Question 117 of 128 · 2025 test
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
2025 test · also on the 2008 test as #87
This question is from the 2025 test, which applies if you filed Form N-400 on or after Oct 20, 2025: the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions and 12 correct answers pass. Earlier filers take the 2008 test - check your version on the official USCIS test-updates page.
25 accepted answers
- Apache
- Blackfeet
- Cayuga
- Cherokee
- Cheyenne
- Chippewa
- Choctaw
- Creek
- Crow
- Hopi
- Huron
- Inupiat
- Lakota
- Mohawk
- Mohegan
- Navajo
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Pueblo
- Seminole
- Seneca
- Shawnee
- Sioux
- Teton
- Tuscarora
USCIS note: For a complete list of tribes, please visit bia.gov.
On the 2008 test
The 2008 test asks this as Question 87, in the same words.
Answers listed for the 2008 question (22), next to the 25 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.
- Cherokee
- Navajo
- Sioux
- Chippewa
- Choctaw
- Pueblo
- Apache
- Iroquois
- Creek
- Blackfeet
- Seminole
- Cheyenne
- Arawak
- Shawnee
- Mohegan
- Huron
- Oneida
- Lakota
- Crow
- Teton
- Hopi
- Inuit
Background
There are many federally recognized American Indian tribes; the Cherokee, Navajo, and Sioux are examples.
From this site's page for 2008 Question 87.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 117 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.
Answers that get mixed up with this one
These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.
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- New Year’s Dayanswers Question 126: Name three national U.S. holidays.
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Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.