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 NamePeopleTotal Pop.
In-State Pop.
Tribal HeadquartersCounty Jurisdiction
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of IndiansShawnee3,0502,315ShawneeCleveland, Pottawatomie
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal TownAlabama, Coushatta380324WetumkaCreek, Hughes, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner
Apache Tribe of OklahomaPlains Apache2,2631,814AnadarkoCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens
Caddo Nation of OklahomaCaddo Confederacy6,4063,972BingerBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady, Washita
Cherokee NationCherokee, Cherokee Freedmen, Natchez299,862189,228TahlequahAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington
Cheyenne and Arapaho TribesArapaho, Cheyenne, Suhtai12,1858,664ConchoBlaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Washita
Chickasaw NationChickasaw49,00029,000AdaBryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc, Stephens
Choctaw Nation of OklahomaChoctaw, Choctaw freedmen223,27984,670DurantAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg, Pushmataha
Citizen Potawatomi NationPotawatomi29,15510,312ShawneeCleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie
Comanche NationComanche14,700n/aLawtonCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, Tillman
Delaware NationLenape1,440859AnadarkoCaddo
Delaware Tribe of IndiansLenape10,5003,360Bartlesvillen/a
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of OklahomaShawnee2,801904WyandotteOttawa
Fort Sill Apache TribeApache650n/aApacheCaddo, Comanche, Grady
Iowa Tribe of OklahomaIowa607517PerkinsLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne
Kaw NationKaw3,1261,428Kaw CityKay
Kialegee Tribal TownMuscogee Creek439429WetumkaHughes, McIntosh, Okfuskee
Kickapoo Tribe of OklahomaKickapoo2,6301,856McLoudOklahoma, Pottawatomie, Lincoln
Kiowa Tribe of OklahomaKiowa12,0008,000CarnegieCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita
Miami Tribe of OklahomaMiami3,908775Miamin/a
Modoc Tribe of OklahomaModoc200120MiamiOttawa
Muscogee NationMuscogee Creek, Yuchi69,16255,591OkmulgeeCreek, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Tulsa, Wagoner
Osage NationOsage13,3076,747PawhuskaOsage
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of IndiansMissouria, Otoe2,5541,732Red RockNoble
Ottawa Tribe of OklahomaOdawa2,500737MiamiOttawa
Pawnee Nation of OklahomaPawnee3,2401,791PawneeNoble, Payne, Pawnee
Peoria Tribe of Indians of OklahomaPeoria, Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, Wea2,925777MiamiOttawa
Ponca Tribe of Indians of OklahomaPonca3,5813,000Ponca CityKay, Noble
Quapaw Tribe of IndiansQuapaw3,240892QuapawOttawa
Sac and Fox NationMeskwaki, Sauk3,7942,557StroudLincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie
Seminole Nation of OklahomaSeminole, Seminole freedmen16,33813,533WewokaSeminole
Seneca-Cayuga NationCayuga, Seneca5,0591,174GroveDelaware, Ottawa
Shawnee TribeShawnee10,0001,070Miamin/a
Thlopthlocco Tribal TownMuscogee Creek845728OkemahCreek, Hughes, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of OklahomaTonkawa611476TonkawaKay
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee IndiansCherokee, Natchez14,30013,300TahlequahAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington
Wichita and Affiliated TribesKichai, Taovaya, Tawakoni, Waco, Wichita, Yscani2,5641,884AnadarkoCaddo, Grady
Wyandotte NationPetun, Wyandot4,9571,218WyandotteOttawa