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Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas
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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.

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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:
United States and Canada
Arctic
Subarctic
- Ahtna (Ahtena, Nabesna)
- Anishinaabe (see also Northeast Woodlands, Plains)
- Oji-Cree (Anishinini, Severn Ojibwa) Ontario, Manitoba
- Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Ontario, Manitoba, Minnesota
- Atikamekw
- Bearlake
- Chipewyan
- Cree
- Dakelh
- Deg Hit’an (Deg Xinag, Degexit’an, Kaiyuhkhotana)
- Dena’ina (Dialects: Outer Inlet, Upper Inlet, Iliama, Inland, Kachemak Bay, Kenai, Susitna River)
- Dogrib
- Dunneza (Beaver)
- Gwich'in (Kutchin, Loucheaux)
- Hän
- Hare
- Holikachuk
- Innu
- Kaska (Nahane)
- Kolchan (Upper Kuskokwim)
- Koyukon
- Mountain
| NaskapiSekaniSlavey (Dialects: Hay River, Simpson Providence, Liard, Fort Nelson)TagishTahltanLower TananaMiddle TananaUpper TananaTanacrossTasttine (Beaver)Inland TlingitTsetsaut (extinct)Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin)Northern TutchoneSouthern TutchoneYellowknives |
California
Northeast Woodlands
- Abenaki
- Accohannock Maryland
- Algonquian lower Saint Lawrence River
- Anishinaabe (Anishinape, Anicinape, Neshnabé, Nishnaabe) (see also Subarctic, Plains)
- Beothuk formerly Newfoundland, no longer exist
- Caniba
- Chicora Eastern NC & SC
- Chowanoc in North Carolina.
- Congarees in North Carolina
- Piscataway-Conoy
- Coree in North Carolina.
- Eno. North Carolina
- Erie
- Etchemin Quebec (Maliseet)
- Fox
- Hatteras
- 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
- Iroquois New York
- Jaupin or Weapemoc. North Carolina.
- Kickapoo Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico
- Keyauwee, North Carolina
- Laurentian/St. Lawrence Iroquoians
- Lenni-Lenape Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, now Ontario and Oklahoma
- Loup A
- Loup B
- Lumbee
| Machapunga in North CarolinaMaliseet Maine, Quebec, and New Brunswick, CanadaMascoutenMassachusett MassachusettsMeherrinMenomineeMingo Pennsylvania, Ohio, West VirginiaMahicanMicmacMoheganMontauk New YorkNanticokeNarragansett Rhode IslandNeusiok North CarolinaNeutralNianticNipmuck MassachusettsNottaway North CarolinaOcaneecheePamlicoPasquotankPassamaquoddy MainePee Dee (tribe)Penobscot MainePequotPetunPocumtukPokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation - Rhode Island and MassachusettsPoospatuck New YorkPotawatomi, MichiganPotoskeet North CarolinaPowhatan VirginiaQuinnipiac Connecticut, eastern New York, northern New Jersey, Long Island
- Hammonasset, Mattabesec, Mattatuck, Menunkatuck, Meriden (tribe), Mioonkhtuck, Naugatuck (people), Nehantic, Paugusset, Podunk (people), Potatuck, Totoket, Tunxis, Wangunk, Wepawaug
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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
- Flathead (Selisch or Salish) Idaho and Montana
- Klamath Oregon
- Klickitat Tribe Washington
- Kootenai/Ktunaxa British Columbia, Montana, Idaho
- Lower Snake (Chamnapam, Wauyukma, Naxiyampam)
- Modoc California, Oregon
- Molala (Molale) Oregon
- Nez Perce Idaho
- Nicola Athapaskans (extinct)
- Nicola people
- Nlaka'pamux aka the Thompson people
- Okanagan (Siylx), BC & Washington
| Palus (Palouse)Pend'Oreilles (Kalispel) WashingtonRock CreekSahaptin peopleSanpoil (tribe)Secwepemc (Shuswap) British ColumbiaSinixt (Lakes) British Columbia, Washington, IdahoSpokane WashingtonSt'at'imc (Lillooet)TyghTygh ValleyUmatilla OregonUpper Nisqually (Mishalpan)Walla Walla OregonWanapumWasco OregonYakama Washington |
Northwest Coast
- Ahantchuyuk - see Kalapuya
- Alsea
- Applegate
- Atfalati - see Kalapuya
- Bella Bella - see Heiltsuk
- Bella Coola - see Nuxalk
- Burrard - see Tsleil-waututh
- Calapooia - see Kalapuya
- Calapuya - see Kalapuya
- Central Kalapuya - see Kalapuya
- Chasta Costa - see Rogue River
- Chehalis (Upper and Lower) Washington
- Chehalis (BC), Fraser Valley
- Chemakum Washington (extinct)
- Chetco - see Tolowa
- Chinook Dialects: (Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Wasco)
- Clallam - see Klallam
- Clatsop
- Comox Vancouver Island/BC Georgia Strait
- Coos Oregon
- Lower Coquille (Miluk) Oregon
- Upper Coquille
- Cowichan Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait
- Lower Cowlitz Washington
- Duwamish Washington
- Eyak Alaska
- Galice
- Gitxsan, British Columbia
- Haida (Dialects: Kaigani, Skidegate, Masset) BC & Alaska
- Haisla BC North/Central Coast
- Heiltsuk BC Central Coast
- Hoh Washington
- Kalapuya (Calapooia, Calapuya)
- North Kalapuya
- Yamhill (Yamel)
- Tualatin
- Tfalati (Atfalati)
- Central Kalapuya
- South Kalapuya (Yonkalla, Yoncalla)
- Klallam (Clallam, Dialects: Klallam (Lower Elwha), S'Klallam (Jamestown), S'Klallam (Port Gamble))
- Klickitat
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwatami
- Lakmiut - see Kalapuya
| Lower McKenzie - see KalapuyaLummi WashingtonMakah WashingtonMary's River - see KalapuyaMuckleshoot WashingtonMusqueam BC Lower Mainland (Vancouver)Nisga'a, British ColumbiaNisqually - WashingtonNooksack WashingtonNorth Kalapuya - see KalapuyaNisqually WashingtonNuu-chah-nulth West Coast of Vancouver IslandNuxalk (Bella Coola) - BC Central CoastOowekeno - see WuikinuxvPentlatch Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait (extinct)Puyallup WashingtonQuileute WashingtonQuinault WashingtonRivers Inlet - see WuikinuxvRogue River or Upper Illinois Oregon, CaliforniaSaanich Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia StraitSamish WashingtonSantiam - see KalapuyaSauk-Suiattle WashingtonSechelt BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (Shishalh)Shoalwater Bay Tribe WashingtonSiletz OregonSiuslaw OregonSkagitSkokomish WashingtonSkwxwu7mesh (Squamish), British ColumbiaSliammon BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (Mainland Comox)SnohomishSnoqualmieSnuneymuxw (Nanaimo), Vancouver IslandSonghees (Songish) Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de FucaSooke Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de FucaSouth Kalapuya - see KalapuyaSquaxin Island Tribe WashingtonSpokane WashingtonStillaguamish WashingtonSto:lo, BC Lower Mainland/Fraser ValleySquamish - see Skwxwu7meshSuquamish WashingtonSwinomish WashingtonTaitTakelma OregonTalioTfalati - see KalapuyaTillamook (Nehalem) OregonTlatlasikoalaTlingit AlaskaTolowa-TututniTsimshianTsleil-waututh (Burrard) - British ColumbiaTualatin - see KalapuyaTulalip WashingtonTwana WashingtonTzouk-e (Sooke) Vancouver IslandLower Umpqua OregonUpper Umpqua OregonUpper Skagit WashingtonWuikinuxv (Owekeeno), BC Central CoastYamel - see KalapuyaYamhill - see KalapuyaYaquinaYoncalla - see KalapuyaYonkalla - see Kalapuya |
Plains
- Anishinaabe (Anishinape, Anicinape, Neshnabé, Nishnaabe) (see also Subarctic, Northeast Woodlands)
- Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- Ottawa (Odawa) Oklahoma
- Potawatomi Kansas, Oklahoma
- Jicarilla Apache New Mexico
- Lipan Apache New Mexico, Texas
- Mescalero Apache New Mexico
- Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache) Oklahoma
- Arapaho (Arapahoe, Arrapahoe) Oklahoma, Wyoming
- Arikara (Arikaree, Arikari, Ree) North Dakota
- Atsina (Gros Ventre) Montana
- Blackfoot
- Cheyenne Montana, Oklahoma
- Comanche Oklahoma
- Plains Cree Montana
- Crow (Absaroka, Apsáalooke) Montana
- Hasinai
- Hidatsa North Dakota
| Iowa (Ioway) Kansas, Nebraska, OklahomaKaw (Kansa, Kanza) OklahomaKiowa OklahomaKitsai (Kichai) OklahomaMandan North DakotaMissouri (Missouria) OklahomaOmaha NebraskaOsage OklahomaOtoe (Oto) OklahomaPawnee (dialects: South Band, Skiri) OklahomaPonca Nebraska, OklahomaQuapaw OklahomaSioux- Dakota Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
- Lakota (Teton) Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan
- Stoney Alberta
- Assiniboine (Assiniboin) Montana, Saskatchewan (Fort Peck Indian Reservation is home to Assiniboine and Sioux)
Tonkawa OklahomaTsuu T’ina (Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuut’ina) AlbertaWichita (Affiliated Tribes - Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi) Oklahoma |
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Abihka Alabama
Adaes - see Adai
Acolapissa Louisiana
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
Chatot (tribe) (Chacato, 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 (people) 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 Virginia
Mattaponi Virginia
Matecumbe (Matacumbêses, Matacumbe, Matacombe) Florida coast
Mayaca (tribe) Florida
Mayaimi Florida
Mayajuaca Florida
Meherrin North Carolina
Mikasuki (Miccosukee) Florida
Mobila (Mobile, Movila) Alabama, western Florida(?)
Mocoso Florida
Monacan Virginia
Monyton (Moneton, Monekot, Moheton) (Siouan) West Virginia, Virginia
Mougoulacha southeastern Louisiana
Nahyssan Virginia
Naniaba Alabama |
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 (North 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 Virginia?)
Stegara
Stuckanox
Sugeree (Sagarees, Sugaws, Sugar, Succa) South Carolina
Surruque Florida
Suteree (Sitteree, Sutarees, Sataree) North Carolina
Taensa
Tawasa Virginia
Tequesta Florida
Terocodame Texas and Mexico
*Codam
*Hieroquodame
*Oodame
*Perocodame
*Teroodame
Timucua Florida, Georgia
*Acuera Florida
*Agua Fresca Florida
*Arapaha Florida
*Itafi (or Icafui) Florida
*Mocama Florida, Georgia
*Northern Utina Florida,
*Ocale Florida
*Oconi Florida, Georgia
*Potano Florida
*Tucururu Florida
*Yufera Georgia
*Yustaga Florida
Tiou
Tocaste Florida
Tocobaga Florida
Tohomé Alabama
Tomahitan eastern Tennessee
Topachula Florida
Tukabatchee (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 |
Southwest
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Acoma
Ak Chin Arizona
Apachean
*Chiricahua
*Jicarilla
*Mescalero
*Navajo (Navaho, Diné) Arizona, New Mexico
*Western Apache (Coyotero Apache) Arizona
*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)
Genízaro Arizona, New Mexico
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 |
Pecos
Picuris
Pima Arizona
Pima Bajo
Piro
Pueblo people New Mexico
Qahatika
Quechan Arizona
Quems
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 |
The indigenous peoples of Central and South America are generally classified by language, environment, and cultural similarities.
Arawak
*Taino
*Lucayan
Carib
Ciboney
Kuna
Nahua
Cora people
Lenca
Maya
*Itzá
*Lacandon
*Mopan
*Yucatec (Maya proper)
**Ch'ol
**Ixil
**Jacaltec
**Kaqchikel
**Kekchi
**Mam
**Poqomam
**Quiché
**Tojolabales
**Tzotzil
**Tzeltal
**Tz'utujil
Mazatec
Mixtec
Olmec
Otomi
Pipil
Tarascan (P'urhépecha)
Tlapanec
Xinca
Zapotec
Aripes
Acaxees
Callejees
Catujanes
Chichimeca
*Caxcan
*Guachichil
*Guamares
*Pame
*Tecuexe
*Zacatec
Cochimí
Cocapás
Guaycunes
Guaycuras
Huastec
Huichol
Irritila
Janambre
Monquis
Ópata
Pericúes (Pericu)
Seri
Tamaholipa
Tarahumara
Tepehuán
Uchitíes
Ximpece
Xiximes
Atacameño
Aymara
Cañaris
Chachapoyas
Conchucos
Diaguita
Inca
Kogi
Moche
Quechuas (Kichwas)
*Chankas
*Wankas (Huancas)
Saraguro
Panoan
Shuar (Jívaro, Jibaro)
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
Kayapo
Tapirape
Tupian
Yanomami
Chuncho
Ge
*Bororo
Tupian
*Guarani Paraguay
Abipon (verdwenen)
Angaite (Angate)
Ayore (Morotoco, Moro, Zamuco)
Chamacoco (Ishiro)
Chané
Chiquitano (Chiquito, Tarapecosi)
Chorote
* Manjuy (Iyo'wujwa Chorote)
* Iyojwa'ja Chorote
Chulupí (Chulupe, Nivaclé, Ashluslay, Guentusé)
Guana (Kaskihá)
Guaraní
* Bolivian Guarani
** Chiriguano
** Guarayo (East Bolivian Guarani)
* Chiripá (Tsiripá, Ava)
* Pai Tavytera (Pai, Montese, Ava)
* Tapieté (Ñandeva)
* Yuqui (Bia)
Mbayá (Kadiweu, Caduveo, Guaycurú)
Lengua (tribe) (Enxet)
* North Lengua (Eenthlit)
* South Lengua
Lulé (Pelé, Tonocoté)
Maca (Towolhi)
Mocoví (Mocobí)
Pilagá (Pilage Toba)
Sanapana (Quiativis)
Toba (Qom, Frentones)
Vilela
Wichí (Mataco)
Araucanian (Mapuche)
* Huilliche (Huillice, Hlliche)
* Lafquenche
* Mapuche
* Pehuenche
* Picunche
* Promaucae
Chaná (extinct)
Chandule (Chandri)
Charrúa
Chono (extinct)
Comechingon (Henia-Camiare)
Haush (Manek'enk, Mánekenk, Aush)
Het (Querandí) (extinct)
* Chechehet
* Didiuhet
* Taluhet
Huarpe (Warpes) (extinct)
* Allentiac (Alyentiyak)
* Millcayac (Milykayak)
* Oico
Kaweshkar (Alacaluf, Halakwulup)
Mbeguá (extinct)
Minuane (extinct)
Puelche (Guenaken, Pampa) (extinct)
Tehuelche
* Künün-a-Güna (Gennakenk, Gennaken, Noordelijke Tehuelche)
* Küwach-a-Güna
* Mecharnúekenk
* Aónikenk (Zuidelijke Tehuelche)
Selk'nam (Ona)
Yamana or Yaghan
Yaro (Jaro)
Languages
For a general discussion, see Indigenous languages of the Americas
For a grouping of languages by culture area, see :Category:Indigenous languages of the Americas.
Aridoamercan tribes by location: , in Spanish
Mesoamercan tribes by location: , in Spanish
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