Appendix A – Current Tribal Status

Table A1

Algonquian Speakers – Primarily Northeastern Tribes

Tribe	Tribal Status
Montagnais-Naskapi	Settlements in Labrador and Quebec
Micmac	Tribe in Eastern Canada
Malecite	New Brunswick and small tribe in Maine
Beothuk	Extinct
Algonkin	Quebec and Ontario
Penobscot	Maine and Canada
Passamaquoddy	Maine and New Brunswick
Abnaki	Maine, Vermont and Canada
Pennacook	Extinct
Narraganset	No tribe – a few individuals of mixed blood remain
Pequot	Small reservation in Connecticut
Niantic, Western	Extinct
Mohegan	Small tribe in Connecticut
Wampanoag	Reservation on Martha’s Vineyard, remnant tribe in Bermuda
Pocomtuc	Extinct
Nipmuc	Small reservation and small tribe in Massachusetts
Nauset	Most of Mashpee Wampaoag are descendants of this tribe.
Susquehanna	Extinct
Honniasont	Extinct
Massachuset	2 small communities
Wenrohronon	Extinct
Wappinger	Extinct
Montauk	No tribe - A few mixed blood individuals in NY
Mahican	Part of combined tribe in Wisconsin
Iroquois	Exist today in NY, Canada, WI, OK
Delaware	Exist in Oklahoma
Nanticote	Extinct

Table A2

Virginia – North Carolina Tribes

Tribe	Tribal Status
Conoy	Extinct, participate with Piscataway Nation in Virginia
Manahoac	Extinct
Meherrin	Tribe in Hertford Co., NC.
Monacan	Tribe in Amherst Co., VA
Nahyssan	Extinct
Nottoway	Tribe in Virginia
Occaneechi	Small band of the Saponi in Alamance Co., NC
Powhatan	2 small reservations in Virginia
Saponi	3 groups in NC (Person, Halifax and Alamance Counties), one group in Missouri
Tutelo	Extinct
Cape Fear Indians	Extinct
Cheraw	Extinct as a tribe, but may be among the Lumbee and Catawba
Chawanac	Extinct
Coree	Extinct, integrated with Machapungo
Eno	Extinct
Hatteras	Extinct, currently a rejuvenation attempt underway
Keyauwee*	Extinct, one group integrated with Cheraw and another believed to have integrated with Lumbee
Machapungo	Individuals remain on inner banks of NC, integrated with the Mattamuskeet Indians. Mattamuskeet coalition exists in NC.
Moratok	Extinct
Neusiok	Extinct
Pamlico	Extinct
Shakori	Extinct
Sissipahaw	Extinct
Tuscarora	Left NC before 1800, tribe exists in NY and Canada, 5 NC bands
Weapemeoc	Extinct
Woccon	Extinct
Yadkin	Extinct
Catawba	Formed tribe in 1970s in SC

* Men were noted to have facial hair in 1700s which may indicate admixture (SCIH, 2009).

Table A3

South Carolina – Primarily Iroquoian Speakers

Tribe	Tribal Status
Congaree	Extinct, remnants joined Catawba
Cusabo	Extinct
Pedee (also PeeDee)	Extinct, remnants joined Catawba and some remained among white settlers
Saluda	Extinct
Santee	2 organizations in SC, many joined Catawba and went to Oklahoma
Sewee	Extinct
Sugeree	Extinct
Waccamaw	Band in SC
Wateree	Extinct
Waxhaw	Extinct
Winyaw	Extinct
Shawnee	Tribe exists in Oklahoma

Table A4

Southernmost Tribes – Primarily Muskhogean Speakers

Tribe	Tribal Status
Apalachicola	Extinct, moved to Oklahoma in 1836 but were absorbed into Creeks
Chiaha	Extinct
Guale	Extinct
Hitchiti	Extinct, absorbed into the Creek
Oconee	Extinct, some became Seminole
Okmulgee	Extinct
Tamathli	Extinct
Yamasee	Extinct, survivors integrated into Seminole
Yuchi	Extinct, many joined Creek or Shawnee
Ais	Extinct
Apalachee	Small tribe in Louisiana
Calusa	Extinct
Chatot[1]	Extinct
Agua Dulce	Extinct
Mikasuki	Tribe in Florida
Pensacola	Extinct
Pohoy	Extinct
Potano	Extinct
Saturiwa	Extinct
Seminole	Tribe in Florida
Tawasa	Extinct
Tekesta	Extinct, went to Cuba in 1763
Yui	Extinct
Yustaga	Extinct
Alabama	Extinct
Koasati	Extinct, remnants joined the Creeks and moved to Oklahoma
Mobile	Extinct
Muklasa	Extinct
Osochi	Extinct
Sawokli	Extinct
Tuskegee	To Oklahoma during removal, remnants may exist near Beggs, Oklahoma, no tribe.
Biloxi	Tunica-Biloxi reservation in Louisiana
Chakchiuma	Extinct, remnants incorporated into Chicasaw and Choctaw
Griga	Extinct
Houma	Tribe in Louisiana
Ibitoupa	Extinct
Koroa	Extinct
Natchez	Natchez-Kusso Tribe of SC, remnants of the Louisiana band of Natchez
Pascagoula	Extinct
Taposa	Extinct
Tunica	Tunica-Biloxi reservation in Louisiana
Yazoo	Extinct

Table A5

Major Tribes

Tribe	Tribal Status[2]
Cree	Largest group in First Nations in Canada
Neutrals	Extinct
Iroquois	Tribes and groups today in NY, Canada, WI and OK
Eastern Cherokee	Tribe in Cherokee, NC
Western Cherokee	Tribe in Oklahoma
Utina	Extinct
Muskogee (Creek)	Tribe in Oklahoma
Chicasaw	Tribe in Oklahoma
Choctaw	Tribe in Oklahoma

References

SCIH--South Carolina Information Highway (2009) South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Keyauwee. http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/keyauwee.html

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[1] May have been mixed race. Spoke French and Choctaw. French settlement nearby in 1709.

[2] Many tribes have not existed uninterrupted. Several have reorganized in the 1900s, some very recently, to reclaim their heritage. Tribe as used here does not indicate state or federal recognition, only that an organization referred to as a tribe exists.