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#The Indian tribes of the United States, a brief history of each tribe and its records, the location of tribal headquarters, the reservations and BIA agencies related to those tribes, and some significant web sites of interest.  

#The BIA agencies in the United States, their history and name changes, changes of their jurisdiction, the tribes for which they were responsible, the types and locations of the agency records, especially those in the National Archives and its regional archives, with internal links to other records and their location.

In the United States, there are 562 federally-recognized Indian entities, including nearly 300 Indian villages and other groups in the State of Alaska. In Phase One of this project, only the 264 tribes and bands in the "lower 48" will be addressed. Of these, stub articles have already been established for 184 of them, leaving 80 more for which stub articles need to be established. Of the 264 tribes, approximately 15 of them have significant content already included in their pages, leaving content to be added to some 250 others.  All 80 of the stub articles will be added by 15 December 2009. Content will be added to the remaining 250 tribal pages in sprints between 15 December 2009 and 1 April 2010.  

There are approximately 357 BIA agencies which currently exist or have existed within the borders of the "lower 48" since their establishment in the 1800s. Some have undergone name changes, the tribes for which they have been responsible have changed, and some have ceased to exist. If records were created by those agencies, a separate page must be created, with cross-references to related agencies. Pages for 334 of these agencies have already been created, leaving only 33 more to be created. Most of the agency pages already have significant content, but many need some additions, and internal links to and from the tribal pages need to be established.  The remaining 33 agency pages will all be added by 15 December 2009. Content will be added to the remaining agency pages in sprints between 15 December 2009 and 1 April 2010.  

Phase Two will deal with the reservations, Pueblos of New Mexico, and California rancherias. Four hundred forty reservations and pueblos have been identified in the United States, with stub articles created for 285 of them. Of the 66 identified California rancherias, stub articles have been created for 61 of them. Content must still be added to virtually all of the pages in these categories.