Sault Ste Marie Ojibwe or Chippewa Flag
www.emuseum.mnsu.edu/cultural/northamerica/
ojibwe.html

The Ojibwe occupied the forest country around the North shore of Lake Huron and both shores of Lake Superior. They were located from Minnesota and Wisconsin to the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota after being pushed out of Canada by the French.

History: The Ojibwe were first encountered by Europeans in the 1600's by French explorers near Sault Sainte Marie, Canada. They are also known as the Anishinabe, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Othipwe and Chippewa.

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Seminole Indians of Florida Flag
www.seminoletribe.com/history/index.shtml

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has almost 3,000 members, living on five reservations across the peninsula at Hollywood (formerly Dania), Big Cypress, Brighton, Immokalee, and Tampa.

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Seminole Indians of Oklahoma Flag
www.cowboy.net/native/seminole/
The Seminoles are a very proud people, devoted to their heritage and traditions. They believe strongly in their culture, which is displayed in many ways, including Stomp Dances Art, Storytelling, Music, and the devotion to their loved ones who pass on. 

The original Muscogee language is still spoken by many Seminole elders, but is slowly fading away, possibly due to the younger generation's lack of interest in the language. However, this may change as efforts are being made to implement the language into the public school system, where it can be learned by young children. 

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Seneca Nation of Indians Flag
www.sni.org
The Seneca Nation of Indians came into formal existence in 1848 when they abolished the "chief" system and established a constitution with elected officials. The constitution provides for an Executive Branch, a Legislative Branch, and a Judicial Branch. The Executive Branch is comprised of the President, Treasurer and Clerk, who are elected every two years and may not succeed themselves. The Legislative Branch (or Tribal Council) is comprised of 16 members; eight from the Cattaraugus Reservation and eight from the Allegany Reservation, who are elected for 4-year staggered terms. The Judiciary Branch is comprised of separate Peacemaker, Appellate, and Surrogate Courts. 
The Seneca Nation government is a true democracy. In fact, most of the United States government is based on the democratic style of the Iroquois Nations.

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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Ignacio, Colorado Flag
www.southern-ute.nsn.us/history/index.html

The oldest continuous residents of Colorado are the Ute Indians. It is not known exactly when the Utes came from the north and west and inhabited the mountainous areas of the present-day states of Colorado , Utah (which name comes from the Ute people), and New Mexico. We do know that the earliest Utes came into the present day United States along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. It is possible that the coming of the Utes was the reason for the Anasazis to move into sandstone caves of the area. Possibly, too, the Utes displaced or replaced those earlier peoples who had developed in the region from the early Basketmaker stage through the Developmental Pueblo stage and into the classic Mesa Verde period. Ruins of the ancient culture of the Anasazi are to be found throughout the present reservation of the Southern Utes. If the Utes tried to leave their mountainous area and go other places to get food, they found other Indian groups already there who would fight them to drive them out. To the east and northeast of the Utes were the Arapaho, Cheyennes, Kiowa, Apaches, Comanches, Sioux, and Pawnees. To the south were the Navajos and Apaches and only the Jicarilla band of Apaches were generally friendly to the Utes. To the west and northwest were the Shoshones, Snakes, Bannocks, Paiutes, and Goshutes.

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Spokane Indian Tribal Flag
www.spokanetribe.com

The Spokane Indians are of the Interior Salish group which has inhabited northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana for centuries. The native language spoken by the Spokanes is common to other Salish tribes with only a slight variation in dialect. Generally speaking, the Spokanes can converse easily in their native tongue with the Kalispels, Coeur d' Alenes, and Flatheads. 

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Thlopthlocco Creek Tribal Town Flag of Okemah, Oklahoma
www.users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/thlop.htm

One of the four members of the Oklahoma Creek Confederacy is the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town based in Okemah, Oklahoma along with one of the other two tribal towns, the Kialegee. Like the Kialegee, the Thlopthlocco are headed by a tribal town king, the only two instances of a monarchical title being applied to the head of a native nation within the United States. 

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Tonkawa Tribal Flag of Oklahoma
www.tonkawatribe.com/history.htm

The Tonkawa belong to the Tonkawan linguistic family, that was once composed of a number of small sub-tribes that lived in a region that extended west from south central Texas and western Oklahoma to eastern New Mexico. The Tonkawa had a distinct language, and their name, as that of the leading tribe, was applied to their linguistic family. They were one of the most warlike tribes during nearly two centuries of conflict with their enemy tribes on the Western plains and with the Spanish and, later, American settlers in the Southwest.

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Tulalip Tribal Flag
www.users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/tulalip.htm
The Tulalip tribes constitute one of the many small tribes that are
part of the coastal Salish speaking peoples of the Pacific northwest. The tribes are
composed of both Tulalip and Snohomish people.

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Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana Flag
www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/cultures/NativeAmer/
TunicaBiloxi.html
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is located on its old landbase at Marksville, Louisiana. Federally recognized, the tribe operates a full casino, a cattle herd, a major museum, and a anthropological conservation laboratory. The tribe also maintains its own police and court system and housing project.

Traditional basket-making, beadwork, and other crafts remain. The Tunica and Biloxi languages are remembered in part, but no longer spoken, while French is the preferred language among the Elders. Storytellers still recount ancient Tunica and Biloxi myths and tales, and attempts are underway to revive traditional music and dance.

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United Keetoowah of the Cherokee Flag
They are a division of the Cherokee Nation; their website has disappeared

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Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Flag
www.warmsprings.com/history/index.htm
Long before Europeans set foot on the North American continent, the three tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation - - the Wasco, the Walla Walla (later called the Warm Springs), and the Paiute - - had developed societies beside the Columbia River, the Cascade Mountains, and other parts of Oregon. Although they have much in common today, each tribe has its own unique history and heritage.

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Washo Indians of California Flag
www.infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/
calinddictty.shtml

The Washoe Indian people had traditional lands covering more than 4,000 square miles, centering on Lake Tahoe, on the present California-Nevada border. Their language is of the Hokan language family. Their way of life centered on desert hunting and gathering, with frequent movement of bands based on extended family units. Today over 300 Washoe people live in the Woodfords Indian Colony in Alpine County, and others live on the Susanville Rancheria and on private lands nearby.

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Wichita Affiliated Tribes Flag
Consists of the Wichita, Keechi, Waco and Tawakonie Tribes.

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Yakima Indian Nation Flag of Washington
www.tcfn.org/tctour/museums/Yakama.html
The ancestors of today's Yakamas were of different tribes and bands. The tribe was a sizable group under one leader, and spoke its own dialect. Each band was a closely related branch of the tribe. Following are the names of these tribes and bands that participated in or were named as part of the YAKAMA INDIAN NATION: Palouse, Pisquouse, Yakama, Wenatchapa, Klinquit, Oche Chotes, Kow was say Ee, Skin Pah, Kah milt Pah, Klickatat, Wish ham, See ap Cat, Li ay was, Shyiks. At the signing of the Treaty of 1855, which took place near present day Walla Walla, WA., 14 Tribes & Bands were confederated into the Yakama Indian Reservation in south central Washington State. Leaders who signed the treaty were: Kamaiakun, Skloom, Owhi, Te-coie-kun, La-hoom, Koo-lat-toose, Scha-noo-a, Me-ni-nock, Shee-ah-coste, Slo-kish, Elit Palmer, Tuck-quille, Te-cole-kun, Wish-och-knipits, Ka-loo-as.

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Zia Pueblo of the Keres Nation
www.cinprograms.org/people/pueblo/zia.html
The Zia Pueblo was settled around 1250AD. During its heyday in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was one of the largest Pueblos with over 6,000 Indians. At that time it had 8 plazas and was at the center of Indian trade routes. The Zia lived in two and three story adobe homes that surrounded the plaza. 
The Zia people were thought to have come from the Anasazi near the Chaco Canyon area. The great drought in the early 13th century was the cause of mass migrations of people to the edge of the Colorado Plateau and these people ended up in their present day settlement. 

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