CLASSIFICATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS

Contents

United States and Canada

Arctic

Subarctic

California

Plateau

Northwest Coast

Plains

Southwest

Southern Cone

Languages

United States and Canada

Ethnographers commonly classify indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada into ten geographical regions with shared cultural traits (called ''cultural areas''). The following list groups peoples by their region of origin, followed by the current location. See the individual article on each tribe or First Nation for a history of their movements. See the List of Native American Tribal Entities for the United States' official list of recognized Native American tribes. The regions are:

Arctic

★ Aleut

★ Inuit

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★ Inuvialuit

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★ Inupiat

★ Yupik

Subarctic

★ Ahtna (Ahtena, Nabesna) ★ Atikamekw ★ Babine ★ Bearlake ★ Chipewyan ★ Cree ★ Dakelh ★ Deg Hit’an (Deg Xinag, Degexit’an, Ingalik) ★ Dena’ina (Dialects: Outer Inlet, Upper Inlet, Iliama, Inland, Kachemak Bay, Kenai, Susitna River) ★ Dogrib ★ Gwichʼin (Kutchin, Loucheaux) ★ Haida ★ Hän ★ Hare ★ Holikachuk ★ Innu ★ Kaska (Nahane) ★ Kolchan (Upper Kuskokwim) ★ Koyukon ★ Mountain

★ Naskapi ★ Nishka ★ Ojibwa ★ Sekani ★ Slavey (Dialects: Hay River, Simpson Providence, Liard, Fort Nelson) ★ Tagish ★ Tahltan ★ Lower Tanana ★ Middle Tanana ★ Upper Tanana ★ Tanacross ★ Tasttine (''Beaver'') ★ Inland Tlingit ★ Tsetsaut ★ Tsimshian ★ Northern Tutchone ★ Southern Tutchone ★ Wet'suwet'en ★ Yellowknives

California

★ Achomawi (Pit River Indians) ★ Antoniaño ★ Atsugewi ★ Bear River ★ Cahuilla ★ Campo ★ Chemehuevi ★ Chukchansi ★ Chumash (Dialects: Roseño, Purisimeño, Barbareño, Inezeño, Ventureño, Obispeño, Santa Paula, Cruzeño, Emigdiano Allilik) ★ Chilula ★ Chimariko ★ Coast Miwok ★ Costanoan - see Ohlone ★ Cupeño ★ Diegueño - see ''Kumeyaay'' ★ Esselen ★ Fernandeño - see ''Tataviam'' ★ Gabrieliño - see ''Tongva'' ★ Giamina ★ Huchnom ★ Hupa ★ Ipai - see ''Kumeyaay'' ★ Jamul ★ Juaneño ★ Kamia ★ Karok ★ Kato ★ Kiliwa ★ Kitanemuk ★ Klamath ★ Konkow - see ''Maidu'' ★ Konomihu ★ Kumeyaay (Diegueño) ★ Lake Miwok ★ Lassik ★ Luiseño ★ Maidu ★ Mattole ★ Mesa Grande ★ Migueleño ★ Mission Indians ★ Miwok (Me-wuk) ★ Modoc ★ Mohave ★ Monache ★ Nakipa

★ Nisenan - see ''Maidu'' ★ Nomlaki ★ Nongatl ★ Ohlone (Divisions: Karkin, Ramaytush, Chochenyo, Tamyen, Awaswas, Chalon, Mutsun, Rumsen) ★ Okwanuchu ★ Paipai (Akwa'ala) ★ Paiute (Northern, Southern) ★ Patwin ★ Pit River - see ''Achomawi'' ★ Pomo ★ Rumsen - see Ohlone ★ Salinan ★ San Clemente ★ San Nicolas ★ Santa Catalina ★ Serrano ★ Shasta ★ Sierra Miwok ★ Sinkyone ★ Suisunes ★ Tache ★ Tachi tribe ★ Tataviam (Fernandeño) ★ Tipai - see ''Kumeyaay'' ★ Tolowa ★ Tongva (Gabrieliño) ★ Tsnungwe ★ Tubatulabal ★ Wai-lakki ★ Wappo ★ Washoe ★ Whilkut ★ Wintu ★ Wintun ★ Wiyot ★ Valley Miwok ★ Yahi ★ Yelamu ★ Yana ★ Yocha Dehe ★ Yokuts ★ Yuki (Ukomno'm) ★ Yurok

=== Eastern Woodlands ===

★ Abenaki ★ Accohannock Maryland ★ Algonquian lower Saint Lawrence River ★ Anishinaabe (Anishinape, Anicinape, Neshnabé, Nishnaabe) (see also Plains) ★ ★ Algonquin Quebec, Ontario ★ ★ Nipissing Ontario ★ ★ Oji-Cree (Anishinini, Severn Ojibwa) Ontario, Manitoba ★ ★ Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Ontario, Manitoba, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota ★ ★ ★ Mississaugas Ontario ★ ★ ★ Saulteaux (Nakawē) Ontario, Manitoba ★ ★ Ottawa (Odawa) Ontario, Michigan, Oklahoma ★ ★ Potawatomi Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma ★ Beothuk formerly Newfoundland, no longer exist ★ Caniba ★ Cherokee ★ Chicora Eastern NC & SC ★ Chickasaw ★ Piscataway-Conoy ★ Erie ★ Etchemin Quebec (Maliseet) ★ Fox ★ Ho-Chunk Wisconsin ★ ★ Winnebago Wisconsin around Green Bay, now Nebraska ★ Honniasont Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia ★ Hopewell Ohio and Black River region ★ Huron/Wyandot Ontario south of Georgian Bay, now Oklahoma and Wendake, Quebec ★ Illinois Illinois ★ ★ Miami Indiana, now Oklahoma ★ ★ Peoria Illinois, now Oklahoma ★ ★ Wea ★ Iroquois New York ★ ★ Cayuga ★ ★ Mohawk — Kahnawake, Quebec ★ ★ Oneida ★ ★ Onondaga ★ ★ Seneca ★ ★ Tuscarora ★ Kickapoo Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico ★ Laurentian/St. Lawrence Iroquoians ★ Lenni-Lenape Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, now Ontario and Oklahoma ★ ★ Munsee ★ ★ Unami ★ Loup A ★ Loup B ★ Lumbee

★ Maliseet Maine, Quebec, and New Brunswick, Canada ★ Mascouten ★ Massachusett Massachusetts ★ ★ Ponkapoag ★ Menominee ★ Mingo Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia ★ Mahican ★ Micmac ★ Mohegan ★ Montauk New York ★ Nanticoke ★ Narragansett Rhode Island ★ Neutral ★ Niantic ★ Nipmuck Massachusetts ★ Passamaquoddy Maine ★ Pee Dee (tribe) ★ Penobscot Maine ★ Pequot ★ Petun ★ Pocumtuk ★ Poospatuck New York ★ Powhatan Virginia ★ Quinnipiac Connecticut, eastern New York, northern New Jersey, Long Island: Hammonasset, Mattabesec, Mattatuck, Menunkatuck, Meriden, Mioonkhtuck, Naugatuck, Nehantic, Paugusset, Podunk, Potatuck, Totoket, Tunxis, Wangunk, Wepawaug ★ Ramapough Mountain Indians New Jersey ★ Santee of South Carolina ★ Saponi Virginia ★ Sauk ★ Schaghticoke Western Connecticut ★ Secotan ★ Shawnee Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania [most ended up in Oklahoma] ★ Shinnecock New York ★ Souriquoian ★ Susquehannock ★ Tarrantine (Tarranteen), see Abenaki, Micmac ★ Unalachtigo ★ Unquachog ★ Waccamaw ★ Wampanoag Massachusetts ★ Wappinger ★ Wawenoc ★ Wenrohronon Pennsylvania and New York ★ Wyandot/Huron Ontario south of Georgian Bay, now Oklahoma and Wendake, Quebec

=== Great Basin ===

★ Bannock

★ Chemehuevi

★ Gosiute Utah

★ Kawaiisu

★ Koso (Panamint)

★ Mono

★ Owen's Valley (Native Americans)

★ Northern Paiute California, Nevada, Oregon [Burns-Paiute], Arizona

★ Southern Paiute (Kaibab)

★ Paviotso

★ Shoshone (Shoshoni) Nevada, Wyoming, California

★ Timbisha

★ Ute Utah, Colorado

★ Washo Nevada, California

Plateau

★ Cayuse Oregon ★ Celilo (Wayampam) ★ Upper Chinookan (Dialects: Clackamas, Cascades, Hood River, Wasco, Wishram, Kathlamet, Cathlamet, Multnomah) ★ Columbian (Dialects: Wenatchee, Sinkayuse, Chelan) ★ Coeur d'Alene Idaho ★ Colville Washington ★ Upper Cowlitz ★ Flatbow ★ Flathead ★ John Day ★ Kittitas ★ Klamath Oregon ★ Klickitat Tribe Washington ★ Kootenai Idaho ★ Lower Snake (Chamnapam, Wauyukma, Naxiyampam) ★ Modoc Califoria, Oregon ★ Molala (Molale) Oregon

★ Nez Perce Idaho ★ Nicola ★ Nlaka'pamux aka the Thompson people ★ Okanagan (Dialects: Northern and Southern) ★ Palus (Palouse) ★ Pend'Oreilles (Kalispel) Washington ★ Rock Creek ★ Sahaptin people ★ Sanpoil ★ Secwepemc (Shuswap) British Columbia ★ Sinixt (Lakes) British Columbia, Idaho ★ Spokane Washington ★ St'at'imc (Lillooet) ★ Tenino ★ Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) ★ Tygh ★ Tygh Valley ★ Umatilla Oregon ★ Upper Nisqually (Mishalpan) ★ Walla Walla Oregon ★ Wanapum ★ Wasco Oregon ★ Yakama Washington

Northwest Coast

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★ Ahantchuyuk - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Alsea

★ Applegate

★ Atfalati - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Bella Bella BC Coast

★ Bella Coola BC Coast

★ Calapooia - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Calapuya - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Central Kalapuya - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Chasta Costa

★ Chehalis (Upper and Lower) Washington

★ Chemakum Washington

★ Chetco

★ BC Lower Mainland

★ Chinook Dialects: (Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Wasco)

★ Clatsop

★ Clatskanie (Tlatskanie)

★ Comox Vancouver Island/BC Georgia Strait

★ Coos {Hanis} Oregon

★ Lower Coquille (Miluk) Oregon

★ Upper Coquille

★ Cowichan Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait

★ Lower Cowlitz Washington

★ Duwamish Washington

★ Eyak Alaska

★ Galice

★ Haida (Dialects: Kaigani, Skidegate, Masset) Alaska

★ Haihai

★ Haisla BC Coast

★ Heiltsuk BC Coast

★ Hoh Washington

★ Kalapuya (Calapooia, Calapuya)

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★ North Kalapuya

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★ Yamhill (Yamel)

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★ Tualatin

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★ Tfalati (Atfalati)

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★ Central Kalapuya

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★ Santiam

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★ Mary's River

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★ Lakmiut

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★ Ahantchuyuk

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★ Lower McKenzie (Mohawk people (Oregon))

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★ South Kalapuya (Yonkalla, Yoncalla)

★ Kimsquit BC Coast

★ Kitimat BC Coast

★ Klallam (Clallam, Dialects: Klallam (Lower Elwha), S'Klallam (Jamestown), S'Klallam (Port Gamble))

★ Klickitat

★ Koskimo

★ Kwalhioqua

★ Kwakiutl (Kwakwala or Kwakwa'kwa'kw)

★ Kwalhioqua

★ Kwantlen BC Lower Mainland

★ Kwatami

★ Lakmiut - see ''Kalapuya''
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★ Lower McKenzie - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Lummi Washington

★ Lushootseed Washington

★ Makah Washington

★ Mary's River - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Muckleshoot Washington

★ Musqueam BC Lower Mainland (Vancouver)

★ Nanaimo Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait

★ Niskwalli (Nisqually)

★ Nooksack Washington

★ North Kalapuya - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Nisqually Washington

★ Nuu-chah-nulth Western Vancouver Island

★ Oowekyala BC Coast

★ Pentlatch Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait (extinct)

★ Puyallup Washington

★ Quileute Washington

★ Quinault Washington

★ Rogue River or Upper Illinois Oregon, California

★ Saanich Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait

★ Samish Washington

★ Santiam - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Sauk-Suiattle Washington

★ Sechelt BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (Shishalh)

★ Shoalwater Bay Tribe Washington

★ Siletz Oregon

★ Siuslaw Oregon

★ Skagit

★ Skokomish Washington

★ Sliammon BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (branch of Comox)

★ Snohomish

★ Snoqualmie

★ BC Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley

★ Songhees (Songish) Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca

★ Sooke Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca

★ South Kalapuya - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Squaxin Island Tribe Washington

★ Spokane Washington

★ Stillaguamish Washington

★ Squamish British Columbia

★ Suquamish Washington

★ Swinomish Washington

★ Tait

★ Takelma Oregon

★ Talio

★ Tfalati - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Tillamook (Nehalem) Oregon

★ Tlatlasikoala

★ Tlingit Alaska

★ Tolowa-Tututni

★ Tsimshian

★ Tualatin - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Tulalip Washington

★ Twana Washington

★ Lower Umpqua Oregon

★ Upper Umpqua Oregon

★ Upper Skagit Washington

★ Yamel - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Yamhill - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Yaquina

★ Yoncalla - see ''Kalapuya''

★ Yonkalla - see ''Kalapuya''
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Plains

Main articles: Plain Indians

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★ Anishinaabe (see Eastern Woodlands)

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★ Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

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★ Saulteaux (Plains Ojibwe, Nakawē) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

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★ Chippewa Cree Montana

★ Jicarilla Apache New Mexico

★ Lipan Apache New Mexico, Texas

★ Mescalero Apache New Mexico

★ Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache) Oklahoma

★ Arapaho (Arapahoe, Arrapahoe) Oklahoma, Wyoming

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★ Besawunena

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★ Nawathinehena

★ Arikara (Arikaree, Arikari, Ree) North Dakota

★ Atsina (Gros Ventre) Montana

★ Blackfoot

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★ Kainah (Blood) Alberta

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★ Northern Peigan Alberta

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★ Piegan (Blackfeet) Montana

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★ Siksika Alberta

★ Cheyenne Montana, Oklahoma

★ Comanche Oklahoma

★ Plains Cree Montana

★ Crow (Absaroka, Apsáalooke) Montana

★ Hasinai

★ Hidatsa North Dakota
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★ Iowa (Ioway) Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma

★ Kaw (Kansa, Kanza) Oklahoma

★ Kiowa Oklahoma

★ Kitsai (Kichai) Oklahoma

★ Mandan North Dakota

★ Missouri (Missouria) Oklahoma

★ Omaha Nebraska

★ Osage Oklahoma

★ Otoe (Oto) Oklahoma

★ Pawnee (dialects: South Band, Skiri) Oklahoma

★ Ponca Nebraska, Oklahoma

★ Quapaw Oklahoma

★ Sioux

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★ Dakota Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan

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★ Lakota (Teton) Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan

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★ Stoney Alberta

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★ Assiniboine (Assiniboin) Montana, Saskatchewan (Fort Peck Indian Reservation is home to Assiniboine and Sioux)

★ Tonkawa Oklahoma

★ Tsuu T’ina (Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuut’ina) Alberta

★ Wichita (Affiliated Tribes − Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi) Oklahoma
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=== Southeast ===
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★ Adaes - see ''Adai''

★ Adahi - see ''Adai''

★ Adai (Adaizan, Adaizi, Adaise, Adahi, Adaes, Adees, Atayos) Louisiana

★ Adaise - see ''Adai''

★ Adaizan - see ''Adai''

★ Adaizi - see ''Adai''

★ Adees - see ''Adai''

★ Ais Florida

★ Akokisa Texas southeast coast

★ Alabama Alabama

★ Alafay (Alafia, Pojoy, Pohoy, Costas Alafeyes, Alafaya Costas) Florida

★ Amacano Florida

★ Apalachee Florida

★ Apalachicola Georgia, Florida

★ Atakapa (Attacapa) Louisiana west coast

★ Atayos - see ''Adai''

★ Attacapa - see ''Atakapa''

★ Avoyel ("little Natchez") northern Texas

★ Backhooks Nation (=Pahoc ?) South Carolina

★ Bayogoula southeastern Louisiana

★ Bidai eastern Texas

★ Biloxi Mississippi

★ Boca Ratones Florida

★ Caddo Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas

★ Calusa Florida

★ Cape Fear Indians North Carolina southern coast

★ Catawba South Carolina

★ Chacato (Chatot, Chactoo) West Florida

★ Chawasha

★ Cheraw (Chara, Charàh) North Carolina

★ Cherokee North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee; later Oklahoma

★ Chiaha

★ Chickahominy Virginia

★ Chickamauga A Branch of Cherokee in Southeastern Tennessee, Northeastern Georgia

★ Chickanee (Chiquini) North Carolina

★ Chickasaw Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, later Oklahoma

★ Chine Florida

★ Chisca (Cisca) Florida

★ Chitimacha Louisiana

★ Choctaw Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Louisiana; later Oklahoma

★ Creek Alabama; Oklahoma, Georgia

★ Congaree (Canggaree) South Carolina

★ Coree North Carolina

★ Coushatta Louisiana

★ Coharie North Carolina

★ Cusabo coastal South Carolina

★ Eno (Eenó) North Carolina

★ Eyeish (Hais, Aliche, Aiche) eastern Texas

★ Garza Texas, northern Mexico

★ Grigra

★ Guacata (Santalûces) Florida

★ Guacozo Florida

★ Guazoco Florida

★ Guale (Iguaja, Ybaja) coastal Georgia & Florida

★ Hitchiti Georgia, Alabama, Florida

★ Hooks Nation (=Huaq ?) South Carolina

★ Houma Louisiana

★ Iswa

★ Jaega Florida

★ Jobe (Hobe) Florida, part of Jaega

★ Jororo Florida

★ Keyauwee North Carolina

★ Koasati

★ Koroa

★ Luca (tribe) Florida

★ Lumbee North Carolina

★ Manahoac Viriginia

★ Mattaponi Virginia

★ Matecumbe (Matacumbêses, Matacumbe, Matacombe) Florida coast

★ Mayaca (tribe) Florida

★ Mayaimi Florida

★ Mayajuaca Florida

★ Meherrin North Carolina

★ Mikasuki (Miccosukee) Florida

★ Mobila (Mobile) Alabama

★ Mocoso Florida

★ Monacan Virginia

★ Monyton (Moneton, Monekot, Moheton) (Siouan) West Virginia, Viriginia

★ Mougoulacha southeastern Louisiana

★ Movila western Florida

★ Nahyssan Viriginia

★ Naniaba Alabama
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★ Nansemond Virginia

★ Natchez Mississippi, Louisiana

★ Neusiok (Newasiwac, Neuse River Indians) North Carolina

★ Nottaway

★ Occaneechi (Siouan) Virginia

★ Oconee Georgia, Florida

★ Ofo

★ Okchai (Ogchay)

★ Okelousa Louisiana

★ Opelousa Louisiana

★ Osochee (Oswichee, Usachi, Oosécha)

★ Pacara Florida

★ Pakana (Pacâni, Pagna, Pasquenan, Pak-ká-na, Pacanas)

★ Pamlico (Carolina)

★ Pamunkey Virginia

★ Pascagoula Mississippi coast

★ Patiri southeastern Texas

★ Pee Dee South Carolina, North Carolina

★ Pensacola Florida panhandle

★ Quinipissa southeastern Louisiana

★ Rappahannock Tribe Virginia

★ Saluda (Saludee, Saruti) South Carolina

★ Santee (Seretee, Sarati, Sati, Sattees) South Carolina (≠Santee Sioux)

★ Santa Luces Florida

★ Saponi

★ Saura North Carolina

★ Sawokli (Sawakola, Sabacola, Sabacôla, Savacola) Florida

★ Saxapahaw (Sissipahua, Shacioes) North Carolina

★ Seminole Florida, Oklahoma

★ Sewee (Suye, Joye, Xoye, Soya) South Carolina coast

★ Shoccoree (Schockoorees ?) North Carolina (also Viriginia?)

★ Stegara

★ Stuckanox

★ Sugeree (Sagarees, Sugaws, Sugar, Succa) South Carolina

★ Surruque Florida

★ Suteree (Sitteree, Sutarees, Sataree) North Carolina

★ Taensa

★ Tawasa Virginia

★ Tequesta Florida

★ Terocodame

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★ Codam

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★ Hieroquodame

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★ Oodame

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★ Perocodame

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★ Teroodame

★ Timucua Florida, Georgia

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★ Acuera Florida

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★ Agua Fresca Florida

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★ Arapaha Florida

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★ Itafi (or Icafui) Florida

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★ Mocama Florida, Georgia

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★ Northern Utina Florida,

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★ Ocale Florida

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★ Oconi Florida, Georgia

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★ Potano Florida

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★ Tucururu Florida

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★ Yufera Georgia

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★ Yustaga Florida

★ Tiou

★ Tocaste Florida

★ Tocobaga Florida

★ Tohomé Alabama

★ Tomahitan eastern Tennessee

★ Topachula Florida

★ Tukabahchee (Tuk-ke-bat-che)

★ Tuscarora North Carolina, Virginia (later Niagara Falls, NY)

★ Tuskegee

★ Tutelo

★ Tunica Mississippi

★ Utiza Florida

★ Vicela Florida

★ Viscaynos Florida

★ Waccamaw South Carolina

★ Wateree (Guatari, Watterees) North Carolina

★ Waxhaw (Waxsaws, Wisack, Wisacky, Weesock, Flathead) South Carolina

★ Westo Virginia, South Carolina

★ Wetumpka (Wee-tam-ka)

★ Winyaw South Carolina

★ Woccon

★ Yamasee Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

★ Yazoo

★ Yuchi
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Southwest

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★ Acoma

★ Ak Chin Arizona

★ Apachean

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★ Chiricahua

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★ Jicarilla

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★ Mescalero

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★ Navajo (Navaho, Diné) Arizona, New Mexico

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★ Western Apache (Coyotero Apache) Arizona

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★ Apaches Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma

★ Aranama (aka Hanáma, Hanáme, Chaimamé, Charinames, Xaranames, Taranames)

★ Coahuiltecan Texas, northern Mexico

★ Cochimi Baja California

★ Cochiti

★ Cocopa Arizona

★ Comecrudo Texas, northern Mexico

★ Cotoname (aka Carrizo de Camargo)

★ Halchidhoma

★ Hano

★ Hualapai

★ Havasupai Arizona

★ Hohokam Arizona

★ Hopi Arizona

★ Isleta

★ Isleta del Sur

★ Jemez

★ Jumano

★ Karankawa

★ Kavelchadhom

★ Keres

★ Laguna

★ Los Luceros

★ Mamulique Texas, northern Mexico

★ Maricopa

★ Mohave

★ Nambe
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★ Pecos

★ Picuris

★ Pima Arizona

★ Pima Bajo

★ Piro

★ Pueblo people New Mexico

★ Qahatika

★ Quechan Arizona

★ Sandia (''Nafiat'' was the name for the Bernalillo pueblo)

★ San Carlos

★ San Felipe

★ San Idelfonso

★ San Juan

★ Santa Ana

★ Santa Clara

★ Santo Domingo

★ Solano

★ Suma

★ Taos

★ Tesuque

★ Tewa

★ Tigua

★ Tamique

★ Toboso

★ Tohono O'odham (Papago) Arizona

★ Ubate

★ Walapai

★ Yaqui

★ Yavapai, (Mojave-Apache) see Yavapai-Apache Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Tribe Arizona (often confused with ''Tonto Apache'' and ''Mojave'')

★ Yuma (Quechan)

★ Zia

★ Zuni
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== Latin America and the Caribbean ==
The indigenous peoples of Central and South America are generally classified by language, environment, and cultural similarities.
=== Caribbean ===

★ Arawak

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★ Taino

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★ Lucayan

★ Carib

★ Ciboney

★ Kuna
=== Mesoamerica ===

★ Nahua

★ Cora people

★ Lenca

★ Maya

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★
★ Itzá

★
★
★ Lacandon

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★
★ Mopán

★
★
★ Yucatec (Maya proper)

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★ Ch'ol

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★ Ixil

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★ Jacaltec

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★ Kaqchikel

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★ Kekchi

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★ Mam

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★ Poqomam

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★ Quiché

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★ Tojolabales

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★ Tzotzil

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★ Tzeltal

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★ Tz'utujil

★ Mazatec

★ Mixtec

★ Olmec

★ Otomi

★ Pipil

★ Tarascan (P'urhépecha)

★ Tlapanec

★ Xinca

★ Zapotec
=== Aridoamerica ===

★ Aripes

★ Acaxees

★ Callejees

★ Catujanes

★ Chichimeca

★
★ Caxcan

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★ Guachichil

★
★ Guamares

★
★ Pame

★
★ Tecuexe

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★ Zacatec

★ Cochimí

★ Cocapás

★ Guaycunes

★ Guaycuras

★ Huastec

★ Huichol

★ Irritila

★ Janambre

★ Monquis

★ Ópata

★ Pericúes (Pericu)

★ Seri

★ Tamaholipa

★ Tarahumara

★ Tepehuán

★ Uchitíes

★ Ximpece

★ Xiximes
=== Andean ===

★ Atacameño

★ Aymara

★ Conchucos

★ Diaguita

★ Inca

★ Kogi

★ Moche

★ Quechua

★ Saraguro

★ Wanka
=== Sub-Andean ===

★ Panoan

★ Shuar (Jívaro, Jibaro)
=== Western Amazon ===

★ Amahuaca

★ Bora People

★ Candoshi

★ Flecheiro

★ Huaorani

★ Kanamari

★ Korubu

★ Kugapakori-Nahua

★ Kulina

★ Machiguenga

★ Marubo

★ Mashco-Piro

★ Matis

★ Matses

★ Mayoruna

★ Sharpas

★ Shipibo

★ Tsohom Djapá

★ Ticuna

★ Tukanoan

★ Witoto

★ Yaminahua

★ Yagua

★ Yora
=== Central Amazon ===

★ Kayapo

★ Tapirape

★ Tupian

★ Yanomami
=== Eastern and Southern Amazon ===

★ Ge

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★ Bororo

★ Tupian

★
★ Guarani Paraguay

Southern Cone

★ Araucanian (Mapuche)

★ Puelche

★ Tehuelche

★ Yamana

★ Kaweshkar

★ Selknam

Languages

★ For a general discussion, see Indigenous languages of the Americas

★ For a grouping of languages by culture area, see .

★ Aridoamercan tribes by location: [1], in Spanish

★ Mesoamercan tribes by location: [2], in Spanish