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Tribes

Tribal Journeys and History

Learn about each tribe's journey: past, present, and future

Alabama Quassarte
Tribal Town

The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town logo: an eagle carrying a scroll in its talons.

Apache
Tribe

A tribal seal reading "Great Seal: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma".

Ft. Sill
Apache Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "The Fort Sill Apache Tribe".

Caddo
Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Caddo Nation".

Cherokee Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Seal of the Cherokee Nation, September 6, 1839".

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes

A tribal seal reading "Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes".

Chickasaw Nation

A round tribal seal reading "The Great Seal of the Chickasaw Nation".

Choctaw Nation

A round tribal seal reading "The Great Seal of the Choctaw Nation".

Citizen Potawatomi
Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "Great Seal of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation: People of the Place of the Fire".

Comanche
Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Comanche Nation: Lords of the Plains".

Delaware
Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Delaware Nation: Anadarko, Oklahoma".

Delaware Tribe:
Black Beaver

A round tribal seal reading "Delaware Tribe of Indians, Lenape".

Euchee Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "Euchee/Yuchi Tribe, Tso-Ya-Ha, Children of the Sun".

Iowa Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Iowas of Oklahoma".

Kaw Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Sovereign Nation of the Kaw, Kanza".

Kialegee Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "Kialegee Tribal Town, June 12, 1941".

Kickapoo Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Great Seal of the Kickapoo Nation, Oklahoma".

Kiowa Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma".

Miami Nation

A round tribal seal with text reading "Myaamia: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

Modoc Nation

A tribal seal with text reading "Modoc Oklahoma".

Muscogee/Creek Nation

A round tribal seal with text reading "Great Seal of the Muscogee Nation I.T.".

Osage Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Seal of Osage Nation".

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Seal of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe".

Ottawa Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma".

Pawnee Nation

A round tribal seal with text reading "The Great Seal of the Pawnee Nation, Pawnee, Oklahoma".

Peoria Tribe

A round tribal seal featuring an arrowhead overlayed by four arrows.

Ponca Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Great Seal of the Ponca Tribe, Oklahoma".

Quapaw Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma; O-Gah-Pah".

Sac and Fox Nation

A round tribal seal reading "Sac & Fox Nation".

Seminole Nation

A round tribal seal reading "The Great Seminole Nation of Oklahoma".

Seneca-Cayuga Nation

A round tribal seal with text reading "Seneca-Cayuga Nation".

Shawnee Tribe

A round tribal seal reading "Seal of the Shawnee Tribe, February 8, 1854".

Absentee Shawnee

A round tribal seal with text reading "Li-Si-Wi-Nwi; Absentee Shawnee".

Eastern Shawnee Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma".

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town

A round tribal seal with text reading "Thlopthlocco Creek Tribal Town".

Tonkawa Tribe

A round tribal seal with text reading "Seal of the Tonkawa Tribe; April 21, 1938".

United Keetoowah
Band

A round tribal seal with text reading "United Keetoowah Band".

Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes

A round tribal seal with text reading "Seal of the Witchita and Affiliated Tribes".

Wyandotte
Nation

A tribal seal portraying a tortiose wieding a hatchet and a tomahawk.
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