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Northwest Coast Indian
Northwest Coast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland......
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuu-chah-nulth, North American Indians who live on what are now the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, Can.,......
Ojibwa
Ojibwa, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe who lived in what are now Ontario and Manitoba, Can., and......
Omaha
Omaha, North American Indian people of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language stock. It is thought that Dhegiha......
Oneida
Oneida, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe living, at the time of European contact, in what is now......
Onondaga
Onondaga, tribe of Iroquoian-speaking North American Indians who lived in what is now the U.S. state of New York.......
Osage
Osage, North American Indian tribe of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan linguistic stock. The name Osage is an English......
Oto
Oto, North American Indian people of the Chiwere branch of the Siouan linguistic family, which also includes the......
Ottawa
Ottawa, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians whose original territory focused on the Ottawa River, the French......
Paiute
Paiute, either of two distinct North American Indian groups that speak languages of the Numic group of the Uto-Aztecan......
Pamlico
Pamlico, Algonquian-speaking Indians who lived along the Pamlico River in what is now Beaufort county, N.C., U.S.,......
Passamaquoddy
Passamaquoddy, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River,......
Pawnee
Pawnee, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who lived on the Platte River in what is now Nebraska,......
Pennacook
Pennacook, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians whose villages were located in what are now southern and......
Penobscot
Penobscot, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on both sides of the Penobscot Bay and throughout......
Pequot
Pequot, any member of a group of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived in the Thames valley in what......
Pima
Pima, North American Indians who traditionally lived along the Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona, U.S., in what was......
Plains Indian
Plains Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the Great Plains of the United States and......
Plateau Indian
Plateau Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the high plateau region between the Rocky......
Pocomtuc
Pocomtuc, Algonquian-speaking Indians who lived in what is now western Massachusetts and adjoining parts of Connecticut......
Pomo
Pomo, Hokan-speaking North American Indians of the west coast of the United States. Their territory was centred......
Ponca
Ponca, North American Indians of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language family. The Ponca were never a large......
Potawatomi
Potawatomi, Algonquian-speaking tribe of North American Indians who were living in what is now northeastern Wisconsin,......
Pueblo Indians
Pueblo Indians, North American Indian peoples known for living in compact permanent settlements known as pueblos.......
Quapaw
Quapaw, North American Indian people of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language stock. With the other members......
Quechan
Quechan, California Indian people of the fertile Colorado River valley who, together with the Mojave and other......
Sahaptin
Sahaptin, linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages within the Penutian family.......
Salish
Salish, linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages and living in the upper......
Santee
Santee, a major group within the Sioux (q.v.) nation of North American Indians. Santee descendants numbered more......
Sarcee
Sarcee, North American Plains Indians of Athabaskan linguistic stock who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries near......
Sauk
Sauk, an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe closely related to the Fox and the Kickapoo. They lived......
Sekani
Sekani, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian group that lived mostly in river valleys on the eastern and western......
Seminole
Seminole, North American Indian tribe of Creek origin who speak a Muskogean language. In the last half of the 18th......
Seneca
Seneca, North American Indians of the Iroquoian linguistic group who lived in what is now western New York state......
Serrano
Serrano, North American Indian group speaking a Uto-Aztecan language and originally inhabiting a mountainous region......
Shastan
Shastan, North American Indian peoples that spoke related languages of Hokan stock and lived in the highlands of......
Shawnee
Shawnee, an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian people who lived in the central Ohio River valley. Closely......
Shoshone
Shoshone, North American Indian group that occupied the territory from what is now southeastern California across......
Shoshone-Bannock
Shoshone-Bannock, any of the bands formerly of the Shoshone and Bannock peoples of North America who later chose......
Sioux
Sioux, broad alliance of North American Indian peoples who spoke three related languages within the Siouan language......
Slave
Slave, group of Athabaskan-speaking Indians of Canada, originally inhabiting the western shores of the Great Slave......
Southwest Indian
Southwest Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the southwestern United States; some......
Susquehannock
Susquehannock, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe that traditionally lived in palisaded towns along......
Tahltan
Tahltan, an Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian people living on the upper Stikine River and other nearby......
Tanaina
Tanaina, a North American Indian people, the only northern Athabaskan-speaking group occupying extensive portions......
Tanana
Tanana, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian group that lived along the headwaters of the Tanana River in......
Timucua
Timucua, North American Indian tribe that inhabited the northeast coast of what is now Florida. This name is also......
Tionontati
Tionontati, Iroquoian-speaking Indians formerly living in the mountains south of Nottawasaga Bay, in what are now......
Tlingit
Tlingit, northernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, living on the islands and coastal lands......
Tohono O’odham
Tohono O’odham, North American Indians who traditionally inhabited the desert regions of present-day Arizona, U.S.,......
Tonkawa
Tonkawa, North American Indian tribe of what is now south-central Texas. Their language is considered by some to......
Tsimshian
Tsimshian, North American Indians of the Northwest Coast who traditionally lived on the mainland and islands around......
Tuscarora
Tuscarora, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe. When first encountered by Europeans in the 17th century,......
Ute
Ute, Numic-speaking group of North American Indians originally living in what is now western Colorado and eastern......
Wampanoag
Wampanoag, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who formerly occupied parts of what are now the states of......
Wappinger
Wappinger, confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Indians in eastern North America. Early in the 17th century the Wappinger......
Washoe
Washoe, North American Indian people of the Great Basin region who made their home around Lake Tahoe in what is......
Wendat Confederacy
Wendat Confederacy, among North American Indians, a confederacy of four Iroquois-speaking bands of the Huron nation—the......
Wenrohronon
Wenrohronon, Iroquois-speaking North American Indians whose name means “people of the place of the floating film,”......
Wichita
Wichita, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who originally lived near the Arkansas River......
Wintun
Wintun, any of a number of groups of Penutian-speaking North American Indians originally inhabiting the west side......
Wiyot
Wiyot, southernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, who lived along the lower Mad River, Humboldt......
Yakama
Yakama, North American Indian tribe that lived along the Columbia, Yakima, and Wenatchee rivers in what is now......
Yana
Yana, Hokan-speaking North American Indians formerly living along the eastern tributaries of the upper Sacramento......
Yankton
Yankton, a major division of the Sioux (q.v.), or Dakota, confederation of American...
Yellowknife
Yellowknife, a small Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe who traditionally lived northeast of the Great......
Yokuts
Yokuts, North American Indians speaking a Penutian language and who historically inhabited the San Joaquin Valley......
Yuki
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern......
Yuman
Yuman, any of various Native American groups who traditionally lived in the lower Colorado River valley and adjacent......
Yurok
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific......
Zuni
Zuni, North American Indian tribe of what is now west-central New Mexico, on the Arizona border. The Zuni are a......

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