Description: American Indians in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States.
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As of this most current US Census , there were reported to be over 4 Million American Indian and Alaskan Natives of common and some uncommon Federal, State and Non Recognized Tribes, Bands, Clans or Groups within the United States. The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538 – a 9.7% increase from the 2000 census.
American Indians in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities. The terms used to refer to Native Americans are controversial; according to a 1995 US Census Bureau set of home interviews, most of the respondents with an expressed preference refer
In the United States, the Indian tribe is a fundamental unit of sovereign tribal government, and the constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Sandoval (231 US. 28 1913) warned, "it is not... that Congress may bring a community or body of people within range of this power by arbitrarily calling them an Indian tribe, but only that in respect of distinctly Indian communities the questions whether, t