Apr 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.
24 Apr 1906                End of national self-government.
1971                       Restoration of tribal self-government.

Chiefs of Moshulatubbee District
1834 - 1836                Moshulatubbee
1836 - 1838                Joseph Kincaid
1838 - 1842                John McKinley
1846 - 1850                Peter Folsom                       (d. 1885)
1850 - 1854                Cornelius McCurtain                (b. 1803 - d. 1871)
1854 - Oct 1857            David McCoy
Chief of Oklafalaya District
1834 - 1838                Thomas LeFlore                     (d. c.1850)
Chiefs of Apukshunnubbee District
1838 - 1842                James Fletcher
1842 - 1850                Thomas LeFlore                     (s.a.)
1850 - Oct 1857            George Washington Harkins          (b. 1810 - d. 1861)
Chiefs of Pushmataha District
1834 - 1838                Nitukechi (1st time)               (d. 1846)
1838 - 1841                Pierre Juzan                       (d. 1841)
1841 - 1846                Isaac Folsom
1846                       Nitukechi (2nd time)               (s.a.)
1846 - 1850                Silas D. Fisher
1850 - 1854                George Folsom
1854 - Oct 1857            Nicholas Cochnauer
Governors
Oct 1857 - 1858            Alfred Wade                        (d. c.1868)
1857 - Oct 1859            Tandy C. Walker
Oct 1859 -  1 Oct 1860     Basil LeFau LeFlore
Principal chiefs
 1 Oct 1860 -  6 Oct 1862  George Hudson                      (b. 1808 - d. 1865)
 6 Oct 1862 -  3 Oct 1864  Samuel Garland                     (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
 3 Oct 1864 -  1 Oct 1866  Peter Perkins Pitchlynn            (b. 1806 - d. 1881)
 1 Oct 1866 -  3 Oct 1870  Allen Wright
 3 Oct 1870 -  5 Oct 1874  William J. Bryant 
 5 Oct 1874 -  7 Oct 1878  Coleman Cole                       (b. c.1800 - d. 1886)
 7 Oct 1878 - Feb 1880     Isaac Levi Garvin                  (b. 1832 - d. 1880)
Feb 1880 -  6 Oct 1884     Jackson Frazier McCurtain          (b. 1830 - d. 1885)
                             (acting to 3 Oct 1880)
 6 Oct 1884 -  3 Oct 1886  Edmund McCurtain                   (b. 1842 - d. 1890)
 3 Oct 1886 -  1 Oct 1888  Thompson McKinney                  (d. 1889)
 1 Oct 1888 -  6 Oct 1890  Benjamin Franklin Smallwood        (b. 1829 - d. 1891)
 6 Oct 1890 -  1 Oct 1894  Wilson Nathaniel Jones             (b. 1831 - d. 1901)
 1 Oct 1894 -  5 Oct 1896  Jefferson Gardner                  (b. 1847 - d. 1906)
 5 Oct 1896 -  1 Oct 1900  Green McCurtain (1st time)         (b. 1848 - d. 1910)
 1 Oct 1900 -  6 Oct 1902  Gilbert W. Dukes                   (b. 1849 - d. 1919)
 6 Oct 1902 - 1910         Green McCurtain (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1910 - 1918                Victor Locke, Jr.                  (b. 1876 - d. 1929)
1918 - 1922                William Finley Sample              (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
1922 - 1929                William Henry Harrison             (b. 1876 - d. 1929)
1930 - 1936                Ben H. Dwight                      (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
1937 - 1948                William H. Durrant                 (b. 1866 - d. 1948)
1948 - 1975                Harry J.W. Belvin                  (d. 1975)
1975 - 1978                C. David Gardner
Chiefs
1978 - 1997                Hollis E. Roberts
 9 Jun 1997 -              Gregory E. Pyle 

Choctaw Indian Agents
1799 - 1802                John McKee (1st time)
1802 - 1814                Silas Dinsmoor 
1814 - 1821                John McKee (2nd time)
1821 - 1822                William Ward (1st time)
1822 - 182.                Edmund Fulsom 
1825 - 1831                William Ward (2nd time)
1832 - 1835                F.W. Armstrong 
1835 - 1846                William Armstrong 
1846 - 1850?               Samuel Rutherford
 9 Sep 1850 - 1851         John Drennen
1851 - 1854                William Wilson
1854 - 1856                Douglas H. Cooper
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Agents
1856 - 1861                Douglas H. Cooper
1861 - 1862                Richard P. Pulliam
1862 - 1866                Isaac Coleman 
Dec 1866 - 1870            Martin W. Chollar
1870 - 1873                Theophilus D. Griffith
1873 - 1874                Albert Parsons
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents

Chiefs
1660 - 1760                Circling Raven
1760 - 1844                Twisted Earth
1844 - 1865                Vincent (Bassah)
1865 - 1902                Andrew Seltice
1902 - 1907                Peter Wildshoe
1907 - 1932                Peter Moctelme
1932 - 1949                Joseph Seltice
1949 - 1965                Ignace Garry

Chairmen
1947 - 1948                Joseph Seltice
1948 - 1950                Ignace Garry 
1950 - 1954                Pascal George
1954 - 1955                Felix Aripa
1955 - 1956                Lawrence Nicodemus
1956 - 1968                Joseph Garry
1968 - 1970                Oswald George
1970 - 1972                Bernard LaSarte (1st time)
1972 - 1974                Hillary Skanen
1974 - 1982                Bernard LaSarte (2nd time)
1982 - 1985                Dave Matheson
1985 - 1986                Bernard LaSarte (3rd time)
1986 -                     Ernie Stensgar

Comanchee Nation

Chairman
.... -                    Wallace Coffey

Delaware of Oklahoma

President
.... -                     Kerry Holton

Tribal Presidents
1937 - 1938                George Eastman
1938                       John Allen 
1938 - 1940                Jess Wakeman 
1940 - 1941                Benjamin Jones 
1941 - 1948                Alexander Wakeman 
1948 - 1953                Francis Wakeman 
1953 - 1956                Richard Wakeman, Sr. 
1956 - 1963                George Allen, Sr. 
1963                       Felix Heminger
1963 - 1972                Gordon Jones, Sr. 
1972 - 1974                Agnes Ross (f)
1974 - 1979                Richard P. Allen 
1978 - 1979                Andrew Weston 
1979 - 1983                Kenneth Allen 
1983 - 1985                Carolyn Sorensen (f)
1985 - 1987                Elmer Weston 
1987 - 1990                Judith Peterson (f)
1990 - 1992                Lee Taylor 
1992 - 1989                William Schumacher
1989 - 2002                Thomas Ranfranz 
2002 - 2004                Leonard Eller 
2004 -                     Mark Allen

1954 - 1994                Kanatak Tribe of Alaska tribal government dormant.
1994                       Alaska Native Village of Kanatak.

President of the Tribal Council
1994 -                     Henry Forshey

30 Dec 1911                Las Vegas Paiute Colony established (part of the Moapa River
                             Indian Reservation) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
18 Jun 1934                Las Vegas Paiutes recognized as separate from the Moapa River
                             Reservation.
22 Jul 1970                Tribe recognized by Federal government (Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute 
                             Indians).

Chairmen
1970 - 1978                ....
1978 - 1980                Gloria Yazzie (f)
1980 - 1988                ....
1988 - 1990                Margaret Henry (f)
1990 - 1993                Alfreda Mitre (f) (1st time)    (b. 1954)
1993 - 1994                ....
1994 - 1998                Alfreda Mitre (f) (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1998 - 1999                Kenny Anderson
1999 -                     Curtis Anderson

Chiefs
19.. - 1973                Elisabeth George-Plouffe (f)
1973 - 1975                Amos George 
1975 - 1999                Richard Hayward 
Jan 1999 - Jan 2003        Kenneth M. Reels
Jan 2003 -                 Michael J. Thomas 

Head chiefs
.... - 1804                Glode                           (d. 1804)
1804 - 1818                Tomau (or Tomah)                (d. 1818)
1827 - 1858                Oshkosh                         (d. 1858)
1858 - 1875                Akwine'me                       (d. 1875)
1875 - 1890                Neopit                          (d. 1913)
1890 - 1979                Post abolished
Chairmen
1979 - 1980                Gordon Dickie Sr. (1st time)
1980 - 1981                Lucille Chapman (f)(1st time)
1981 - 1982                Gordon Dickie Sr. (2nd time)
1982 - 1983                Lucille Chapman (f)(2nd time)
1983 - 1984                Gordon Dickie Sr. (3rd time)
1984 - 1985                Apesanahkwat (1st time)
1985 - 1986                Lynn Shenadore 
1986 - 1987                Gordon Dickie Sr. (4th time)
1987 - 1988                Lucille Chapman (f)(4th time)
1988 - 1989                Apesanahkwat (2nd time)
1990 - 1991                Gordon Dickie Sr. (5th time)
1991 - 1994                Glen T. Milller 
1995 - 1996                John H. Teller 
1997 - 2001                Apesanahkwat (3rd time)
2002 - 2003                Lisa Waukau (f)
2003 - 2004                Joan R. Delabreau (f)
2005 - 2006                Michael Chapman
2006 -                     Karen Washinawatok (f)

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

1846                       Tribe removed from Great Lakes region to Kansas.
1867                       Tribe removed to Oklahoma.
1939                       Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

Chiefs
c.1962                     Harley Palmer
1974 - 1982                Floyd E. Leonard (1st time)        (b. 1925 - d. 2008)
1982 - 1989                ....
1989 -  7 Mar 2008         Floyd E. Leonard (2nd time)        (s.a.)
2008 -                     Thomas E. Gamble

                  Adopted 1962

Chairmen
1962 - 1985                Buffalo Tiger                  (b. 1920)
1986 -                     Billy Cypress                  (b. 1952)

1994                       Tribe granted federal recognition.

Chiefs
1902 - 1903                Henry Mathews (Wegun) 
1903 - 1928                Lemuel Fielding (Occum) 
1929 - 1935                Everett Fielding 
1935 - 1937                Julian Harris (Peegee Uncas) 
1937 - 1952                Burrill Fielding (Matahga) 
1952 - 1970                Harold A. Tantaquidgeon 
1970 - 1989                Courtland Fowler (Little Hatchet) 
1992 -  1 Oct 2007         Ralph W. Sturges (G'tinemong)   (b. 1918 - d. 2007)

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Chairman
.... -                     Robert Martin

1836 - Dec 1867            Divided into the Lower Towns and the Upper Towns.
 1 Jul 1861                Lower Creeks sign treaty of alliance with the Confederate States.
14 Jun 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.
24 Apr 1906                End of national self-government.
1971                       Restoration of tribal self-government.

Principal chiefs of the Lower Towns
1836 - 1837                Heneha Micco
1837 - 1859                Roderick McIntosh "Roley McIntosh"
1859 - 1863                Motey Canard "Motey Kinnard"       (b. c.1790 - d. 186.)
1863 - Dec 1867            Samuel Checote                     (b. 1819 - d. 1884)
Principal chiefs of the Upper Towns
1836 - 18..                Nehathlucco Hopoie "Little Doctor"
18.. - 18..                Hupuihilth Yahola "Opothle Yahola" (b. c.1780 - d. 1863)
                            (in opposition to Confederate sympathizers;
                             Dec 1861 - 27 Mar 1863, in Kansas exile)
18.. - 18..                Tamarthla Micco
18.. - 1859                Tuckabatchee Micco (1st time)
1859 - 1863                Echo Harjo
1863 - 1865                Tuckabatchee Micco (2nd time)
1865 - Dec 1867            Oktarharsars Harjo "Sands"
                            (already proclaimed 5 Aug 1861)
Principal chiefs
Dec 1867 - Dec 1875        Samuel Checote (1st time)          (s.a.)
Dec 1875 -  5 Dec 1876     Lochar Harjo                       (d. 1879)
 5 Dec 1876 -  6 Dec 1879  Ward Coachman                      (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
 6 Dec 1879 -  5 Dec 1883  Samuel Checote (2nd time)          (s.a.)
 5 Dec 1883 - Dec 1887     Joseph Moses Perryman              (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
Dec 1887 - 25 Nov 1895     Legus C. Perryman                  (b. 1838 - d. 1922)
25 Nov 1895 -  5 Dec 1895  Hotulke Emarthla "Edward Bullet"
 5 Dec 1895 - Dec 1899     Isparhecher                        (b. 1858 - d. 1902)
Dec 1899 - 1907            Pleasant Porter                    (b. 1840 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1917                Moty Tiger                         (b. 1840 - d. 1921)
1917 - 1920                George Washington Grayson          (b. 1843 - d. 1920)
1921 - 1923                Washington Grayson
1923 - 1928                George W. Hill
1928 - 1935                Vacant
1930  (1 day)              Henry Harjo
1930 - 1931                Vacant
1931  (1 day)              Peter Ewings
1931 - 1935                Vacant
1935 - 1939                Roley Canard (1st time)
1939 - 1943                Alex Noon 
1943 - 1951                Roley Canard (2nd time)
1951 - 1955                John Davis
1955 - 1957                Roley Buck
1957 - 1961                Turner Bear
1961 - 1971                W.E. "Dode" McIntosh 
1971 - 1991                Claude A. Cox 
1991 - 1995                Bill Fife 
1996 -                     R. Perry Beaver

Creek Indian Agents
1790 - 1796                James Seagrove
1796 - Jun 1816            Benjamin Hawkins
1816 - 1821                David Brady Mitchell
1821 - 1836                John Crowell (for Eastern Creek)
1827 - 1830                David Brearley (for Western Creek)
1830 - 1834                John Campbell (for Western Creek) 
1834 - 1836                Leonard Tarrant (for Western Creek) 
29 Aug 1836 -  8 Mar 1837  Francis Audrain
 8 Mar 1837 - 23 Feb 1838  John W.A. Sanford
23 Feb 1838 - 16 May 1842  James Logan (1st time)
16 May 1842 -  8 Jun 1844  James L. Dawson 
 8 Jun 1844 -  5 Apr 1849  James Logan (2nd time)
 5 Apr 1849 - 1854         Philip H. Raiford
18 Apr 1853 - Jul 1861     William H. Garrett 
                             (to 1863? for the Confederate States) 
1861 - Jul 1861            William Quesenbury
16 Jul 1861 - 1865            George A. Cutler
May 1863 - 1865            Israel G. Vore
                             (for the Confederate States) 
 9 Jun 1865 - 1869         James W. Dunn (acting to May 1866)
15 Jul 1869 - 1871         F.A. Field
23 Jan 1871 - Apr 1873     Francis S. Lyons
 9 Apr 1873 - 1874         Edward S. Roberts (acting) 
Muskogee Union Agents
1874                       John Buttrick Jones (acting)       (b. 1824 - d. 1876) 
1874 - 1876                George W. Ingalls                  (b. 1838 - d. 1920)
1876                       J.J. Upham
1876 - 1879                Sylvester W. Marston
1879 - 1885                John Q. Tufts
1885 - 1889                Robert Latham Owen                 (b. 1856 - d. 1947)
1889 - 1893                Leo E. Bennet                      (b. 1857 - d. ....)
1893 - 1899                Dew Moore Wisdom                   (b. 1836 - d. ....)
1899 - 1905                J. Blair Shoenfelt                 (b. 1859 - d. 19..)
1905 - 1914                Dana H. Kelsey

Narragansett

11 Apr 1983                Federal recognition restored.

Chief Sachem
.... -                     Matthew Thomas

               Adopted 1968

1786 - 1793                Subject to the Spanish.
1849                       Navajos under protection of the U.S., the original boundaries 
                             of the Navajo country fixed.
1864 - 1868                Settled at Bosque Redondo Reservation.
1868                       Navajo country formally ceded to the U.S. in exchange 
                             for a reservation (Navajo Reservation).
1922                       Navajo tribal government established.
1969                       Navajo Nation.

Head Chiefs
1800 - 1849                Narbona (Naat'aa)              (b. 1766 - d. 1849)
1849 - 1853                Mariano Martinez
1853 - 1855                Zarcillos Largos (1st time)    (d. 1858)
1855 - 1858                Manuelito (Ch'ilhajini)        (b. 1818 - d. 1893)
                             (1st time)
1858                       Zarcillos Largos (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1858 - 1861                Herrero Delgado (A'tsidii Sani)(b. 1830 - d. 1870)
1861 - 1866                Herrero Grande
1866 - 1871                Barboncito (Da'ghaaii)         (b. 1820 - d. 1871)
1871 - 18..                Ganado Mucho (To'tso'nii)      (b. 1809 - d. 1890)
                             (for Western Navajos)
1871 - 1885                Manuelito (2nd time)           (s.a.)
                             (for Eastern Navajos)
1885 - 1922                Henry Chee Dodge (Adiitsa'ii)  (b. 1857 - d. 1947)
Chairmen 
1922 - 1923                Business Council
                           - Henry Chee Dodge             (s.a.)
                           - Dugal Chee Bekiss
                           - Charley Mitchell
1923 - 1929                Henry Chee Dodge (1st time)    (s.a.)
1929 - 1933                Deshna Chischilze
1933 - 1937                Thomas Dodge
1937 - 1939                Henry Taliman, Sr.
1939 - 1943                Jacob C. Morgan
1943 - 1947                Henry Chee Dodge (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1947 - 1955                Sam Ahkeah                     (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
1955 - 1963                Paul Jones
1963 - 1971                Raymond Nakai
1971 - 1983                Peter MacDonald (1st time)     (b. 1928)
1983 - 1987                Peterson Zah
1987 - 1989                Peter MacDonald (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1989 - 1991                Leonard Haskie (interim)
Presidents
1991 - 1995                Peterson Zah
1995 - 1998                Albert A. Hale
1998                       Thomas E. Atcitty
1998 - 1999                Milton Bluehouse, Sr.          (b. 1935)
1999 - Jan 2003            Kelsey A. Begaye               (b. 1951)
Jan 2003 -                 Joe Shirley, Jr.               (b. 1947)

Oglala Sioux

 

Map of Oglala Sioux

Capital: Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Population: 14,304 (2000)

17..                       Seven Fires Confederacy
1825                       Under U.S. protection (Great Sioux Nation).
1868                       Great Sioux Reservation
1889                       Split into five reservations, the largest being the
                             Pine Ridge Reservation.
1934                       Oglala Sioux Tribe

Chief
1865 - 1909                Makhpiya-Luta "Red Cloud"      (b. 1822 - d. 1909)
1909 - 1934                ....
Presidents
1934 - 1936                Robert Bad Wound
1936 - 1940                Frank Wilson
1940 - 1942                Henry Jumping Eagle
1942 - 1946                William Fire Thunder 
1946 - 1948                James Roan Eagle 
1948 - 1950                William Fire Thunder
1950 - 1952                Chester Red Kettle
1952 - 1954                Charles Under Baggage
1954 - 1956                Moses Two Bulls
1956                       Frank G. Wilson (1st time)
1956 - 1958                James Iron Cloud (acting)
1958 - 1960                Frank G. Wilson (2nd time)
1960 - 1962                Johnson Holy Rock (1st time)
1962 - 1964                William Whirlwind Horse
1964 - 1966                Enos Poor Bear (1st time)
1966 - 1968                Johnson Holy Rock (2nd time)
1968 - 1970                Enos Poor Bear (2nd time)
1970 - 1972                Gerald One Feather
1972 - 1976                Richard Wilson
1976 - 1978                Albert W. Trimble
1978 - 1980                Elijah Whirlwind Horse
1980 - 1982                Stanley Looking Elk
1982 - 1984                Joe American Horse (1st time)
1984 - 1986                Newton Cummings
1986 - 1988                Joe American Horse (2nd time)
1988 - 1990                Paul Iron Cloud
1990 - 1992                Harold Dean Salway (1st time)
1992 - 1994                John Yellow Bird Steele        (b. 1948)
                             (1st time)
1994 - 1996                Wilbur Between Lodges
1996 - 1998                John Yellow Bird Steele        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1998 - 2000                Harold Dean Salway (2nd time)
2000                       Wilbur Between Lodges (2nd time)
                             (acting)
2000 -                     John Yellow Bird Steele        (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma

Chief
.... -                     John Ballard

Pawnee of Oklahoma

President
.... -                     George E. Howell

Peoria of Oklahoma

10 Oct 1939                Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
15 May 1978                Federal recognition reinstated.

Chief
.... -                     John P. Forman

Puyallup

1854                       Puyallup Indian Reservation

Chairman
.... -                     Herman Dillon, Sr.

Quapaw (Ogahpah) Tribe of Oklahoma

Chairman
.... -                     John Berrey

Sac and Fox Nations of Oklahoma

Pricipal Chief
.... -                     George Thurman

                    Adopted 1970's

Chairmen
1973 - 1987                Joseph "Joe" K. Lumsden          (d. 1987)
1987 -                     Bernard Bouschor
                             (acting to 1988)

Adopted 1979

1823                       Seminole country ceded to the U.S. in return for the Seminole
                             Indian Reservation.
1832                       Seminole Indian Reservation ceded to the U.S. in return for a new
                             reservation in the Indian Territory.
1835 - 1842                Second Seminole War.
1839                       Majority of the Seminoles moved to the Indian Territory.
1856 - 1858                Third Seminole War.
1913                       Seminoles of Florida recognized as separate from the Seminole 
                             Nation of Oklahoma.
1917                       Big Cypress Indian Reservation established.
1926                       Dania (1966, renamed Hollywood) Indian Reservation added.
1935                       Brighton Indian Reservation added.
1953                       Seminole tribal government established (Seminole Tribe of
                             Indians of Florida).
1957                       Seminole Tribe of Florida.
1962                       Miccosukee Tribe of Indians recognized as separate.

Principal Chiefs
1750 - 1785                Cowkeeper (Abaya)
1785 - 1812                King Payne
1812 - 1821                King Bowlegs 
1821 - 1849                Mikanopi (Sint Chakkee)        (d. 1849)
War Chiefs
1835 - 1837                Osceola (William Powell)       (b. 1804 - d. 1838)
1837 - 1842                Abiaka (Sam Jones)             (b. 1774 - d. 1866)
1856 - 1858                Holata Micco (Billy Bowlegs)   (b. 1810 - d. 1864)
Chairmen
1953 - 1967                Bill "Billy" Osceola
1967 - 1971                Betty Mae Jumper (f)           (b. 1923)
1971 - 1979                Howard E. Tommie
1979 - 2001                James E. "Jim" Billie          (b. 1944)
2001 -                     Mitchell Cypress (acting)      (b. 1947)

 1 Jul 1861                Treaty of alliance with the Confederate States of America
                             divided the Seminole nation.
21 Mar 1866                "Reconstruction" Treaty with U.S.
24 Apr 1906                End of national-self government.
1971                       Restoration of tribal self-government.

Principal chiefs
1839 - Jan 1841            Mikanopi                           (d. 1849)
Jan 1841 - c.1849          Miconnutcharsar "Jim Jumper"       (d. c.1849)
c.1849 - 1865              John Jumper (1st time)             (b. c.1820 - d. 1896)
                            (pro-Confederate chief 1861 - 1865;
                             continues in rebellion to 1875)
1866 - Mar 1881            John Chupco                        (b. c.1821 - d. 1881)
                            (pro-U.S. chief; in Kansas exile
                             1861 - 1865)
Mar 1881 - 1882            Hulputta Che
Jul 1882 - 1885            John Jumper (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1885 - 1901                John Frippo Brown -Governor        (b. 1842 - d. 1919)
                             (1st time)
1901 - 1905                Hulputta Micco                     (b. 18.. - d. 1905)
1905 - 1919                John Frippo Brown (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (Governor to 26 Apr 1906)
Chiefs
1922 - 21 Jun 1935         Alice Brown Davis (f)              (b. 1852 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1936                Chilli Fish
1936 - 1942                George Jones
1942 - 1944                Willie Haney
1944 - 1946                Jeffie Brown 
1948 - Dec 1952            George Harjo                       (b. 1886 -  d. 1952) 
1952 - 1954                Marci Cullie                       (b. 1910)
1955 - 1959                Philip Walker
1960 - 1969                John A. Brown 
1969 - 1972                Terry Walker
1972 - 1973                Floyd Harjo
1973 - 1977                Edwin Tanyan (1st time)
1977 - 1978                Richmond Tiger
1978 - 1981                Tom Palmer
1979 - 1985                James Milan
1985 - 1989                Edwin Tanyan (2nd time)
1989 - 2001                Jerry Haney
 1 Sep 2001 -              Kenneth Edward Chambers

Seminole Indian Agents
 3 Mar 1821 - Sep 1821     Jean Penières
28 Sep 1821 - May 1822     John R. Bell
 8 May 1822 - 1830         Gad Humphrey 
Mar 1830 - 1833            John Phagan 
29 Aug 1833 - 28 Dec 1835  Wiley Thompson                     (d. 1835)
1836 - 1838?               William S. Pope
1838? - 1842               ....
19 Jan 1842 - Oct 1842     John McKee
29 Oct 1842 - Jun 1845     Thomas L. Judge
Jun 1845 - Apr 1853        Marcellus Duval 
26 Apr 1853 - Apr 1854     Bryant H. Smithson 
20 Apr 1854 - Nov 1857     Josiah W. Washbourne
 5 Nov 1857 - 1861         Samuel Morton Rutherford
                             (1861 - 186. for the Confederate States) 
13 Jul 1861                William P. Davis (did not serve)
 7 Jan 1862 - 1865         George C. Snow 
1862 - 1865                Joseph Samuel Murrow               (b. 1835 - d. 1929)
                             (for the Confederate States)
18 Mar 1865 - Jun 1869     George A. Reynolds 
23 Jun 1869 - Oct 1870     Theodor A. Baldwin
24 Oct 1870  - 1874        Henry F. Breiner
1874 - 1914                the Muskogee Union Agents

Shinnecock Indian Nation

Chairman
.... -                     Frederick C. Bess

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

 3 Jul 1868                 Fort Hall Indian Reservation established by Fort Bridger Treaty.

Chairman
.... -                      Alonzo Coby

Chairman
.... -                      Delores Pigsley (f)

Southern Ute

Tribal Chairmen 
1936 - 1939                Antonio Buck, Sr. 
1940 - 1944                Julius N. Cloud (1st time) 
1945 - 1948                Samuel Burch (1st time)
1949                       Julius N. Cloud (2nd time)
1950                       Samuel Burch (2nd time)
1951 - 1952                Julius N. Cloud (3rd time)
1953 - 1956                Samuel Burch (3rd time)
1957 - 1960                John E. Baker, Sr. (1st time)
1961                       Anthony C. Burch 
1962 - 1963                John E. Baker, Sr. (2nd time)
1963 - 1965                John S. Williams 
1966                       John E. Baker, Sr. (3rd time)
1967 - 1984                Leonard C. Burch (1st time)
1985 - 1987                Christopher A. Baker, Sr.
1988 - 1996                Leonard C. Burch (2nd time)
1997 - 2000                Clement Frost (1st time)
2000                       John E. Baker, Jr.
2000 - 2003                Leonard C. Burch (3rd time)
2003 - 2004                Howard D. Richards, Sr.
2005 -                     Clement Frost (2nd time)

Chairman
.... -                      Greg Abrahamson

Note: Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes is not a Native Nation, it  is a service corporation and not a sovereign native nation.  There are some 200 very tiny native nations in Alaska, which are confederated in so-called Regional Native Corporations.  Most of the nations are members of two regional corporations, one of which is organized under 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and administers tribal businesses and assets, the other is organized under 1994 Self-governance Act and administers the rendering of services to tribal members. 

1912                       Alaska Native Brotherhood established by the Tlingit and
                             Haida tribes.
11 Nov 1935                Central Council first meets, this is the origin of tribal 
                             government.
18 Oct 1966                First meeting of the Alaska Federation of Natives.
1993 - 1994                Federal recognition revoked.

Presidents of the Central Council
11 Nov 1935 - 1940         David Morgan
1940 - 1966                Andrew Percy Hope, Sr.
1966 - 1967                Ted Dennys
1967 - 1972                John Borbridge, Jr.
1972 - 1976                Clarence Jackson, Sr.
1976 - 1980                Raymond E. Paddock, Jr.
1980 - 1984                Andrew John Hope, Jr.
1984 -                     Edward K. Thomas

Tohono O'odham

Chairman
.... -                     Ned Norris Jr.

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation

1864                       Uinta Valley Reservation for the Indians of Utah.
1937                       Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.

Chairman
.... -                     Curtis R. Cesspooch

Chairmen 
1938 - 18 Jul 1942         George Meachem, Sr.              (d. 1942)
 3 Aug 1942 - 1944         Isaac McKinley
1944 - 1947                Charles Jackson (1st time)
1947 - 1953                Avex Miller, Sr. (1st time)
1953 - 1956                Charles Jackson (2nd time)
1956 - 1959                Avex Miller, Sr. (2nd time)
1959 - 1962                Charles Jackson (3rd time)
1962 - 1965                Edwin Scott 
1965 - 1968                Olney Patt, Sr. (1st time)
1968 - 1971                Grant Waheneka 
1971 - 1974                Olney Patt, Sr. (2nd time)
1974 - 1977                Zane Jackson (1st time)
1977 - 1980                Eugene Greene 
1980 - 1983                Delbert Frank, Sr. 
1983 - 1992                Zane Jackson (2nd time)
1992 - 1995                Raymond Calica, Sr. 
1995 - 1998                Bruce Brunoe, Sr. 
1998 - 13 Jun 2003         Olney Patt, Jr.
13 Jun 2003 - 2004         Garland Brunoe
2004 -                     Ronald Suppah, Sr. 

 

Map of the White Mtn. Apache

Capital: Whiteriver, Arizona

Population: 11,702 (2000)

1871                       White Mountain Reservation.
1897                       Split into two reservations, one is Fort Apache Reservation.
193.                       White Mountain Apache Tribe.

Chairmen
193. - 19..                ....
c.1958 - 196.              Lester Oliver
.... - ....                Reno Johnson
1966 - 1998                Ronnie Lupe
1998 -                     Dallas Massey, Sr.

Wyandotte of Oklahoma

1937                       Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
 1 Aug 1956                Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma's federal trecognition terminated.
1995                       Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma acquires self-governance status
                             from the B.I.A.

Principal Chiefs
1936                       Allen Johnson
1936 - 1942                Leonard Cotter (1st time)
1944 - 1947                Sam Long
1947 - 1948                Mont Cotter (1st time)
1948 - 1954                Leonard Cotter (2nd time)
1954 - 1962                Lawrence Zane
1963 - 1976                Leonard Cotter (3rd time)
1976 - 1978                Mont Cotter (2nd time)
1978 - 1983                Phillip Peacock
1983 -                     Leaford Bearskin                 (b. 1921)

Yakama

1855                   Yakima Indian Reservation created for Confederated Tribes and
                         Bands of the Yakima Nation.
1994                   Renamed Yakima Nation.

Chairmen
.... - 2002            Lonnie Selam, Sr.
2002 - 200.            Robert N. Wahpat
200. -                 Ralph Sampson, Jr.

First Nations of Canada
 

Contents:  Assembly of First Nations - Abegweit - Ahtahkakoop - Akwesasne - Blood - Buffalo Point - Chisasibi - Cross Lake - Eskasoni - Garden Hill - Kahnawake - Ktaqmkuk - Lac La Ronge - Lennox Island - Miqmaq - Muskeg Lake - Norway House - Peguis - Peter Ballantyne - Saddle Lake - Samson Cree- Siksika - Six Nations - Stoney Nakoda -

Note: In 2003, there were 633 Native American tribal entities (First Nations, or formally, Indian Bands) recognized by Canada under the Constitution Act, treaties, statutes and court decisions as "self-governing aboriginal nations within Canada." They have formal government-to-government relations with the Crown, enjoy limited internal self-government and administer their territories, the Indian Reserves. Currently this page lists only the nations 
with on-reserve membership over 3,000. More data will be added as information becomes available. 

1968                       National Indian Brotherhood (NIB) established.
1982                       Assembly of First Nations (AFN) created as the national
                             aboriginal lobbying organization on First Nations issues. 

National Chiefs
1968 - 1970                Walter Dieter                 (b. 1916 - d. 1988) 
                             (Peepeekisis Cree, Saskatchewan)
1970 - 1976                George Manuel                 (b. 1921 - d. 1989) 
                             (Shuswap Nation, British Colombia)
1976 - 1980                Noel Starblanket              (b. 1947?)
                             (Starblanket Cree, Saskatchewan)
1980 - 1982                Delbert Riley 
                             (Chippewas of Thames, Ontario)
1982 - 30 Jul 1985         David Ahenakew                (b. 1933)
                             (Ahtahkakoop Cree, Saskatchewan)
30 Jul 1985 - 1991         George Erasmus                (b. 1949)
                             (Dene Nation, NWT)
1991 - 1997                Ovide Mercredi                (b. 1946)
                             (Grand Rapids Cree, Manitoba)
30 Jul 1997 - Jul 2000     Phil Fontaine (1st time)      (b. 1944)
                             (Sagkeeng Nation, Manitoba)
Jul 2000 - 16 Jul 2003     Matthew Coon Come             (b. 1956)
                             (Mistissini Cree, Quebec)
16 Jul 2003 - 23 Jul 2009  Phil Fontaine (2nd time)      (s.a.)
                             (Sagkeeng Nation, Manitoba)
23 Jul 2009 -              Shawn A-in-chut Atleo         (b. 1967)
                             (Ahousaht Nation, British Columbia)

1972                       Abegweit Band, covering Morell, Rocky Point and Scotchfort Reserves
                             on Prince Edward Island, secedes from the Lennox Island Band.
1970's                     Abegweit First Nation.

Chiefs
1973 - 1999                George James "Jim" Sark
1999 - 2003                Francis Jadis
 8 Aug 2003 - Aug 2008     Roderick "Roddy" Gould
Aug 2008 -                 Brian Francis

1752                       Settlement (St. Regis) by the Christian Mohawk 
                             emigrants from Caughnawaga.
1783                       Formally separated from Caughnawaga, member of the
                             Seven Nations of Canada.
1794                       Split by the U.S.-Canada border.
1802                       U.S. portion administratively separated.
1847                       St. Regis Reserve organized.
1899                       St. Regis Band Council created.
1988                       Renamed Akwesasne.

Chiefs
1783 - 1899                Council of Chiefs
1899 - 1984                ....
1984 - 1994                Michael Mitchell (1st time)
1994 - 2000                Russell B. Roundpoint
2000                       Raymond Mitchell (acting) (1st time)
2000 - 2002                Michael Mitchell (2nd time)
2002 - 21 Jun 2003         Raymond Mitchell (2nd time)
21 Jun 2003 -              Angie Barnes (f) 

17..                       Member of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
1877                       Signs the Treaty No.7 (Blood Band).

Chiefs
1870 - 1900                Mi'kai'stowa "Red Crow"       (b. 1830 - d. 1900)
1900 - 1913                .... "Crop Eared Wolf"        (b. 1846 - d. 1913)
1913 - 1980                ....
1980 - 1996                Roy Fox
1996 - 2004                Christopher Shade
2004 -                     Charles Weasel Head

1873                       Buffalo Point Reserve established for the Buffalo Point Band 
                             by Treaty No. 3 in Manitoba.
1970's                     Buffalo Point First Nation.

Chiefs
1873 - 1900                Ayashawath                     (d. 1900)
1900 - 1906                Little Thunder                 (d. 1906)
1906 - 1941                Jim "Old" Thunder              (d. 1941)
1941 - 1969                Warren "Shorty" Thunder        (d. 1972)
1969 - 1997                James "Jim" Thunder
1997 -                     John Thunder

1962                       Fort George Reserve
1975                       Signs the James Bay and Northern Quebec 
                             Agreement (Fort George Band).
19..                       Renamed Chisasibi.

Chiefs
19.. - 1989                ....
1989 - 1995                Violet Pachanos (f)(1st time)
1995 - 1999                Charles Bobbish
1999 - 2001                Violet Pachanos (2nd time)
2001 -                     Abraham Rupert

1875                       Signs the Treaty No.5 (Cross Lake Band).

Chiefs
1875                       Donald William Sinclair Ross
                             (Tapastanum)
1908                       Daniel Miswagon
19.. - 1989                ....
1989 - 1999                Sydney B. Garrioch
1999 -                     John M. Miswagon               (b. 1964)

....                       Micmac Confederacy.
1610                       Treaty with the French.
1726                       Treaty with the British.
1744 - 1752                French ally.
1755 - 1761                French ally.
1832                       Eskasoni Reserve organized.
1958                       Eskasoni Band Council created.

Grand Chiefs
1752                       Jean Baptiste Cope
Chiefs
1958 - 1978                ....
1978 - 1980                Allison M. Bernard (1st time)
1980 - 1982                ....
1982 - 2002                Allison M. Bernard (2nd time)
2002 -                     Blair S. Francis

1909                       Adherence to the Treaty No. 5 (Island Lake Band).
1969                       Split into four bands, the largest 
                             is the Garden Hill Band.

Chiefs
1909                       George Knott
19.. - 1994                Geordie Little
1994 - 1996                Jack Fiddler
1996 - 1998                Harvey Fiddler
1998 - 2000                David Harper
2000 - 2002                Darcy Wood
2002 -                     Russell Harper

1667                       Settlement (La Prairie) by the Christian Mohawk emigrants
                             from present-day New York.
1680                       French land grant at Sault St. Louis (later named Caughnawaga).
174.                       Seven Nations of Canada formed; the Grand Council of
                             the Confederacy located at Caughnawaga.
1760                       Treaty with the British.
1853                       Caughnawaga Reserve organized.
1889                       Caughnawaga Band Council created.
1980                       Renamed Kahnawake.

Grand Chiefs
16.. - 1889                Council of Chiefs
1889 - 19..                ....
1959                       Matthew Lazare
1960's - 1977              Andrew Delisle, Sr.
1977 -  3 Jul 2004         Joseph Tokwiro Norton
 3 Jul 2004 -              Michael Delisle, Jr.           (b. 1965)

Chiefs (Saqamaw)
.... - c. 12 Dec 1842      Michel Agathe                  (d c.1842)
21 Jul 1860 - 1880         Maurice Louis                  (d. 1880)
1880 - 1900                Joe Bernard                    (b. 1812 - d. 1900)
1900 -  1 Dec 1918         Lupe'n                         (b. 1852 - d. 1918)
 26 Jul 1919 - 1945        Newell Jeddore Gietol          (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
1945 - 1980                Vacant
1945                       Antel (refused office)         (b. 1889 - d. 1960)
1945 - 1954                Joe Jeddore (acting)           (b. 1883 - d. 1956) 
1954 - 1971                Piel (Peter Jeddore)           (b. 1892 - d. 1971)
                             (acting)
1973 - 1974                John N. Jeddore                (b. 1922)
1974 - 1975                Walter John                    (b. 1926)
1975 - Dec 1982            William Joe                    (b. 1925 - d. 1982)
 7 Jan 1983 -              Mise’l Joe
                             (from 1987 also, Administrative Saqamaw)

11 Feb 1889                Adherence to the Treaty No. 6 (James Roberts Band).
1910                       James Roberts Band split into two Bands.
1950                       Bands amalgamated and became as the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.

Chiefs of James Roberts Band (La Ronge, Sask.)
1888 - 1901                James Roberts
1901 - 1910                Amos Charles
1910 - 1946                Joseph Charles
1946 - 1950                Moses Ratt 
Chiefs of the Amos Charles Band (Stanley Mission, Sask.)
1910 - 1930                Amos Charles
1930 - 1945                Walter McKenzie
1945 - 1950                Nehemiah Charles
Chiefs of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band 
1950 - 1955                Moses Ratt 
                           - jointly with -
1950 - 1955                Nehemiah Charles
1955 - 1967                Vacant
1967 - 1969                Isaiah Charles
1969 - 1971                John Cook
1971 - 1983                James Myles Venne (1st time)
1983 - 1985                Thomas "Tom" McKenzie
1985 - 1987                James Myles Venne (2nd time)
1987 - 31 May 2005         Harry D. Cook
31 May 2005 -              Tammy Cook-Searson (f)

1846                       Morell Reserve established for the Prince Edward Island Band 
                             (later renamed the Lennox Island Band).
1870                       Lennox Island Reserve added.
1879                       Scotchfort Reserve added.
1913                       Rocky Point Reserve added.
1972                       Abegweit Band, covering Morell, Rocky Point and Scotchfort
                             Reserves secedes.
1970's                     Lennox Island First Nation.

Chiefs
1910 - 1930                John Thomas Sark
1930 - 1960                Jacob Sark
1960 - 1962                Mary Bernard (f)
1962 - 1964                Frank Jadis
1964 - 1966                Raymond Lewis
1966 - 1970                James Sark
1970 - 1972                George James "Jim" Sark
1972 - 1998                Jack J.T. Sark
1998 - 2001                Charles "Charlie" Sark
2001 -                     Darlene Bernard (f)            (b. 1962)

Chiefs
bf.188. - 1918             John Denny, Jr. 
1918 - May 1964            Gabriel Sillyboy 
Jun 1964 - 25 Aug 1991     Donald Marshall 
Sep 1991 -                 Ben Sylliboy 
                             (acting to 1992)

1876                       Kitowehow Reserve established for the Kitowehow Band by the
                             Treaty No. 6 in present-day Saskatchewan.
1880                       Petequakey Band and Reserve.
1920                       Muskeg Lake Band and Reserve.
1970's                     Muskeg Lake Cree Nation.

Chiefs
1876 - 1880                Alexandre Cayen (Kitowehow)    (b. 1834 - d. 1886)
1880 - 1889                Isidore Cayen (Petequakey)     (b. 1845 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1900                Vacant
1900 - 1914                Jean Baptiste Lafond           (b. 1853 - d. 1917)
1915 - 1917                George H. Greyeyes             (b. 1875 - d. 1917)
1917 - 1920                Vacant
1920 - 1932                Andrew Lafond                  (b. 1880 - d. 1952)
1933 - 1956                Joseph Ledoux                  (b. 1877 - d. 1956)
1956 - 1958                Emile Venne                    (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
1958 - 1959                David Georges Greyeyes         (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
1959 - 1960                Louis O. "Meskanas" Arcand     (b. 1898 - d. 1992)
                             (acting)
1960 - 1962                Alphonsine "Alpha" Lafond (f)  (b. 1926)
1962 - 1964                Joseph Greyeyes                (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
1964 - 1972                Frederick "Sonny" Lafond       (b. 1931 - d. 1989)
                             (1st time) 
1972 - 1974                Richard "Dickie" Greyeyes      (b. 1930)
1974 - 1978                Frederick "Sonny" Lafond       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1978 - 1982                Leonard Ledoux                 (b. 1943)
1982 - 1989                Wallace Tawpisim               (b. 1951)
1989 - 1990                David Lafond (acting)
1990 - 2000                Harry James Lafond             (b. 1949)
2000 -                     Gilbert Ledoux

1875                       Signs the Treaty No. 5 (Norway House Band).

Chiefs
18.. - 1877                David Rundle
1908                       Sandy Sanders
19.. - 1996                Alan James Ross
1996 - Aug 2005            Ron Evan
Aug 2005 - 16 Mar 2006     Fred Muskego (acting)
16 Mar 2006 -              Marcel Balfour

                  Adopted 1990's

1817                       Treaty with the British
1871                       St. Peter's Reserve established for the St. Peter's Band 
                             by Treaty No. 1 in Manitoba.
1909                       Renamed Peguis Band.

Chiefs
1791 - 1864                William King (Peehquaais)      (b. 1774 - d. 1864)
1864 - 1882                Henry Prince (Miskookeenew) 
                             (1st time)
1882 - 1888                William Prince (1st time)
1888 - 1891                Henry Prince (2nd time)
1891 - 1897                William Asham
1897 - 1902                Henry Prince (3rd time)
1902 - 1911                William Prince (2nd time)
1911 - 1917                Albert Rose
1917 - 1923                William Pahkoo
1923 - 1926                Thomas John Stevenson
1926 - 1929                Fred Thomas
1929 - 1932                Alex Greyeyes
1932 - 1935                Robert Sinclair
1935 - 1941                Nathaniel Asham (1st time)
1941 - 1944                Albert Edward Prince
1944 - 1947                Alex Williams                  (d. 1947)
1947 - 1953                Nathaniel Asham (2nd time)
1953 - 1955                Alex Sinclair
1955 - 1961                Campbell Sutherland
1961 - 1973                Albert Edward Thompson         (d. 1973)
1973 - 1981                Jack Sinclair
1981 -                     Louis John Stevenson

1895                       Peter Ballantyne and 7 other families of Ballantyne were 
                             paid annuities under James Roberts Band.
1900                       Split from Lac La Ronge Band.

Chiefs
1900 - 19..                Peter Ballantyne
1940                       Joe Highway
19.. - 2001                Ronald Michel
2001 - 30 Nov 2005         Susan Custer (f)
30 Nov 2005 -              Harold Linklater

18..                       Onchaminahos and Seenum Bands members of the 
                             Plains Cree Confederacy.
1876                       Signs Treaty No. 6.
1902                       Both bands amalgamated (Saddle Lake Band), but
                             reserves administered separately. 

Chiefs of Saddle Lake (originally Onchaminahos) Band
18.. - 1880                Onchaminahos "Little Hunter"    (b. 1830 - d. 1880)
1880 - 19..                ....
19.. - 1997                Eric J. Large
1997 - ....                Shirley Merna Steinhauer (f)
.... - 2001                John Shirt
2001 -                     Eddy Makokis

Chiefs of Whitefish Lake (originally Seenum) Band
1876                       James Seenum (Pakan) "Hard Nut" (b. 1842 - d. 18..)
1902                       John Seenum
19.. - 1999                Allen Houle
1999 - 2002                Allen J. Makokis
2002 -                     Leonrad "Tommy" Houle

18..                       Mountain Cree Confederacy
1877                       Adherence to the Treaty No. 6 (Bobtail Band).
1879                       Samson Band split from Bobtail Band.
1886                       Bobtail Band dissolved.

Head Chiefs of the Mountain Cree
183. - 184.                Louis Piche (Pesew) "Bobcat" (d. 184.)
184. - 185.                None
185. - 186.                Maskipitonew "Broken Arm"    (b. 1805 - d. 1869)
186. - 1886                Alexis Piche (Kiskiyew) "Bobtail"
                            (from 1877, chief of Bobtail Band)
Chiefs
1879 - 1899                Samson (Kanatakasu)          (d. 1899)
1899 - 1942                Joe Samson
1942 - 1952                James Crane
1952 - 1953                Vacant
1953 - 1955                Baptiste Saddleback
1955 - 1957                John S. Samson (1st time)
1957 - 1959                Felix Buffalo (1st time)
1959 - 1961                John S. Samson (2nd time)
1961 - 1963                Felix Buffalo (2nd time)
1963 - 1965                Harry Rain
1965 - 1969                Jacob Louis
1969 - 1973                Norman Yellowbird
1973 - 1975                Arthur Potts
1975 - 1979                Frank Buffalo
1979 - 1981                Jim Omeasoo (1st time)
1981 - 1983                Victor Buffalo (1st time)
1983 - 1989                Jim Omeasoo (2nd time)
1989 - 1993                Victor Buffalo (2nd time)
1993 - 1996                Terry Buffalo
1996 - 1999                Florence Buffalo (f)
1999 - 2002                Lena Cutknife (f)
2002 -                     Victor Buffalo (3rd time)

 

Map of Siksika Band

Capital: Siksika, Alberta

Members: 3,292 (2002)

17..                       Member of the Blackfoot Confederacy
1877                       Signs the Treaty No.7 (Blackfoot Band)
19..                       Renamed Siksika

Chiefs
1872 - 1890                Isapo-Muxika "Crowfoot"            (b. 1830 - d. 1890)
                             (also head chief of the Blackfoot Confederacy)
1890 - 1...                Neo'kis'tomi "Three Bulls"
1... - 1988                ....
1988 - 1995                Strater J. Crowfoot
1995 - 1997                Robert Ryan Breaker Jr.
1997 - 2001                Darlene Yellow Old Woman-Munro (f) (b. 1953)
2001 -                     Adrian Stimson Jr.

                        unofficial flag
 

Map of the Six Nations

Capital: Oshweken, Ontario

Members: 10, 976 (2001)

1784                       Settlement (Grand River) by the pro-British Iroquois 
                             (mainly Mohawk) refugees from the U.S.
1842                       Six Nations Reserve organized.
1924                       Six Nations Band Council created, self-gvernment.
1988                       Renamed Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

De-facto leaders
1784 - 1807                Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)   (b. 1742 - d. 1807)
1807 - 1814                John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen) (b. 176. - d. 1831)
1814 - 1832                John Brant (Ahyouwaigha)       (b. 1794 - d. 1832)

Chiefs
1784 - 1924                Grand Council
1924 - 19..                ....
1973                       Richard Isaac
19.. - 2001                Wellington C. Staats
2001 -                     Roberta L. Jamieson (f)

 

Map of the Stoney Band

Capital: Morley, Alberta

Members: 3,649 (1999)

18..                       Members of the Mountain Cree Confederacy.
1877                       Signs the Treaty No. 7 (Stoney Nakoda Band), three
                             (Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley) amalgamated bands
                             administered separately.
1968                       Joint Band Council established.

Chiefs of Bearspaw Band
1877                       Jacob Bearspaw (Maskwaahsid)
19.. - 1996                Harvey Baptiste
1996 - 1998                Philomene Stephens (f)
1998 -                     Darcy Lee Dixon

Chiefs of Chiniki Band
1877                       John Chiniki (Cheneki)
19.. - 1996                Ken Soldier
1996 - 1998                Henry Holloway
1998 - 2002                Paul Chiniquay
2002 -                     Aaron Young

Chiefs of Wesley (originally Goodstoney) Band
1877                       Jacob Goodstoney (Kichipwot)
1891                       Peter Wesley
19.. - 1996                Ernest Wesley (1st time)
1996 - 2002                John Snow, Jr.
2002 -                     Ernest Wesley (2nd time)