Contacting Tribal Representatives
How to Contact Tribal Representatives
Before reaching out to any Tribal Representatives, you should do lots of secondary and initial primary source research into your topic. Do your research first, then reach out to ask for more help with finding sources or to do an oral interview. Keep in mind that many tribes have tribal museums, cultural centers, and events where students can learn more about that tribe’s history and culture.
Treat tribal representatives as independent guests and teachers. This means that you must be polite in all communication with tribal representatives. You should show these representatives the same respect that you’d show a Foreign Ambassador or the President of the United States. Below are helpful tools to help students find and contact tribal representatives.
Tribal Representatives Contact Information
The newly formed United States and a union of 12 American Indian Tribes who called Ohio home signed the Treaty of Greenville on August 3, 1795. These twelve tribes were known as the Western Confederacy. The Western Confederacy consisted of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias.
Today, there are 45 federally recognized Tribes who come from the tribes represented in the Western Confederacy. Below is the contact information for each Tribe. If an email address is not listed, please go to the “Contact Us” section of the Tribe’s website and fill out their form.
Chippewa - 19 Tribes
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Chief Blackbird Center, P 0. Box 39, Odanah, WI 54861
Bay Mills Indian Community
12140 West Lakeshore Drive., Brimley, Ml 49715
Ph: 906.248.3241
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation
96 Clinic Road. Box Elder, MT 59521
https://www.chippewacree-nsn.gov/
Ph: 406.395.4282
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
16429 Beartown Road, Baraga, Ml 49908
Ph: 906.353.6623
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
13394 West Trepania Road. Building # 1, Hayward, WI 54843
Ph: 715.634.8934
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
P.O. Box 67. Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Ph: 715. 588.4206
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
P.O. Box 249, Watersmeet, MI 49969
Ph: 906.358.4577
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
P 0. Box 217. Cass Lake, MN, 56633
https://www.mnchippewatribe.org/
Email: jbruce@mnchippewatribe.org
Ph: 218.335.8581
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of Chippewa
5344 Lakeshore Drive, Nett Lake. MN 55772
Email: receptionist@boisforte-nsn.gov
218.757.3261
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian
Fond du Lac Center, 1720 Big Lake Road, Cloquet, MN 55720
Ph: 218.879.4593
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
P.O. Box 428, Grand Portage, MN 55605
https://www.mnchippewatribe.org/
Ph: 218.475.2277
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
190 Sailstar Drive. Cass Lake. MN 56633
Email: llojibwe@gmail.com
Ph: 218.335.8200
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
43408 Oodena Drive, Onamia, MN 56359
Ph: 320.532.4181
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - White Earth Nation
P 0. Box 418, White Earth, MN 56591
5500 Eagle View Road, White Earth, MN 56591
Email: contact.wen@whiteearth-nsn.gov
Ph: 218.983.3285
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
88385 Pike Road, Highway 13, Bayfield, WI 54814
Ph: 715.779.3700
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
7070 East Broadway Road, Mt. Pleasant, Ml 48858
Ph: 989.775.4000
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
523 Ashmun Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ml 49783
Ph: 906.635.6050
Sokaogon Chippewa Community - Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
3051 Sand Lake Road, Crandon, WI 54520
Ph: 715.478.7500
St. Croix Chippewa Indians
24663 Angeline Avenue, Webster, WI 54893
Ph: 715.349.2195
Delaware - 3 Tribes
Delaware Nation
P 0. Box 825, Anadarko, OK 73005
Anadarko, OK 73005
https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/
Ph: 405.247.2448
Delaware Tribe of Indians
5100 Tuxedo Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74006- 2838
Email: tribe@delawaretribe.org
Ph: 918.337.6590
Stockbridge Munsee Community
N8476 MoHeConNuck Road, Bowler, WI 54416
Ph: 715.793.4111
Kickapoo – 3 Tribes
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
2212 Rosita Valley Road, Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Email: info@kickapootexas.org
Ph: 830.773.2105
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas
824 111th Drive, Horton, KS 66439
Ph: 785.486.2131
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
P 0. Box 70, McLoud, OK 74851
105365 South Highway 102, McCloud, OK 74851
https://kickapootribeofoklahoma.com/
Ph: 405.964.2075
Miami (and Eel River) – 1 Tribe
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
P 0. Box 1326, Miami, OK, 74355
3410 P. Street, Miami, OK 74354
Ph: 918.541.1300
Ottawa (Odawa) - 4 Tribes
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
P 0. Box 110, Miami. OK 74355
13 South Highway 69A, Miami, OK 74354
Email: adawe.oto@gmail.com
Ph: 918.540.1536
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
2605 N. West Bay Shore Drive
Peshawbestown, Ml 49682-9275
Ph: 231.534.7750
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
7500 Odawa Circle, Harbor Springs, Ml 49740
https://www.ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/
Email: info@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov
Ph: 231.242.1414
Peoria (and Kaskaskia, Piankishaw, and Wea) – 1 Tribe
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
P 0. Box 1527, Miami, OK 74355
118 South Eight Tribes Trail, Miami, OK 74355
Ph: 918.540.2535
Potawatomi – 7 Tribes
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
1601 S. Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee, OK 74801
Ph: 405.275.3121
Forest County Potawatomi Community
P.O. Box 340, Crandon, WI 54520
5416 Everybody's Road, Crandon, WI 54520
Ph: 715.478.7200
Hannahville Indian Community
N14911 Hannahville Bl Road
Wilson, Ml 49896-9728
Ph: 906.466.2932
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Gun Lake Tribe
2872 Mission Drive, Shelbyville, Ml 49344
Ph: 269.397.1780
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
1485 Mno-Bmadzewen Way. Fulton. Ml 49052
Ph: 269. 729 .5151
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana
P.O. Box 180, Dowagiac. Ml 49047
58620 Sink Road, Dowagiac. Ml 49047
Ph: 269.782.6323
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
16281 0 Road. Mayetta. KS 66509
https://www.pbpindiantribe.com/
Ph: 785.966.4000
Seneca (Six Nations) – 3 Tribes
Seneca Nation of Indians
12837 Route 438, Irving, NY 14081
Ph: 716.532.4900
Seneca-Cayuga Nation
23701 South 655 Road, Grove, OK 74344
Ph: 918.787.5452
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians
7027 Meadville Road, Basom, NY 14013
Ph: 716.542.4244
Shawnee – 3 Tribes
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee, OK 74801
Ph: 405.275.4030
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
P 0. Box 350, Seneca, MO 64865
127 West Oneida. Seneca, MO 64865
Ph: 918.666.2435
Shawnee Tribe
P.O. Box 189, Miami, OK 74354
29 South Highway 69A Miami, OK 74354
Email: admin@shawnee-tribe.com
Ph: 918. 542.2441
Wyandotte – 1 Tribe
Wyandotte Nation
64700 East Highway 60, Wyandotte, OK 74370
https://www.wyandotte-nation.org/
Ph: 918.678.2297