The State of North Carolina recognizes eight tribes:
The number is more than 130,000 when including American Indian in combination with other races. This total is for people identifying themselves as American Indian alone. Census, 99,551 American Indians lived in North Carolina, making up 1.24 percent of the population. North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River and the eighth-largest Indian population in the United States. See also: Native American Settlement North Carolina's Native Americans (collection page) Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of History
Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian, Fall 2005. American Indian Tribes in North Carolina Originally published as 'The State and Its Tribes'
