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The following groups claim to be of Native American, American Indian, [[Alaska Native]], or [[Métis]] heritage by ethnicity but have no [[List of federally recognized tribes in the United States|federal recognition]] through the [[United States Department of the Interior]], [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/OFA/index.htm|title=Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) – Indian Affairs|website=Bia.gov}}</ref> United States Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor (SOL), and are not recognized by any [[U.S. state|state government]] in the United States.
Some of the organizations are regarded as fraudulent and called Corporations Posing as Indigenous Nations (CPAIN).<ref>{{cite news |title=The Delaware Nation Lenni Lenape Announces Appointment of Daniel "StrongWalker" Thomas To Combat Corporations Posing as Indigenous Nations (CPAIN) |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/delaware-nation-lenni-lenape-announces-083000218.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |agency=
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== List of
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Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as Native American tribes but that have been recognized neither by the federal government ([[Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) nor by any state nor tribal government.
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# Coastanoan Band of Carmel Mission Indians.<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 09/16/1988.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/>
# Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe of the Colfax Rancheria<ref name="hcdlist"/>
# Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation Inc., Oakland, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=Confederated Villages Of Lisjan Nation Inc |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/883649777 |website=Nonprofit Explorer |publisher=ProPublica |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=2023}}</ref>
# Confederation of Aboriginal Nations<ref name="walist"/>
# Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe.<ref name="USAgov">{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal_Sites/index.shtml|author=USA.gov|title=A-Z Index of Tribal Governments, on USA.gov|access-date=2010-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127151637/http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal_Sites/index.shtml|archive-date=2011-11-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> Letter of Intent to Petition 08/24/1994.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/>
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# Fernandeño/Tataviam Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/24/1995.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/>
# Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians of California. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/03/1998.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/> Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe.
# First Nation of Ojibwe California, Fremont, CA <ref name="500list"/>
# Gabrieliño/Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/14/1997.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/> Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe.
# Gabrieliño/Tongva Nation.<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1994.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/><ref name="mlist"/> Recognized only as band of the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe.
# Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, also known as the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians. In 1994, the State of California recognized the Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe in Assembly Joint Resolution 96, Resolution Chapter 146 of the Statutes of 1994; however, it has no [[state-recognized tribes]] today.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Recognized Tribes|url=http://www.ncsl.org/research/state-tribal-institute/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State|website=National Conference of State Legislatures|access-date=28 November 2016|date=October 2016}}</ref> The tribe, however, has broken into several factions, some of whom are seeking federal recognition as separate tribes. The three largest and most prominent factions are:
## Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, West Hills, CA, formerly the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, led by Charles Alvarez<ref>{{cite web
## Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel, San Gabriel, CA, led by Anthony Morales<ref>
## Gabrieleño/Tongva Nation, also Gabrieliño/Tongva Tribe of the Los Angeles Basin).<ref name="pxst"/> In past years, bills have been introduced in the California legislature to create a Gabrieliño-Tongva Reservation for the tribe and grant the tribe gaming rights; however, these bills failed to make it to the Governor's desk.
# Honey Lake Maidu. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/01/2000.<ref name="pxst"/> Receipt of Petition 06/01/2000.<ref name="FR65"/>
# Hownonquet Community Association<ref name="klist"/><ref name="walist"/>
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# North Valley Yokut Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/2000.<ref name="pxst"/> Receipt of Petition 09/22/2000.<ref name="FR65"/>
# Northern Band of Mono-Yokuts. Letter of Intent to Petition 08/22/2006.<ref name="pxst"/>
# [[Northern Chumash Tribal Council]], Baywood-Los Osos, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/northern-chumash-tribal-council,841709436/ |url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/northern-chumash-tribal-council,841709436/ |website=Cause IQ |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>
# Northern Maidu Maidu Tribe<ref name="klist"/><ref name="mlist"/><ref name="walist"/>
# Northfolk Band of Mono Indians<ref name="walist"/>
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# She-Bel-Na Band of Mendocino Coast Pomo Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/01/2006.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Sierra Foothill Wuksachi Yokuts Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/11/1999.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, Mariposa, CA (formerly American Indian Council of Mariposa County
# Strawberry Valley Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, [[Indian termination policy|terminated]] on April 11, 1961<ref name=gao2012/>
# Tehatchapi Tribe of the Tejon Reservation<ref name="500list"/><ref name="klist"/><ref name="walist"/>
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# T'Si-akim Maidu. Letter of Intent to Petition 11/16/1998.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/>
# [[Tsnungwe Council]] (a.k.a. South Fork Hupa).<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 09/22/1992.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/>
# United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/28/1980; Declined to Acknowledge 07/02/1985 (50 FR 18746).<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/> Also in North Carolina.
# United Maidu Nation.<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 01/06/1977.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/>
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# Wukchumni Council<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 02/22/1988.<ref name="pxst"/> Certified letter undeliverable 10/1997.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="klist"/>
# Xolon Salinan Tribe, Bay Point, CA<ref name=petition2001/> Letter of Intent to Petition 09/18/2001.<ref name="pxst"/>
# [[Yak Tityu Tityu Yak Tiłhini]], also yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region, YTT Northern Chumash Tribe, San Luis Obispo, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe and The Land Conservancy Partner to Protect Diablo Canyon Lands |url=https://slochamber.org/northern-chumash-tribe-and-the-land-conservancy-partner-to-protect-diablo-canyon-lands/ |website=San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>
# Yamassee Native American Association of Nations,<ref>{{cite web |title=JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Yamassee Tribal Nation |url=https://casetext.com/case/jpmorgan-chase-bank-na-v-nation-1 |website=CaseText |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=July 27, 2018}}</ref> Van Nuys, CA
# Yaqui Nation of Southern California,
# Yaquis of Southern California, Borrego Springs, CA,<ref>{{cite web |title=Yaquis Of Southern California |url=https://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=2910349 |website=Tax Exempt World |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=September 19, 2023}}</ref>
# Yokayo Tribe of Indians.<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1987.<ref name="pxst"/> Certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997<ref name="500list"/><ref name="klist"/>
# Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Indian Community. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/06/2005.<ref name="pxst"/>
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=== Connecticut ===
# Grasmere Band of Wangunk Indians of Glastonbury, Connecticut, Middleton, CT (formerly the Pequot Mohegan Tribe, Inc.). Letter of Intent to Petition 4/12/1999.<ref name="pxst"/>
# New England Coastal Schaghticoke Indian Association<ref name=lavin/>
* Native American Mohegans, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/19/2002.<ref name="pxst"/> Receipt of Petition 9/19/2002.<ref name="FR68"/>▼
# Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut, Thompson, CT<ref>{{cite web |title=Nipmuc Indian Association Of Connecticut Inc |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61429477 |website=ProPublica |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
* The Nehantic Tribe and Nation.<ref name=lavin/> Letter of Intent to Petition 9/5/1997.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="pxst"/><ref name="walist"/>▼
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# Pocasset Wampanoag Indian Tribe,<ref name="walist">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildapache.net/NativeAmericanSite/|title=Wild Apache Native American Portal|author=Wild Apache}}</ref>{{r|500list}}<ref name="MCNAA"/> Cheshire, CT. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/01/1995<ref name="500list"/>
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▲* Schaghticoke Tribe, Bridgeport,<ref name=petition2001/> not the same as the [[Schaghticoke Indian Tribe]], Kent, CT.
=== Delaware ===
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=== Indiana ===
# [[Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council]], Milltown, IN<ref>{{cite web |title=Algonquian Confederacy Of The Quinnipiac Tribal Council Inc |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61301617 |website=ProPublica |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
*Eel River Tribe Inc. of Indiana. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/13/2006.<ref name="pxst"/>
*Lone Wolf Band of Cherokee Indians.<ref name="CFList"/>
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=== Massachusetts ===
# Assawompsett-Nemasket Band of Wampanoags,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Jennette |title=Tribe wants to talk to Dartmouth: Wampanoag leaders say Indian symbol should be reconsidered |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20200106/tribe-wants-to-talk-to-dartmouth-wampanoag-leaders-say-indian-symbol-should-be-reconsidered |access-date=20 April 2021 |work=South Coast Today |date=6 Jan 2020}}</ref> Lakeville, MA
# Assonet Band of
# Chappaquiddick Band of Massachusetts, Andover, MA<ref name="MCNAA"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 5/31/2007.<ref name="pxst"/>
# [[Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation]],<ref name="MCNAA">[http://www.mcnaa.org/contact.html Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211005810/http://www.mcnaa.org/contact.html |date=2009-02-11 }}</ref> South Yarmouth, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 05/21/2007.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Chaubunagungamaug Band of the Nipmuck Nation, Webster/Dudley; Dudley, MA;<ref name="pxst"/> Grafton, MA. Letter of Intent to Petition 04/22/1980 as part of [[Nipmuc Nation]]; separate letter of intent 5/31/1996.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="klist"/> Declined to acknowledge on 6/25/2004, 69 FR 35664.<ref>{{cite web |title=Petitioner #069B: Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians, MA |url=https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa/069b-wbdnip-ma |website=US Department of Indian Affairs |date=28 January 2008 |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
# [[Council of Seven]], [[Royal House of Pokanoket]], [[Pokanoket Tribe]], [[Pokanoket Nation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/fed_notices/nagpradir/nic0388.html|title=National NAGPRA Program|first=National|last=NAGPRA|date=20 October 2003|website=Nps.gov}}</ref> Millbury, MA
# Cowasuck Band-Abenaki People, also known as Cowasuck Band of Pennacook Abenaki People, Franklin, MA.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name="walist"/><ref name="USAgov"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 01/23/1995.<ref name="500list"/><ref name="MCNAA"/>
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*Canoncito Band of Navajos,<ref name="500list2"/> petitioned for independent federal recognition 07/31/1989.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/><ref name="mlist"/> Note: this is a Chapter (governing unit) of the [[Navajo Nation]].
* Chiricahua Apache Nation, also Chiricahua Apache Nde Nation, based in Santa Clara, New Mexico<ref>{{cite news |title=Chiricahua Apache Nation president to give virtual talk |url=https://www.scsun-news.com/story/news/2020/09/16/chiricahua-apache-nation-president-give-virtual-talk/3476167001/ |access-date=7 July 2021 |work=Silver City Sun-News |date=16 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[Genízaro]]. In 2007, the Genízaros received New Mexico state legislative recognition as an
* Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1971.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name="klist"/><ref name="mlist"/><ref name="walist"/>
* Piro/Manso/Tiwa Tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo (a.k.a. Tiwa Indian Tribe).<ref name="mlist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 12/17/2002.<ref name="pxst"/> Receipt of Petition 12/17/2002.<ref name="FR68"/>
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# Tuscarora Nation East of the Mountains, Bowland, NC. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/08/1999.<ref name="pxst"/>
# United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America.<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 4/28/1980; Denied federal recognition 07/02/1985.<ref name="klist"/> Also in California. Not to be confused with the [[Lumbee|Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina]], a state-recognized tribe.
# Waccamaw Sioux Indian Tribe of Farmers Union, Clarkton, NC<ref>{{cite web |title=Waccamaw Sioux Indian Tribe of Farmers Union, Inc. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nc/0583238 |website=OpenCorporates |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
=== North Dakota ===
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# Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Band of Cherokee,<ref name="CFList"/> Cleveland, OH<ref name="opencorporates.com">{{cite web |title=Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_oh/1508443 |website=OpenCorporates |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
# Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee, Cleveland, OH.<ref name="opencorporates.com"/> Also "Chickamauga Keetoowah Unami Wolf Band of Cherokee Delaware Shawnee of Ohio, West Virginia & Virginia." Letter of Intent to Petition 08/28/2006.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name=ncai_shawnee/>
# Eastern Cherokee Nation, Overhill Band.<ref name="CFList"/><ref name=ncai_shawnee/>
# Etowah Cherokee Nation.<ref name="CFList"/>
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# The Nottoway in Ohio, Xenia, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/03/2008.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnee Indians, North Hampton, OH.<ref name="klist"/><ref name="mlist"/><ref name="walist"/><ref name="500list2"/><ref name="NCSDDC"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 04/16/1991.<ref name="pxst"/> the Piqua Shawnee Tribe were state-recognized in Alabama in 1991<ref name="walist"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name=ncai_shawnee/>
# Saponi-Catawba Nation of the Ohio Valley,<ref name="haithcock">{{cite news |title=Chief
# Saponi Nation of Ohio,<ref name=haithcock/> Rio Grande, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Shawnee Nation, Ohio Blue Creek Band of Adams County, Lynx, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 8/5/1998.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name=ncai_shawnee/>
# [[Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band]], Bellefontaine, OH<ref>{{cite web |title=Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/310952858 |website=ProPublica |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>
# Tallige Cherokee Nation, Fire Clan.<ref name="CFList"/><ref name="ND"/><ref name="NCSDDC"/>
# Tutelo Nahyssan Tribal Nation,<ref name=haithcock/> Cutler, OH.<ref>{{cite web |title=Native American Fall Festival held in Cutler |url=https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/local-news/2013/10/native-american-fall-festival-held-in-cutler/ |website=The Marietta Times |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref> Letter of Intent to Petition 7/27/2005.<ref name="pxst"/>
# Tutelo-Saponi Tribal Nation (formerly known as Pine Hill Saponi Tribal Nation), Beavercreek,
=== Oklahoma ===
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=== Oregon ===
# Una Nation of Mixed-Bloods,<ref>{{cite web |title=Una Tribe continues to see state recognition |date=26 April 2015 |url=https://kval.com/news/local/una-tribe-continues-to-seek-state-recognition}}</ref> Eugene, OR
=== Pennsylvania ===
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# Free Cherokee-Chickamauga.<ref name="CFList"/>
# Lena'pe Nation.<ref name="500list2"/>
# Eastern Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.<ref name="walist"/><ref name="500list2"/> Letter of Intent to Petition 05/16/2000.<ref name="pxst"/><ref name="petition2001">{{cite web |title=Receipt of Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment of Existence as an Indian Tribe |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/12/27/01-31682/receipt-of-petitions-for-federal-acknowledgment-of-existence-as-an-indian-tribe |website=66 FR 66916 |publisher=Federal Register |access-date=26 November 2021 |pages=66916–17 |date=27 December 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian tribes fight for recognition in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-03-19-0303190352-story.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Baltimore Sun|date=19 March 2003 }}</ref>
# [[Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Kenny |title='We just want to be welcomed back': The Lenape seek a return home |url=https://whyy.org/articles/we-just-want-to-be-welcomed-back-the-lenape-seek-a-return-home/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |work=WHYY |date=30 July 2021}}</ref> Easton, PA
# Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania.<ref name="CFList"/>
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=== Puerto Rico ===
{{see also|
# Concilio Taino Guatu-Ma-Cu A Boriken (Puerto Rico)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cruz Mejías |first1=Coraly |title=Puerto Rican Indigenous Communities Seek Recognition, Return of Their Ancestral Lands |url=https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/puerto-rico/puerto-rican-indigenous-communities-seek-recognition-return-ancestral-lands/ |access-date=19 November 2022 |work=Global Press Journal}}</ref>
# Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Boriken. (Puerto Rico).<ref>[http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal-Sites/J.shtml ''USA.gov Tribal Governments "Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation." '' Retrieved 9 July 2013.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706041200/http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal-Sites/J.shtml |date=6 July 2013 }}</ref>
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