US Tribal Governments
tribal-governments
The federally recognized tribes the Bureau of Indian Affairs lists, with the website each publishes.
Middle of 14 cohorts. All cohorts 50 · best cohort 58.
The source, and how we filtered it
| Source | Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of the Interior (2026-01-30) |
|---|---|
| License | Works of the United States federal government. Not subject to domestic copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). Where a website came from the CISA registry (public domain) or Wikidata (CC0 1.0) the row says so. |
| How we filtered it | The roster is the entries of the Federal Register notice of 2026-01-30 (91 FR 4102, FR Doc 2026-01899): 348 entities in the contiguous states and 229 lines for Alaska, 577 lines in all. Four Alaska lines only say 'see' another entry (Arctic Village, the Village of Venetie, St. George Island and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island are the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government and the Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St. George Islands), so they are not separate governments and are left out, which leaves 573. The address is the `website` field of the same entity in the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory (the BIA's own feature service, last edited 2026-10-09), joined on the entity's name. An address that sits on a page of a site that serves several tribes (Tanana Chiefs Conference alone is the 'website' of twenty-five villages), a social or hosting platform, or a body that is not the tribe, is not the tribe's website and is not used; the row then takes a registry .gov domain or a Wikidata website that matches the tribe's name, and otherwise stays, blank, with the reason. |
| Instead of | NCAI's tribal directory, which is not machine-readable or freely licensed, and Wikipedia's list of tribes, which is a compilation of the same notice. |
| Built | 2026-10-11 |
The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.
Where the 402 sites land
| Grade | Share of the cohort | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weak | 166 | 41.3% | |
| Adequate | 80 | 19.9% | |
| Not ready | 156 | 38.8% |
What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension
The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.
| Dimension | Mean share earned | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| #1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information. |
65% | |
| #2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it? |
38% | |
| #3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are? |
25% | |
| #4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget. |
58% |
The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 11, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.
3 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.
8 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXT-11 | Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question? | 402 | 0 | |
| EXT-12 | Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes? | 402 | 0 | |
| EXT-14 | Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools? | 381 | 0 | |
| EXT-16 | Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run? | 402 | 0 | |
| EXT-17 | Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records? | 367 | 0 | |
| EXT-2 | Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them? | 22 | 0 | |
| RED-11 | Does each page tell machines where its Markdown copy is? | 1 | 1 | |
| UND-2 | Does your site use the page labels that search engines still read for what you publish? | 402 | 3 |
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PST-2 | Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content? | 402 | 0 | |
| RED-10 | Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages? | 227 | 2 | |
| RED-12 | If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it? | 402 | 2 | |
| RED-5 | Do your PDFs and images have their own rules for search and quoting? | 183 | 1 | |
| UND-1 | Does your site say clearly who you are? | 402 | 2 | |
| UND-10 | Does your page code link to your official profiles elsewhere? | 402 | 2 | |
| UND-5 | Does the author label in your page code point to that person? | 174 | 1 |
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXT-13 | Can an assistant ask your site a question directly? | 402 | 0 | |
| EXT-4 | Can an AI assistant connect to your site as a tool? | 402 | 0 | |
| PST-4 | Have you reserved your text and data mining rights in a form machines can read? | 402 | 0 | |
| EXT-7 | If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such? | 17 | 0 | |
| EXT-1 | Do you publish an llms.txt file for coding assistants? | 402 | 0 |
Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.
Every 573, named, with a report for each
Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.
Showing 201–300 of 573 · page 3 of 6
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota lowersioux.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina lumbeetribe.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; listed by the BIA as "Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (See Supplementary Information supra, noting conditions on the Tribe's eligibility for Federal services)" | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation lummi-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lytton Rancheria of California lyttonrancheria.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 69 | No | 11 | |
| Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation makah.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 72 | No | 25 | |
| Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California mpapomotribe.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Manley Hot Springs Village no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on tananachiefs.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.tananachiefs.org/about/communities/manley-hot-springs/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Manokotak Village no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on caltribalfamilies.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://caltribalfamilies.org/places/manzanita-band-of-diegueno-mission-indians/) | — | No | — | |
| Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe mptn-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi gunlaketribe-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; listed by the BIA as 'Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (previously listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan)' | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| McGrath Native Village mnvcdev.muniweb.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California mechoopda-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin menominee-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mentasta Traditional Council mentastacouncil.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 38 | Gated | 6 | |
| Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California mesagrandeband-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico mescaleroapachetribe.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve metlakatla.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 54 | Gated | 20 | |
| Miami Tribe of Oklahoma miamination.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 44 | Gated | 32 | |
| Miccosukee Tribe of Indians miccosukee.comblockedwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California middletownrancheria-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mi'kmaq Nation micmac-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; listed by the BIA as "Mi'kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of Micmacs)" | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota mnchippewatribe.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; listed by the BIA as 'Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band)' | 48 | Gated | 32 | |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians choctaw.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada moapabandofpaiutes.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 55 | Gated | 29 | |
| Modoc Nation modocnation.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut mohegan.nsn.usblockedwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Monacan Indian Nation monacannation.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California mooretownrancheria-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California morongonation.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe muckleshoot.nsn.uswebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 45 | Gated | 32 | |
| Naknek Native Village nnvctribe.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Nansemond Indian Nation nansemond.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Narragansett Indian Tribe narragansettindiannation.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Native Village of Afognak afognak.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Native Village of Akhiok aki-kodiak.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Native Village of Akutan no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Aleknagik no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on bbna.com, a site that serves several tribes: https://bbna.com/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Ambler no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/ambler/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Atka no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Atqasuk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on north-slope.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.north-slope.org/our-communities/atqasuk/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government nvb-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Native Village of Belkofski no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Brevig Mission no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/brevig-mission/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Buckland no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/buckland/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Cantwell no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Chenega no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the Chenega Corporation's site: https://www.chenega.com/about/the-chenega-story/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Chignik Lagoon chigniklagoon.netwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; the published address pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned; an Alaska Native entity | 51 | Gated | 24 | |
| Native Village of Chitina chitina.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 65 | No | 4 | |
| Native Village of Chuathbaluk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a village corporation's site: https://www.curarpaluk.com/history); an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Chuathbaluk (Russian Mission, Kuskokwim)' | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Council no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Deering no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/deering/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Diomede no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/diomede/); an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Diomede (aka Inalik)' | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Eagle no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on tananachiefs.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.tananachiefs.org/about/communities/eagle/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Eek no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Ekuk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on bbna.com, a site that serves several tribes: https://bbna.com/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Ekwok no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on bbna.com, a site that serves several tribes: https://bbna.com/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Elim no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/elim/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Eyak eyak-nsn.govwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Eyak (Cordova)' | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Native Village of False Pass falsepasstribe.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 41 | Gated | 6 | |
| Native Village of Fort Yukon fortyukon.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 61 | No | 18 | |
| Native Village of Gakona nvgakona.comblockedwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Gambell no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/gambell/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Georgetown georgetowntc.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Native Village of Goodnews Bay no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Hamilton no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Hooper Bay no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kanatak kanatak.comwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Native Village of Karluk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kiana no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/kiana/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kipnuk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kivalina no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/kivalina/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kluti Kaah klutikaah.comthe BIA directory has no usable website (the BIA directory lists no website); website from Wikidata (P856); confidence: medium; an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Kluti Kaah (aka Copper Center)' | 65 | No | 1 | |
| Native Village of Kobuk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/kobuk/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kongiganak no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kotzebue kotzebueira.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 38 | Gated | 29 | |
| Native Village of Koyuk no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/koyuk/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Kwigillingok kwigtribe.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 53 | Gated | 5 | |
| Native Village of Kwinhagak no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Kwinhagak (aka Quinhagak)' | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Larsen Bay larsenbaytribe.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 40 | Gated | 7 | |
| Native Village of Marshall no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Marshall (aka Fortuna Ledge)' | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Mary's Igloo no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on kawerak.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://kawerak.org/our-region/marys-igloo/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Mekoryuk mekoryuktc.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 51 | No | 9 | |
| Native Village of Minto no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a village development corporation's site: https://mintodevelopmentcorp.com/minto-alaska/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nanwalek no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Nanwalek (aka English Bay)' | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Napaimute napaimute.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Native Village of Napakiak no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Napaskiak no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nelson Lagoon no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nightmute no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nikolski no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Noatak no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on nwabor.org, a site that serves several tribes: https://www.nwabor.org/village/noatak/); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nuiqsut nvnuiqsut.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity; listed by the BIA as 'Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut)' | 49 | Gated | 9 | |
| Native Village of Nunam Iqua no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (the BIA directory lists no website); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Nunapitchuk yupik.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 46 | Gated | 5 | |
| Native Village of Ouzinkie ouzinkie.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 65 | No | 1 | |
| Native Village of Paimiut nativevillageofpaimiut.orgwebsite from the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory; confidence: high; an Alaska Native entity | 29 | Gated | 22 | |
| Native Village of Perryville no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on lakeandpen.com, a site that serves several tribes: https://lakeandpen.com/perryville); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — | |
| Native Village of Pilot Point no website on recordno website of its own that we could find (a page on lakeandpen.com, a site that serves several tribes: https://lakeandpen.com/village-pilot-point); an Alaska Native entity | — | No | — |
Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Data: sites.csv · checks.csv · summary.json