A Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy
Tribal Eligibility
All forty tribes who were members of the Circle of Tribal Advisors
of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (COTA) at the conclusion of the
2003-2006 bicentennial commemoration are eligible, whether federally
recognized or unrecognized.
All federally recognized tribes along the historic route of the
1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition whose ancestors experienced contact
with the expedition, or whose ancestral homelands were traversed by the
expedition, or whose tribal customs or languages were recorded by the
expedition, are eligible, including tribes who were removed to Oklahoma
subsequent to the expedition.
Eastern Legacy Tribes
Currently, the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail includes the
states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon & Washington. If, by future
Congressional action, states east of Illinois become part of the Lewis
& Clark Trail, any federally recognized tribe along the Trail within
those states will become eligible.
Click here for the Request for Proposals.
Eligible Tribes
Absentee Shawnee Tribe · Oklahoma
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation · Wyoming
Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation · Montana
Blackfeet Nation · Montana
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe · South Dakota
Cheyenne-Arapahoe Tribes · Oklahoma
Chinook Indian Tribe · Washington
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boyss Reservation · Montana
Citizen Potawatomi Nation · Oklahoma
Clatsop/Nehalem Confederated Tribes · Oregon
Coeur D'Alene Tribe · Idaho
Comanche Nation · Oklahoma
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation · Washington
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation · Washington
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon · Oregon
Confederated Tribes of the Salish, Kootenai & Pend D' Oreille · Montana
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation · Oregon
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation · Oregon
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation · Oregon
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation · Washington
Cowlitz Indian Tribe · Washington
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe · South Dakota
Crow Nation · Montana
Delaware Nation · Oklahoma
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe · South Dakota
Gros Ventre & Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation · Montana
Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska · Kansas
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Kaw Nation · Oklahoma
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas · Kansas
Kiowa Indian Tribe · Oklahoma
Kootenai Tribe · Idaho
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians · Montana
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe · South Dakota
Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation · North Dakota
Monacan Indian Nation · Virginia
Nez Perce Tribe · Idaho
Northern Cheyenne Tribe · Montana
Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation · Utah
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation · South Dakota
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska · Nebraska
Osage Tribe · Oklahoma
Otoe-Missouria Tribe · Oklahoma
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Ponca Tribe of Indians · Oklahoma
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska · Nebraska
Quinault Tribe · Washington
Rosebud Sioux Tribe · South Dakota
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri · Kansas
Santee Sioux Nation · Nebraska
Shawnee Tribe · Oklahoma
Shoalwater Bay Tribe · Washington
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation · Wyoming
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation · Idaho
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation · South Dakota
Spirit Lake Tribe · North Dakota
Spokane Tribe · Washington
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe · North Dakota
Trenton Service Area (political subdivision of Turtle Mountain Chippewa) · North Dakota
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians · North Dakota
Wanapum Band · Washington
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska · Nebraska
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota · South Dakota