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.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs [1]
Chiefs of Ontario [2]
Grand Council of Treaty 3 [3]
Grand Council of Treaty 8 [4]
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 River Band of Ottawa Indians
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
Wabun Tribal Council
Weenusk First Nation
Wabun Tribal Council
Windigo First Nations Council
Union of Ontario Indians [5]
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
