Celebrate Native American Heritage and Honor Living Memories USA

U.S. State names with native origins
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, (New) Mexico, (North/South) Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Federally Recognized Tribes by State

Federally recognized tribes are those Indian tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for certain federal government purposes.

On October 1, 2010, with a supplemental listing on October 27, 2010, the U.S. government's Federal Register issued an official list of 565 tribes in the Federal Register as Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, which can be downloaded as a PDF document from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Of these tribes, California today has the largest number of Federally recognized tribes with 102 such tribes. Oklahoma has 38, Washington, 29, Arizona, 17 and New Mexico, 21 tribes.

If you live in Virginia like I do, there are no federally recognized tribes here today, but there are still 2 State of Virginia recognized tribes living here. But it is a source of hope for me to notice that of the 95 or so counties existing in Virginia today, many communities are increasingly taking pride in preserving their Native American heritage through local musicians and County Fairs and Town festivals where such heritage are celebrated and knowledge shared with visitors and local residents more so today than in recent past.

Yes, times they are are changin, as the folk singer sang !