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Muskogee Nation (Creek) of Oklahoma (english)/Mvskoke Tvlwvvlke (muscogee)

Principal chiefs/Talwa-alki im mi:kko

1899 – 1907: Pleasant Porter

1907 – 17: Moty Tiger

1917 – 20: George Washington Grayson

1921 – 23: Washington Grayson

1923 – 28: George W. Hill

1930: Henry Harjo

1931: Peter Ewings

1935 – 39: Roley Canard

1939 – 43: Alex Noon

1943 – 51: Roley Canard

1951 – 55: John Davis

1955 – 57: Roley Buck

1957 – 61: Turner Bear

1961 – 71: Dode McIntosh

1971 – 91: Claude A. Cox

1991 – 95: Bill Fife

1996 – 2003: Perry Beaver

2004 – 12: A.D. Ellis

2012 – 16: George Philip Tiger

2016 – 20: James R. Floyd

2020 -: David Hill

Navajo (english)/ Diné (navajo)

Head Chiefs/Naat'aanii

1885 – 1929: Henry Chee Dodge (Adiitsa'ii)

1929 – 33: Deshna Chischilze

1933 – 37: Thomas Dodge

1937 – 39: Henry Taliman Sr.

1939 – 43: Jacob C. Morgan

1943 – 47: Henry Chee Dodge (Adiitsa'ii)

1947 – 55: Sam Ahkeah

1955 – 63: Paul Jones

1963 – 71: Raymond Nakai

1971 – 83: Peter MacDonald

1983 – 87: Peterson Zah

1987 – 89: Peter MacDonald

1989 – 91: Leonard Haskie

Presidents/Alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí

1991 – 95: Peterson Zah

1995 – 98: Albert A. Hale

1998: Thomas E. Atcitty

1998 – 99: Milton Bluehouse Sr.

1999 – 2003: Kelsey A. Begaye

2003 – 11: Joe Shirley Jr.

2011 – 15: Ben Shelly

2015 – 19: Russell Begaye

2019 -: Jonathan Nez

Oglala Sioux (english/lakota)

Chief/Itancan

1865 – 1909: Makhpiya-Luta "Red Cloud"

Presidents/Tȟuŋkášilayapi

1934 – 36: Robert Bad Wound

1936 – 40: Frank Wilson

1940 – 42: Henry Jumping Eagle

1942 – 46: William Fire Thunder

1946 – 48: James Roan Eagle

1948 – 50: William Fire Thunder

1950 – 52: Chester Red Kettle

1952 – 54: Charles Under Baggage

1954 – 56: Moses Two Bulls

1956: Frank G. Wilson

1956 – 58: James Iron Cloud

1958 – 60: Frank G. Wilson

1960 – 62: Johnson Holy Rock

1962 – 64: William Whirlwind Horse

1964 – 66: Enos Poor Bear

1966 – 68: Johnson Holy Rock

1968 – 70: Enos Poor Bear

1970 – 72: Gerald One Feather

1972 – 76: Richard Wilson

1976 – 78: Albert W. Trimble

1978 – 80: Elijah Whirlwind Horse

1980 – 82: Stanley Looking Elk

1982 – 84: Joe American Horse

1984 – 86: Newton Cummings

1986 – 88: Joe American Horse

1988 – 90: Paul Iron Cloud

1990 – 92: Harold Dean Salway

1992 – 94: John Yellow Bird Steele

1994 – 96: Wilbur Between Lodges

1996 – 98: John Yellow Bird Steele

1998 – 2000: Harold Dean Salway

2000: Wilbur Between Lodges

2000 – 04: John Yellow Bird Steele

2004 – 06: Cecilia J. Fire Thunder

2006: Alex White Plume

2006 – 08: John Yellow Bird Steele

2008 – 10: Theresa B. Two Bulls

2010 – 12: John Yellow Bird Steele

2012 – 14: Bryan Brewer

2014 – 16: John Yellow Bird Steele

2016 – 18: Troy Weston

2018 – 20: Julian Bear Runner

2020 -: Kevin Killer

Seminole (english/spanish)/Simanole im-Italwa (mikasuki)

Florida Chairmen/Presidentes de Florida/I:kan-fask-i Enrakrakkv

1953 – 67: Bill Osceola

1967 – 71: Betty Mae Jumper

1971 – 79: Howard E. Tommie

1979 – 2001: James E. Billie

2001 – 11: Mitchell Cypress

2011 – 16: James E. Billie

2016 -: Marcellus W. Osceola

Southern Ute (english)/Píinu Núuchi (ute)

Chairmen/Ta’wakaruru

1936 – 39: Antonio Buck Sr.

1940 – 44: Julius N. Cloud

1945 – 48: Samuel Burch

1949: Julius N. Cloud

1950: Samuel Burch

1951 – 53: Julius N. Cloud

1953 – 56: Samuel Burch

1957 – 60: John E. Baker Sr.

1961: Anthony C. Burch

1962 – 63: John E. Baker Sr.

1963 – 65: John S. Williams

1966: John E. Baker Sr.

1967 – 84: Leonard C. Burch

1985 – 87: Christopher A. Baker Sr.

1988 – 96: Leonard C. Burch

1997 – 2000: Clement Frost

2000: John E. Baker Jr.

2000 – 03: Leonard C. Burch

2003 – 04: Howard D. Richards Sr.

2005 – 08: Clement Frost

2008 – 11: Matthew J. Box

2011: Jimmy R. Newton

2011: Pearl E. Casias

2011 – 14: Jimmy R. Newton

2014: James M. Olguin

2014 – 17: Clement Frost

2017 -: Christine Sage

Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Central Council (english)/Lingit ka Deikeenaa Taawyáat naa Anáaski o-shu-ka (tlingit)/ Hllnagids Xaat ta´ak´s Indian Gúus Atkaqtoa´k (haida)

Chief/Aankáax'u/Samáagid

1935 – 40: David Morgan

1940 – 66: Andrew Percy Hope Sr.

1966 – 67: Ted Dennys

1967 – 72: John Borbridge Jr.

1972 – 76: Clarence Jackson Sr.

1976 – 80: Raymond E. Paddock Jr.

1980 – 84: Andrew John Hope

1984 – 2007: Edward K. Thomas

2007 – 10: William E. Martin

2010 – 14: Edward K. Thomas

2014 -: Richard J. Peterson

Warm Springs Confederated Tribes (english)/Yu´ dahwaa'ni yamba'i (wasco-wishram)

Chairmen/ Dai'gwahni-nee'

1938 – 42: George Meachem Sr.

1942 – 44: Isaac McKinley

1944 – 47: Charles Jackson

1947 – 53: Avex Miller Sr.

1953 – 56: Charles Jackson

1956 – 59: Avex Miller Sr.

1959 – 62: Charles Jackson

1962 – 65: Edwin Scott

1965 – 68: Olney Patt Sr.

1968 – 71: Grant Waheneka

1971 – 74: Olney Patt Sr.

1974 – 77: Zane Jackson

1977 – 80: Eugene Greene

1980 – 83: Delbert Frank Sr.

1983 – 92: Zane Jackson

1992 – 95: Raymond Calica Sr.

1995 – 98: Bruce Brunoe Sr.

1998 – 2003: Olney Patt Jr.

2003 – 04: Garland Brunoe

2004 – 10: Ronald Suppah Sr.

2010 – 13: Stanley B. Smith

2013 – 19: Eugene Greene Jr.

2019 -: Raymond Tsumpti

White Mountain Apache (english)/Ndee Łigai (western apache)

Chairmen

1948 – 50: Lester Oliver

1950 – 52: Nelson Lupe

1952 – 54: Lester Oliver

1954 – 56: Nelson Lupe

1956 – 58: Clinton Kessay

1958 – 66: Lester Oliver

1966 – 70: Ronnie Lupe

1970 – 74: Fred Benashley

1974 – 86: Ronnie Lupe

1986 – 90: Reno Johnson

1990 – 98: Ronnie Lupe

1998 – 2006: Dallas Massey Sr.

2006 – 18: Ronnie Lupe

2018 -: Gwendena Lee-Gatewood