Anishinaabe tribal political organizations facts for kids

A Tribal Political Organization is a political tribal council advocating the political interests of the First Nations and Tribes of their constituency. This list focuses on the TPOs to which the various Anishinaabe nations belong.

List of Anishinaabe tribal political organizations

• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
• Southern Chiefs' Organization
• Chiefs of Ontario
• Grand Council of Treaty 3
• Grand Council of Treaty 8
• Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council
  • Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Forest County Potawatomi
  • Ho-Chunk Nation
  • Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Lac Vieux Desert Tribe of Michigan
  • Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin
  • Oneida Nation
  • Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake)
  • St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
  • Stockbridge-Munsee Indians of Wisconsin
• Inter-tribal Council of Michigan
  • Bay Mills Indian Community
  • Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
  • Hannahville Indian Community
  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
  • Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi
  • Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
  • Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
  • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council
  • Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
  • Lower Sioux Indian Community
  • Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
  • Prairie Island Indian Community
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa
  • Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
  • Upper Sioux Community (Pejuhutazizi Oyate)
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation (formerly known as Grand Council Treaty 9)
  • Flying Post First Nation
  • Independent First Nations Alliance
  • Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council
  • Matawa First Nations
  • Mishkeegogamang First Nation
  • Mocreebec Council of the Cree Nation
  • Mushkegowuk Council
  • Sandy Lake First Nation
  • Shibogama First Nations Council
  • Southern Chiefs' Organization
  • Wabun Tribal Council
  • Weenusk First Nation
  • Wabun Tribal Council
  • Windigo First Nations Council
• Union of Ontario Indians

Tribal Treaty Administrants

In Canada, Tribal Political Organization takes the role of the Tribal Treaty Administrant. However, in the United States, the function of Tribal Treaty Administrant is separate from that of the Tribal Political Organization.

• 1854 Treaty Authority (formerly, the Tri-Band Authority) - 1842CT Grand Portage fisheries, 1854CT, 1866CT Bois Forte cultural resources
• Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority - 1836CT fisheries
• Grand Council of Treaty 3 - Treaty 3
• Grand Council of Treaty 8 - Treaty 8
• Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission - 1837CT, 1836CT, 1842CT and 1854CT
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation - Treaty 5 and Treaty 9
• Red Lake Band of Chippewa - 1886CT and 1889CT
• Union of Ontario Indians - RS, RH1, RH2, misc. pre-confederation treaties