Federally recognized tribes in arkansas
Largest indian tribe in arkansas!
List of federally recognized tribes by state
This list is ordered by state.
Blackfoot indian tribe in arkansas
For a list ordered by alphabetically, see List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States
Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United StatesBureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government.[1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
As of January8, [update], Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.[2][3] Of these, are located in Alaska and are located in California.
Description
In the United States, the Native American tribe is a fundamental unit of sovereign tribal government. As the Department of the Interior explains, "federally recognized tribes are recognized as possessing certain inherent rights of self-government (i.e., tribal sovereignty)"