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The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office states: "Non-federally recognized tribes fall into two distinct categories: (1) state-recognized tribes that are not also federally recognized and (2) other groups that self-identify as Indian tribes but are neither federally nor state recognized." [1] The following list includes the latter.
These are modern organizations formed by United States citizens that claim to be Native American tribes and claim Native American ancestry but are not federally recognized tribes or state-recognized tribes. These include tribes whose recognition was terminated by the U.S. federal government and never reinstated.
"An additional sub-designation under this classification are 'Federally Non-Recognized' tribes, which includes groups that have previously held federal recognition, either under governments prior to the U.S. Federal Government or as Nations that are no longer in existence and/or no longer meet the criteria as a Nation to have sovereignty status."
Federally recognized tribes are suspicious of non-recognized tribes' efforts to gain acknowledgment, concerned that they may dilute already limited federal benefits. As casino gambling has raised tribal revenues dramatically, there is more competition by tribal groups to gain federal recognition and the right to operate gaming on reservations. [10]
This is a category for organizations that identify as tribes of Native American descent, and who have been formally recognized by individual states within the United States, but not by the U.S. federal government.
Populations are the total census counts and include non-Native American people as well, sometimes making up a majority of the residents. The total population of all of them is 1,043,762. [citation needed] A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States
Matika Wilbur photographed members of every federally recognized Native American tribe. She named the series Project 562 for the number of recognized tribes at the time.
The Ani-Stohini/Unami is a cultural heritage group based in Virginia.. In the 1960s, the group took the name Ani-Stohini/Unami. [citation needed] Their original petition for federal recognition in 1968 was lost during the take over of The Bureau of Indian Affairs by the American Indian Movement in 1972 [citation needed] according to Holly Reckord, the former director of BAR.