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Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

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Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

Jicarilla Apache Nation

Kalispel Tribe of Indians

Kenaitze Indian Tribe

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma

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Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

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Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation

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Mille Lacs Band

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

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Ninilchik Village Tribe

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation

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Pueblo of Zuni

Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Red Lake Nation

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Salt River Pima

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe

Sault Ste. Marie of Chippewa Indians

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe

Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation

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Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe

Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation

Squaxin Island Tribe

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Tribe

Suquamish Tribe

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation

Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Tohono O¿odham Nation

Tulalip Tribes

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians

White Mountain Apache Tribe

Winnebago Tribe

Yankton Sioux Tribe

Yerington Paiute Tribe

Yomba Shoshone Tribe

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe

Yurok Tribe

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