Arizona
Community meetings, gatherings, classes and celebrations, and the tribes and organizations behind them, all in one place so you can find your community.
Population is the 2020 Census count of people identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native alone or in combination, rounded down to the nearest thousand. Rank uses the same count. Tribe totals reflect headquarters and official state recognition; federal and state counts may overlap. The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe and Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe (headquartered in California) also have lands and public places in Arizona.
Listings last reviewed October 27, 2026.
Other statesWhat's happening in Arizona
Events appear once the host announces the date and come down after the last day.
- Nov7Powwow
San Carlos Apache Tribe Veterans Pow Wow (Nov 7–8)
San Carlos High School, Peridot · Outside calendar: PowWows.com - Nov10Community
Veterans & Family Traditional Instrument Workshop (Nov 10, 17, 24)
Heard Museum, 2301 N Central Ave, Phoenix · 6–9 p.m. · free for Native veterans and families · waitlist · Host's page - Nov11Community
Veterans Day Gourd Dance & Community Potluck
S'edav Va'aki Museum, 4619 E Washington St, Phoenix · 11 a.m.–4 p.m. · free · Government source - Nov27Celebration
Ornament Marketplace: Native artists (Nov 27–29)
Heard Museum Shop, Phoenix · 10 a.m.–4 p.m. · free shop event · Host's page
Annual events to watch for (5)
Usually held around this time of year. Dates have not been announced yet, so check with the host before you go.
- OctTBACelebration
Western Navajo Nation Fair
Tuba City · Government source - OctTBAPowwow
Gourd Dance & Social Powwow (Phoenix Indian Center)
Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix · Host's page - OctTBAPowwow
Roy Track Memorial Mesa Pow Wow
Riverview Park, Mesa · Outside calendar: PowWows.com - OctTBAPowwow
Tonto Apache Tribe Pow Wow
Payson · Host's page - NovTBAPowwow
Red Mountain Eagle Pow Wow
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community · Government source
Tribes & organizations
Tribes and organizations can claim their listing for free to keep it current and connect their public calendar.
Federally recognized tribes headquartered in Arizona
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Cocopah Indian Tribe
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Gila River Indian Community
Hualapai Tribe
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
Navajo Nation
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
San Carlos Apache Tribe
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
Tohono O'odham Nation
Tonto Apache Tribe
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
State-recognized tribes
None. Arizona has no state-recognized tribes.
Urban and intertribal organizations
City of Flagstaff Indigenous Commission
Arizona Territory Gourd Society
Other Native community organizations
Statewide Native organizations
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Navajo chapter houses
Navajo Nation chapters in Arizona
See all 59 chapters
- Black Mesa · Chinle Agency
- Blue Gap/Tachee · Chinle Agency
- Chinle · Chinle Agency
- Forest Lake · Chinle Agency
- Hard Rock · Chinle Agency
- Lukachukai · Chinle Agency
- Many Farms · Chinle Agency
- Nazlini · Chinle Agency
- Pinon · Chinle Agency
- Rough Rock · Chinle Agency
- Round Rock · Chinle Agency
- Tsaile/Wheatfields · Chinle Agency
- Tselani/Cottonwood · Chinle Agency
- Whippoorwill · Chinle Agency
- Cornfields · Fort Defiance Agency
- Dilcon · Fort Defiance Agency
- Fort Defiance · Fort Defiance Agency
- Ganado · Fort Defiance Agency
- Greasewood Springs · Fort Defiance Agency
- Houck · Fort Defiance Agency
- Indian Wells · Fort Defiance Agency
- Jeddito · Fort Defiance Agency
- Kinlichee · Fort Defiance Agency
- Klagetoh · Fort Defiance Agency
- Low Mountain · Fort Defiance Agency
- Lupton · Fort Defiance Agency
- Oak Springs · Fort Defiance Agency
- Red Lake (Navajo) · Fort Defiance Agency
- Sanders (Nahatadziil) · Fort Defiance Agency
- Sawmill · Fort Defiance Agency
- St. Michaels · Fort Defiance Agency
- Steamboat · Fort Defiance Agency
- Teesto · Fort Defiance Agency
- White Cone · Fort Defiance Agency
- Wide Ruins · Fort Defiance Agency
- Cove · Shiprock Agency
- Mexican Water · Shiprock Agency
- Red Mesa · Shiprock Agency
- Red Valley · Shiprock Agency
- Rock Point · Shiprock Agency
- Sweetwater · Shiprock Agency
- Teec Nos Pos · Shiprock Agency
- Birdsprings · Western Agency
- Bodaway/Gap · Western Agency
- Cameron · Western Agency
- Chilchinbeto · Western Agency
- Coalmine Mesa · Western Agency
- Coppermine · Western Agency
- Cow Springs · Western Agency
- Dennehotso · Western Agency
- Inscription House · Western Agency
- Kaibeto · Western Agency
- Kayenta · Western Agency
- LeChee · Western Agency
- Leupp · Western Agency
- Shonto · Western Agency
- Tolani Lake · Western Agency
- Tonalea · Western Agency
- Tuba City · Western Agency
Native American Church
Azee' Bee Nahagha of Diné Nation
Nations headquartered elsewhere with a presence in Arizona
These nations are headquartered in other states and have something here you can visit or take part in, named on each line. Being listed here does not mean a nation is headquartered or officially recognized in Arizona.
- Fort Mojave Indian Tribe · Mohave Valley · Official tribal websiteHeadquartered in Needles, California. In Arizona: Spirit Mountain Casino in Mohave Valley, and the Fort Mojave Twins intaglios near Fort Mohave.
- Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe · Yuma area · Official tribal websiteHeadquartered in Winterhaven, California. In Arizona: the tribe’s Paradise Casino, just outside Yuma.
Community resources
Community centers, health and family services, elder and youth programs, and job training for Native people.
Phoenix Indian Center
Tucson Indian Center
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Education & culture
Indian Education programs, tribal colleges and university programs, museums, language programs and research resources.
Indian Education programs in public schools
Arizona has Indian Education programs in many districts. Start with the state office for contacts.
- Arizona Department of Education, Office of Indian Education: statewide contacts for tribal and district programs
Tribal colleges & university programs
NAU Center for Native American and Indigenous Futures
University of Arizona: Native American Advancement, Initiatives & Research
Museums & cultural centers
Huhugam Heritage Center
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Advertise hereTracing Native ancestry in Arizona
"Eee, mija, in Arizona the agency census rolls are gold. Every year they wrote down who lived where. Find your family there, then call the tribe."
- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
- National Archives: Indian Census Rolls, 1885–1940
- National Archives at Riverside: federal records for Arizona
- University of Arizona Special Collections: Diocese of Tucson baptism, marriage and burial registers, 1721–1957, including Tubac and Tumacácori missions (in person)
- FamilySearch: Arizona Indigenous Peoples research guide