The Nooksack Indian Tribe is one of the 574 federally recognized tribal nations in the United States that have, with a few exceptions, the same powers as federal and state governments to regulate ...

the Nooksack tribe was considered a Canadian tribe until U.S. federal recognition in 1973. Although they are enrolled Shxwhá:y Native families, they were no longer citizens of a U.S.-recognized N ...

His action Friday comes nearly a year after the group became the first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois. Previously, Illinois had been one of 15 states without a federally recognized ...