Where are Native American tribes located?

Most scholars break North America—excluding present-day Mexico—into 10 separate culture areas: the Arctic, the Subarctic, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin, California, the Northwest Coast and the Plateau.

How many American Indian tribes are there in the United States?

574
At present, there are 574 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages.

Are there any Indian tribes left in America?

There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and Chamorros.

Where do most American Indian tribes live?

Native populations are most heavily concentrated in and around the American Southwest. California, Arizona and Oklahoma alone account for 31% of the U.S. population that identifies solely as American Indian or Alaska Native.

What state has most Indian tribes?

As the Navajo Nation now claims the largest enrolled population among tribes in the country, U.S. Census Bureau data shows that Arizona, California and Oklahoma have the highest numbers of people who identify as American Indian or Alaskan Native alone.

Where are the American Indians located?

Native Americans in the United States (also known as Indians) are the indigenous peoples from the areas of North America now part of the continental United States, including parts of Alaska.

Where were most Native American tribes located?

The states with the highest percentage of American Indians and Alaska Natives are Alaska (18 percent of its population), Oklahoma (11 percent) and New Mexico (10 percent). There are 562 federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States.

What is the largest Indian tribe in North America?

The Navajo Indians are the largest federally recognized Native American Indian tribe in the United States. Their reservation is spread out through out the four corners of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

Where are American Indian reservations located?

There are approximately 326 Indian land areas in the U.S. administered as federal Indian reservations (i.e., reservations, pueblos , rancherias, missions, villages, communities, etc.). The largest is the 16 million-acre Navajo Nation Reservation located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.