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American Indian Tribes

Tribe/Nation Last Location before Permanent Relocation to Indian Territory Date of Permanent Relocation Current Tribal Headquarters
Absentee Shawnee TribeMissouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas1854, 1859Shawnee
Alabama Quassarte Tribal TownGeorgia1836Wetumka
Apache TribeOklahoma, Texas1867Anadarko
Caddo TribeOklahoma, Texas1872Binger
Cherokee NationTennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama1835Tahlequah
Cheyenne and Arapaho TribesNebraska, Kansas1869Concho
Chickasaw NationMississippi, Alabama1837Ada
Choctaw NationMississippi1830Durant
Citizen Potawatomi NationKansas1867Shawnee
Comanche NationTexas, Kansas, Oklahoma1867Lawton
Delaware NationTexas1859Anadarko
Delaware Tribe of IndiansKansas1867Bartlesville
Eastern Shawnee TribeOhio1831Seneca, Missouri
Ft. Sill Apache TribeArizona, New Mexico1892Apache
Iowa Tribe of OklahomaKansas1883Perkins
Kaw Nation of OklahomaKansas1872Kaw City
Kialegee Tribal TownAlabama1832Wetumka
Kickapoo Tribe of OklahomaKansas, Texas1883McLoud
Kiowa TribeTexas, Oklahoma1867Carnegie
Miami NationKansas1867Miami
Modoc TribeCalifornia, Oregon1874Miami
Muscogee (Creek) NationGeorgia, Alabama1832Okmulgee
Osage TribeKansas1870Pawhuska
Otoe-Missouria TribeKansas, Nebraska1881Red Rock
Ottawa TribeKansas1862Miami
Pawnee Nation of OklahomaNebraska1876Pawnee
Peoria Tribe of Indians of OklahomaKansas1857Miami
Ponca NationNebraska1877White Eagle
Quapaw Tribe of OklahomaArkansas1833Quapaw
Sac & Fox NationKansas1867Stroud
Seminole NationFlorida1832Wewoka
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of OklahomaOhio1831-1832Miami
Shawnee TribeKansas1869Miami
Thlopthlocco Tribal TownAlabama1832Okemah
Tonkawa TribeTexas1859Tonkawa
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in OklahomaNorth Carolina1835Park Hill
Wichita and Affiliated TribesOklahoma, Texas1859Anadarko
Wyandotte NationKansas1867Wyandotte
Yuchi (Euchee) Tribe of IndiansGeorgia1832Sapulpa

Oklahoma's Indian Nations as of August 2002*

Information source for tribes and locations: Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission website. Historic information supplied by the Oklahoma Historical Society.