List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma

This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . With its 38 federally recognized tribes, ^[1] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .

Official Tribal Name	People(s)	Total Pop. (2010) ^[2]	In-State Pop. (2010) ^[2]	Tribal Headquarters ^[2]	County Jurisdiction ^[2]
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	Chakchiuma , ^[3] 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 , Jackson, Harmon
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 ^{[nb 1]}, 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 (Creek) Nation	Muscogee Creek , Yuchi ^[4]	69,162	55,591	Okmulgee	Creek , Hughes , Okfuskee , Okmulgee , McIntosh , Muskogee , Tulsa , Wagoner
Osage Nation ^{[nb 2]}	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 ^{[nb 1]}, Payne ^{[nb 1]}, Pawnee
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Peoria , Kaskaskia , Piankeshaw , Wea ^[5]	2,925	777	Miami	Ottawa
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Ponca	3,581	3,000	Ponca City	Kay , Noble ^{[nb 1]}
Quapaw Nation	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 ^{[nb 1]}, Ottawa ^{[nb 1]}
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 ^{[nb 1]}
Wyandotte Nation	Petun , Wyandot	4,957	1,218	Wyandotte	Ottawa

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Tribe only has jurisdiction over a portion of the county.
^ The Osage Nation maintains the only federally recognized Indian reservation in the state of Oklahoma.

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^ "Indian Country" . Northern District of Oklahoma . United States Attorney's Office . Retrieved 9 March 2023 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory" (PDF) . Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. March 2014 . Retrieved August 31, 2015 .
^ Patricia Galloway (2004). Fogelson, Raymond D (ed.). Handbook of North Americans Indians: Southeast, Vol. 14 . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 496. ISBN 9780874741940 .
^ Jacksob, Jason Baird. "Yuchi (Euchee)" . Oklahoma Historical Society . Retrieved 20 May 2020 .
^ "Peoria Tribe" . Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma . Retrieved 20 May 2020 .

[county-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Tribe only has jurisdiction over a portion of the county.

[osage-6] The Osage Nation maintains the only federally recognized Indian reservation in the state of Oklahoma.

[1] "Indian Country" . Northern District of Oklahoma . United States Attorney's Office . Retrieved 9 March 2023 .

[oia-2] "2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory" (PDF) . Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. March 2014 . Retrieved August 31, 2015 .

[3] Patricia Galloway (2004). Fogelson, Raymond D (ed.). Handbook of North Americans Indians: Southeast, Vol. 14 . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 496. ISBN 9780874741940 .

[5] Jacksob, Jason Baird. "Yuchi (Euchee)" . Oklahoma Historical Society . Retrieved 20 May 2020 .

[7] "Peoria Tribe" . Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma . Retrieved 20 May 2020 .

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