WHC Index
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| Entry ID | Tribal Name | Location | Population | Chief/Matriarch | Treaty Area | Submission Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | Yolŋu | Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia | ~25,000 Yolŋu Matha speakers (est.) | Clan-based leadership | 1963 Yirrkala Bark Petitions to Federal Parliament | Uncontested |
| 386 | Yanomami | Amazon (Brazil–Venezuela borderlands) | Uncontested | |||
| 393 | Wiradjuri Nation | Central New South Wales, Australia | Uncontested | |||
| 381 | Six Nations of the Grand River (Haudenosaunee) | Grand River Territory, Ontario, Canada | Haldimand Proclamation (1784) and land instruments | Uncontested | ||
| 387 | San (Ju/’hoansi) | Namibia, Botswana (Kalahari regions) | Uncontested | |||
| 167 | Sámi (Sápmi) | Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland; Kola Peninsula (Russia) | ~80,000–100,000 across the region | No single chief | No single treaty | Uncontested |
| 382 | Quechua Peoples | Andean regions of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile | Uncontested | |||
| 378 | Oglala Sioux Tribe (Oglala Lakota Nation) | Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, USA | Fort Laramie Treaties (1851, 1868) | Uncontested | ||
| 6 | Noongar | Perth | 2,430 000 | Uncontested | ||
| 391 | Ngāpuhi | Te Tai Tokerau / Northland, Aotearoa NZ | Treaty of Waitangi (1840); ongoing settlement processes | Uncontested | ||
| 166 | Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu | South Island / Te Waipounamu, New Zealand | 84,969 affiliated (2023 Census) | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (TRoNT) – iwi council | Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 | Uncontested |
| 165 | Navajo Nation (Diné) | Arizona, New Mexico, Utah (USA) | ~399,000 enrolled members | President Buu Nygren (in office 2023– ) | Treaty of 1868 established the reservation after the Long Walk | Uncontested |
| 4 | Murro Mulpurlni | Kalgoorlie | 35000 | Both | Goldfields/Australia | Uncontested |
| 392 | Meriam people (Torres Strait Islanders) | Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait, Queensland | Torres Strait Treaty 1978; Mabo (No. 2) 1992 | Uncontested | ||
| 168 | Mapuche | Southern Chile (Araucanía, Biobío, Los Ríos, Los Lagos) and Argentine Patagonia (Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut) | ~1.62 million in Chile (2024 census preliminary) | No single leader; community-based authorities (lonko, machi) | Historic parlamentos (e.g., Quilín 1641), not a single modern treaty | Uncontested |
| 388 | Maasai | Kenya and northern Tanzania | Uncontested | |||
| 390 | Kanak (Indigenous Melanesians of New Caledonia) | New Caledonia (Melanesia) | Uncontested | |||
| 377 | Inuit (Inuit Nunangat) | Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut (Canada) | Inuvialuit Final Agreement 1984; Nunavut Agreement 1993; JBNQA 1975; NLCA 2005 | Uncontested | ||
| 379 | Hopi Tribe | Northeastern Arizona (USA) | Hopi Reservation established by US (EO 1882); subsequent land cases | Uncontested | ||
| 384 | Guaraní | Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia | Uncontested | |||
| 3 | First Nation Sovereign Council – Terra Australis. FNSC | Terra Australis | Various Elders across the Lands of Terra Australis | Many | Many Elders across all Land of Terra Australis | Uncontested |
| 380 | Cree Nation Government (Eeyou Istchee) | Northern Quebec (Eeyou Istchee), Canada | James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975) and related agreements | Uncontested | ||
| 383 | Aymara | Altiplano of Bolivia, Peru, Chile | Uncontested | |||
| 385 | Asháninka | Amazon regions of Peru and Acre (Brazil) | Uncontested | |||
| 394 | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) | Northwest South Australia (APY Lands) | APY Land Rights Act 1981 (SA) | Uncontested | ||
| Entry ID | Tribal Name | Location | Population | Chief/Matriarch | Treaty Area | Submission Status |