List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes, behind Alaska and California.
Official Tribe Name | People | Total Pop. | In-State Pop. | Tribal Headquarters | County Jurisdiction |
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians | Shawnee | 3,050 | 2,315 | Shawnee | Cleveland, Pottawatomie |
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town | Alabama, Coushatta | 380 | 324 | Wetumka | Creek, Hughes, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner |
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma | Plains Apache | 2,263 | 1,814 | Anadarko | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens |
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma | Caddo Confederacy | 6,406 | 3,972 | Binger | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady, Washita |
Cherokee Nation | Cherokee, Cherokee Freedmen, Natchez | 299,862 | 189,228 | Tahlequah | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington |
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | Arapaho, Cheyenne, Suhtai | 12,185 | 8,664 | Concho | Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Washita |
Chickasaw Nation | Chickasaw | 49,000 | 29,000 | Ada | Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc, Stephens |
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Choctaw, Choctaw freedmen | 223,279 | 84,670 | Durant | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg, Pushmataha |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation | Potawatomi | 29,155 | 10,312 | Shawnee | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie |
Comanche Nation | Comanche | 14,700 | n/a | Lawton | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, Tillman |
Delaware Nation | Lenape | 1,440 | 859 | Anadarko | Caddo |
Delaware Tribe of Indians | Lenape | 10,500 | 3,360 | Bartlesville | n/a |
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | Shawnee | 2,801 | 904 | Wyandotte | Ottawa |
Fort Sill Apache Tribe | Apache | 650 | n/a | Apache | Caddo, Comanche, Grady |
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma | Iowa | 607 | 517 | Perkins | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne |
Kaw Nation | Kaw | 3,126 | 1,428 | Kaw City | Kay |
Kialegee Tribal Town | Muscogee Creek | 439 | 429 | Wetumka | Hughes, McIntosh, Okfuskee |
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | Kickapoo | 2,630 | 1,856 | McLoud | Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Lincoln |
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma | Kiowa | 12,000 | 8,000 | Carnegie | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita |
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | Miami | 3,908 | 775 | Miami | n/a |
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma | Modoc | 200 | 120 | Miami | Ottawa |
Muscogee Nation | Muscogee Creek, Yuchi | 69,162 | 55,591 | Okmulgee | Creek, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Tulsa, Wagoner |
Osage Nation | Osage | 13,307 | 6,747 | Pawhuska | Osage |
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians | Missouria, Otoe | 2,554 | 1,732 | Red Rock | Noble |
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma | Odawa | 2,500 | 737 | Miami | Ottawa |
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma | Pawnee | 3,240 | 1,791 | Pawnee | Noble, Payne, Pawnee |
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, Wea | 2,925 | 777 | Miami | Ottawa |
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Ponca | 3,581 | 3,000 | Ponca City | Kay, Noble |
Quapaw Tribe of Indians | Quapaw | 3,240 | 892 | Quapaw | Ottawa |
Sac and Fox Nation | Meskwaki, Sauk | 3,794 | 2,557 | Stroud | Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie |
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma | Seminole, Seminole freedmen | 16,338 | 13,533 | Wewoka | Seminole |
Seneca-Cayuga Nation | Cayuga, Seneca | 5,059 | 1,174 | Grove | Delaware, Ottawa |
Shawnee Tribe | Shawnee | 10,000 | 1,070 | Miami | n/a |
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town | Muscogee Creek | 845 | 728 | Okemah | Creek, Hughes, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner |
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Tonkawa | 611 | 476 | Tonkawa | Kay |
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians | Cherokee, Natchez | 14,300 | 13,300 | Tahlequah | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington |
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes | Kichai, Taovaya, Tawakoni, Waco, Wichita, Yscani | 2,564 | 1,884 | Anadarko | Caddo, Grady |
Wyandotte Nation | Petun, Wyandot | 4,957 | 1,218 | Wyandotte | Ottawa |