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 Reservation on Martha’s Vineyard, remnant tribe in Wampanoag Bermuda Pocomtuc Extinct Nipmuc Small reservation and small tribe in Massachusetts Most of Mashpee Wampaoag are descendants of this Nauset 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 3 groups in NC (Person, Halifax and Alamance Saponi Counties), one group in Missouri Tutelo Extinct Cape Fear Indians Extinct Extinct as a tribe, but may be among the Lumbee and Cheraw Catawba Chawanac Extinct Coree Extinct, integrated with Machapungo Eno Extinct Hatteras Extinct, currently a rejuvenation attempt underway Extinct, one group integrated with Cheraw and another Keyauwee* believed to have integrated with Lumbee Individuals remain on inner banks of NC, integrated with the Mattamuskeet Indians. Mattamuskeet Machapungo coalition exists in NC. Moratok Extinct Neusiok Extinct Pamlico Extinct Shakori Extinct Sissipahaw Extinct Left NC before 1800, tribe exists in NY and Canada, 5 Tuscarora 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 Extinct, remnants joined Catawba and some remained Pedee (also PeeDee) among white settlers Saluda Extinct 2 organizations in SC, many joined Catawba and went Santee 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 Extinct, moved to Oklahoma in 1836 but were Apalachicola 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 Chatot1[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 Extinct, remnants joined the Creeks and moved to Koasati Oklahoma Mobile Extinct Muklasa Extinct Osochi Extinct Sawokli Extinct To Oklahoma during removal, remnants may exist Tuskegee near Beggs, Oklahoma, no tribe. Biloxi Tunica-Biloxi reservation in Louisiana Extinct, remnants incorporated into Chicasaw and Chakchiuma Choctaw Griga Extinct Houma Tribe in Louisiana
1[1] May have been mixed race. Spoke French and Choctaw. French settlement nearby in 1709. Tribe Tribal Status Ibitoupa Extinct Koroa Extinct Natchez-Kusso Tribe of SC, remnants of the Louisiana Natchez band of Natchez Pascagoula Extinct Taposa Extinct Tunica Tunica-Biloxi reservation in Louisiana Yazoo Extinct
Table A5 Major Tribes
Tribe Tribal Status2[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
2[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.