Sub-Topics Apache Cherokee Comanche Cree Hopi Iroquois Navajo Pequot Sac and Fox Sioux Also Try Ancient Native Americans Native American Languages in General Native Americans Papers -Contact Information for Native Tribes of the USA and Canada (First Nations) Provides an alphabetical listing of tribes, along with their contact information. Includes federally recognized tribes, state recognized tribes, and Native organizations without federal or state recognition. 9-05 -Nations - History (First Nations) Provides an excellent description of tribes and nations. It is the source for many other Native American resources in this section. 9-05 -Nations of Native Americans A - F (NativeWeb) Includes Abenaki, Aberesh, Acadians, Accohannock, Acjachemem, Acoma, Ainu, Akha, Akwesasne, Algonquin, Alutiiq, Ani-Stohini - Unami, Anishinaabe, Anishinabek, Apache, Arapaho, Arawak, Ashaninka, Assiniboine, Athabascan, Aymara, Aztec (Nahua), Barona, Basque, Berber, Blackfeet, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cajun, Carib, Cayuga, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chicora, Chinook, Chippewa, Choctaw, Chumash, Coeur d'Alene, Cofan, Colville, Comanche, Commanche, Costanoan, Cowlitz, Cree, Creek (Muskogee), Crow, Dakota, Delaware, Dogon, Edisto, Euchee, Evenki, Fernandeño/Tataviam, and Flathead. -Nations of Native Americans A - F (StateLocalGov.net) Provides Home pages of tribes, listed by tribe. Includes Alabama-Coushatta Tribe (TX), Barona Band of Mission Indians (CA), Blackfeet Nation (MT), Brothertown Indians (WI), Caddo Nation (OK), Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes (AK), Cherokee Nation (OK), Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (SD), Chickasaw Nation (OK), Chitimacha Tribe (LA), Choctaw Nation (OK), Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe (OK), Cocopah Indian Tribe (AZ), Coeur d' Alene Tribe (ID), Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (OR), Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (OR), Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis (WA), Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (WA), Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (OR), Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (OR), Coquille Indian Tribe (OR), Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe (CA), Coushatta Tribe (LA), Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (OR), Cowlitz Indian Tribe (WA), Delaware Tribe of Indians (OK), Eastern Chickahominy Tribe (VA), Eastern Shawnee Tribe (OK), Elem Indian Colony (CA), Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (NV), Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (CA), Forest County Potawatomi (WI), Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (AZ), and Fort Sill Apache Tribe (OK) 03-06 -Nations of Native Americans G - L (NativeWeb) Includes Garifuna, Gila River, Gros Ventre, Guarani, Gwitchan, Haida, Haudenosaunee, Havasupai, Hidatsa, Ho-Chunk, Hoopa, Hopi, Huichol, Innu, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Iowa, Ioway, Iroquois, Kainai, Kalispel, Kanak, Kanaka Maoli, Kanienkehaka, Karen, Karuk, Kaw, Kawésqar, Khama, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Klallam, Klamath, Kogi, Koorie, Korowai, Korubo, Ktunaxa, Kuna, Kurdistan, Kwagiutl, Kwakiutl, Laguna, Lahu, Lakota, Lawa, Lenape, Lenca, Lenni-Lenape, Lisu, Lubicon, Lumbee, and Lummi Nation. -Nations of Native Americans G - L (StateLocalGov.net) Provides Home pages of tribes, listed by tribe. Includes Gila River Indian Community (AZ), Greenville Rancheria (CA), Gulkana Village (AK), Ho-Chunk Nation (WI), Hopi Tribe (AZ), Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (CA), Iowa Nation (OK), Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe (WA), Kalispel Tribe of Indians (WA), Kashaya Band of Pomo Indians (CA), Kaw Nation (OK), Ketchikan Indian Corporation (AK), Keweenaw Bay Tribe (MI), Klamath Tribes (OR), Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior, Chippewa Indians (MI), Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (MI), Lumbee Tribe (NC), and Lummi Nation (WA). 03-06 -Nations of Native Americans M - P (NativeWeb) Includes Maasai, Makah, Maliseet, Maori, Mapuche, Mattaponi, Maya, Mechoopda, Menominee, Metis, Mi'kmaw, MicMac, Mingo, Miskitu, Miwok, Mixteca, Mlabri, Mohave, Mohawk, Mohegan, Mohican, Monacan, Montaukett, Muscogee, Nanticokes, Narragansett, Nasion Chamoru, Naticoke, Navajo, Nez Perce, Ngarrindjeri, Nipmuc, Nisga'a, Nungas (Australia), Odawa, Ogoni, Ohiyesa, Ohlone, Ojibwe, Okmulgee (Creek), Omaha, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Paiute, Palong, Passamaquoddy, Pawnee, Pehuenche, Penobscot, Pequot, Pima, Piscataway, Pocomoke, Pocumtuck, Pomo, Ponca, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Pueblo, and Puyallup. -Nations of Native Americans M - P (StateLocalGov.net) Provides Home pages of tribes, listed by tribe. Includes Makah Tribe (WA), Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (ND), Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi (MI), Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community (MN), Menominee Indian Tribe (WI), Miami Nation (OK), Miccosukee Indian Tribe (FL), Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (MN), Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MS), Mohegan Tribe (CT), Mohican Nation (WI), Monacan Indian Nation (VA), Muckleshoot Tribe (WA), Nansemond Indian Tribal Association (VA), Native Village of Afognak (AK), Native Village of Georgetown (AK), Native Village of Kotzebue (AK), Native Village of Napaimute (AK), Native Village of Tanacross (AK), Navajo Nation (AZ), Nez Perce Tribe (ID), Ninilchik Traditional Council (AK), Oneida Indian Nation (NY), Oneida Nation (WI), Osage Tribe (OK), Pala Band of Mission Indians (CA), Pascua Yaqui Tribe (AZ), Passamaquoddy Tribe (ME), Pawnee Nation (OK), Penobscot Indian Nation (ME), Peoria Tribe (OK), Pinoleville Band of Pomo Indians (CA), Poarch Band of Creek Indians (AL), Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (MI & IN), Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (WA), Powhatan Renape Nation (NJ), Prairie Band of Potawatomi (KS), Prairie Island Indian Community (MN), Pueblo of Sandia (NM), and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes (NV). 03-06 -Nations of Native Americans Q - T (NativeWeb) Includes Q'anjob'al, Quapaw, Quechua, Quileute, Quinault, S'Klallam, Sac, Sakha(Yakoutie), Salish, Salteaux, Sami, Santee, Saponi, Secwepemc, Seminole, Seneca, Shawnee, Shoshone, Shuswap, Siksika, Siletz, Sioux, South Asia, Stillaguamish, Stockbridge-Munsee, Sukuma, Suquamish, Swinomish, Tachi, Taino, Tainui, Tamil, Tarahumara (Raramuri), Taroko, Thins, Tigua, Tionontati, Tiwa, Tlingit, Tohono O'odham, Totonacs, Tsalagi, Tsimshian, Tsnungwe, Tuareg, Tulalip, Turkic, and Tuscarora. -Nations of Native Americans Q - T (StateLocalGov.net) Provides Home pages of tribes, listed by tribe. Includes Quinault Indian Nation (WA), Red Lake Nation (MN), Rosebud Sioux Tribe (SD), Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (MI), Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (AZ), Samish Indian Nation (WA), Santee Sioux Tribe (NE), Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe (WA), Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (MI), Seminole Tribe (FL), Seneca Nation of Indians (NY), Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (MN), Sitka Tribe (AK), Skokomish Tribal Nation (WA), Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians (CA), Southern Cherokee Nation (OK), Southern Ute Indian Tribe (CO), Spokane Tribe (WA), Squaxin Island Tribe (WA), Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SD), Suquamish Tribe (WA), Swinomish Indian Tribe (WA), Tachi Yokut Tribe (CA), Tonkawa Tribe (OK) Tulalip Tribes (WA), and Tunica-Biloxi Tribe (LA). 03-06 -Nations of Native Americans U - Z (NativeWeb) Includes U'wa, Umatilla, Umpqua, Upik, Upper Nicola, Ute, Vuntut, Wabanaki, Wailaki, Wampanoag, Washoe, Wea, Wendat-Huron, Wenro, Westbank, Wichita, Wikwemikong, Winnebago, Wintu, Wiradjuri, Wiyot, Wyandot, Yakama, Yakima, Yanomami, Yao, Yaqui, Yavapai-Apache, Yokuts, Yugur, Yurok, and Zuni. -Nations of Native Americans U - Z (StateLocalGov.net) Provides Home pages of tribes, listed by tribe. Includes Unga Tribal Council (AK), Upper Lake Rancheria (CA), Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians (CA), Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (MA), Washoe Tribe (CA & NV), White Mountain Apache Tribe (AZ), Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (OK), Winnebago Tribe (NE), Wiyot Tribe (CA), Woody Island Tribal Council (AK), Wyandotte Nation (OK), and Yavapai-Apache Nation (AZ). 03-06 Abenaki Word Lists (Cowasuck.org) Provides lessons on Abenaki. 03-06 Algonkin Nation History (First Nations) "If for no other reason, the Algonkin would be famous because their name has been used for the largest native language group in North America." 2-00 Algonquian Language Family (Native-Language.org) Includes Eastern Algonquian Languages: Abenaki-Penobscot (Dialects: Abenaki and Penobscot), Maliseet-Passamaquoddy (Dialects: Maliseet and Passamaquoddy), Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Lenape Languages: Delaware (Lenape), Munsee Delaware, and Nanticoke, Mohican Languages: Mahican (Mohican/Stockbridge), Mohegan, Narragansett, and Wampanoag (Massachusett). Central Algonquian Languages: Cree Languages, Attikamekw (Tete de Boule), Cree, Michif (Cree-French creole), Montagnais Innu, and Naskapi Innu. Ojibwa Languages: Algonkin (Algonquin), Ojibwe (Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Anishinabemowin), and Ottawa (Odawa). Kickapoo, Menominee, Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and Fox), Miami-Illinois, Potawatomi, and Shawnee. Plains Algonquian Languages: Arapaho Languages: Arapaho and Gros Ventre (Atsina). Blackfoot (Siksika, Peigan, Blackfeet), and Cheyenne.  California Algic (Ritwan) Languages: Wiyot and Yurok.  Lost/Unattested/Uncertain Algonquian Remnant Languages: Beothuk, Etchemin, Loup A/Loup B, Lumbee (Croatan, Pamlico), and Powhatan. 11-03 Algonquian: "Dead" Indian Language Revived (MSNBC News) "Of perhaps 400 Indian languages spoken in North America in 1500, about 45 are in common use today, one expert estimated." A movie director chose the task of researching pre-1800's Algonquian language in order to include it in a movie about colonial era Virginia. "The best source was a list of Indian words and their meanings compiled by a Jamestown colonist in the 1600s. But it had been recopied by some of the 17th century's most incompetent scribes. Their N's looked like A's, which looked like U's, and they had a serious problem with spelling. The Algonquian word for 'ants' had been mislabeled as 'aunts,' and the word for 'herring' had become 'hearing.' " 12-06 Athapascan Languages (Billabbie.com) Provides information on the extinct Athapascan native languages of California, as well as Hupa, which is still spoken. 7-00 Beothuk Nation History (First Nations) "One thing that is known about the Beothuk was their love of the color red." 2-00 Blackfeet Nation (NativeAmericans.com) Provides basic information about the tribe and its history. 03-06 Catawba Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Chicora Nation and the Coree (First Nations - Pate) "The Coree tradition was a proud history of alliance with the English of Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony. It was a driving force in colonization of North Carolina." 12-03 Choctaw Nation (ChoctawNation.com) Provides a history from the official site for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Sometimes misspelled as Choktaw. 03-06 Colville Confederated Tribes - Recognition by the Supreme Court (FindLaw.com) Provides a summary of a Supreme Court finding that the Colville Confederated Tribes still had a reservation, despite the sale of lands within the reservation. 9-00 Crow Nation (Wikipedia.org) "The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana. The tribal headquarters are located at Crow Agency, Montana." 03-06 Delaware Nation History (First Nations - Sultzman) "Originally in 1600, the Delaware River Valley from Cape Henlopen, Delaware north to include the west side of the lower Hudson Valley in southern New York. The Delaware were not migratory and appear to have occupied their homeland for thousands of years before the coming of the Europeans." 6-02 Erie Nation History (First Nations) "In 1615 Étienne Brulé met a group of Erie near Niagara Falls. So far as is known, this was their only encounter with Europeans. At the time the Erie were members of a three-way alliance (Neutrals and Wenro) against the Iroquois." 6-02 Far North Indians - Daily Life (Donn) Provides information on the daily lives of the ancient Far North Indians. 03-06 Huron Nation History (First Nations) "Ouendake (called Huronia by the French) was the original homeland of the Huron occupying a fairly compact area of central Ontario between the southern end of Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe." Inuit (IH School) "The Inuit people hunt for their food. They eat primarily fish, sea mammals and a few land mammals." 11-04 Inuit - Daily Life (Donn) Provides information on the daily lives of the ancient Inuit Indians. 03-06 Inupiat of the Arctic Circle 2-00 Klallam Phrases, Alphabet, and Language (Charles and Smith) Provides translations for phrases and words. Also provides an explanation of the alphabet. 6-02 List of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes Mahican Nation History (First Nations) "When James Fenimore Cooper wrote 'Last of the Mohicans' in 1826 he made the Mahican famous." 2-00 Mascouten Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Massachut Nation History (First Nations) "Contact with Europeans probably occurred at an early date, perhaps as soon as John Cabot in 1497... " 2-00 Mattabesic Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Menominee Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Metoac Nation History (First Nations) "The Metoac had the misfortune to occupy Long Island which was regarded as the source of the best wampum in the Northeast." 2-00 Miami Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Micmac Nation History (First Nations) "The first known contact was made in 1497 by John Cabot who took three Micmac with him when he returned to England." 2-00 Mohegan Nation History (First Nations) "Mohegan means wolf. So does Mahican, but these are the names of two distinct Algonquin tribes..." 2-00 Montagnais Nation History (First Nations) "Montagnais considered porcupine a delicacy." 2-00 Narragansett Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Native American Nauset Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Neutrals Nation History (First Nations) 2-00 Nez Perce History "Within the deep canyons of the traditional Nimi'ipuu land, the people relied on the rivers, mountains and prairies for sustenance. They practiced a seasonal subsistence cycle, living with the seasons, not by the month." Niantic (First Nations) 2-00 Nipissing (First Nations) "Probably their most interesting feature was their reputation among other tribes for the spiritual power of their shamans." 2-00 Nipmuc (First Nations) "There never was a Nipmuc tribe as such. Nipmuc is a geographical classification given to the native peoples who lived in central Massachusetts and the adjoining parts of southern New England. They lived in independent bands and villages, some of which at different times were allied with, or subject to, the powerful native confederacies which surrounded them." 12-03 Northwest Pacific Coastal - Daily Life (Donn) Provides information on the daily lives of the ancient Northwest Pacific Coastal Indians. 03-06 Oneida Nation Provides a history. 03-06 Osage Nation History (The Osage Tribal Council and The Osage Tribe) 6-02 Paiute Tribe (NativeAmericans.com) Provides a history. Pennacook (First Nations) 2-00 Pequot (First Nations) "Actually, migration was rare until settlement displaced the eastern tribes and began a chain reaction of movement to the west." 2-00 Pocahontas (Morenus) Provides a short history and compares it to the fictional movie version. 1-01 Pocumtuc (First Nations) 2-00 Potawatomi Tribes Powhatan Renape Nation Rainforest People (ChristianAnswers.net) Provides information about the daily lives, such as food, clothes, and environment, of the rainforest people of South America near the Amazon River. 11-04 Shawnee (First Nations) 'So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.' - Chief Tecumseh 6-02 Siletz - Confederated Tribes of Siletz Susquehannock (First Nations) "The Susquehannock have been called noble and heroic. They have also been described as aggressive, warlike, imperialistic, and bitter enemies of the Iroquois." 2-00 Tionontati (First Nations) "In almost every way, including language, the culture and lifestyles of the Tionontati were identical with that of the Huron who lived just to the east of them. Despite these similarities, the Tionontati always maintained their political autonomy and never became members of the Huron Confederacy, only trading partners and military allies." 12-03 Tlingit of the Northwest U.S. Coast (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Tlingit. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world." Tuscaroras Nation (Contains Audio Clip) Warm Springs - Confederated Tribes - Recognition by the Supreme Court (WarmSprings.com) "Long before Europeans set foot on the North American continent, the three tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation - - the Wasco, the Walla Walla (later called the Warm Springs), and the Paiute - - had developed societies beside the Columbia River, the Cascade Mountains, and other parts of Oregon." 6-02 Warm Springs Confederated Tribes History Provides a short history of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. 9-00 Wenro (First Nations) "What little is known about them has come to us from the Huron, since there was no direct contact between the Wenro and Europeans until after a large group of Wenro refugees came to the Huron villages in 1639. Oil was highly prized by the Iroquian tribes in the region for its medicinal properties, and the trade for this commodity is the major reason the Wenro maintained good relations with the Huron." 12-03 Winnebago (First Nations) "Their clothing was fringed buckskin, which the Winnebago frequently decorated with beautiful designs created from porcupine quills, feathers and beads..."  "Winnebago clans served both ceremonial and social functions, but in distinctive Siouan characteristic, were grouped into two major divisions, or moieties: an Upper (Sky) with four clans; and a Lower (Earth) having eight."  "Of course, they never surrendered their distinctive Siouan language, but it was not uncommon for a Winnebago to speak several languages besides his own (Algonquin, French, and English). Originally a farming people, the Winnebago lived in large semi-permanent villages." 12-03 Winnebago Resources (WinnebagoTribe.com) Provides history, news, government, and more. 9-04 Wyandot Nation (Wyandot Nation of Kansas) Provides early history. 2-01 Yakama History (Healy) Provides a short background on the Yakama Nation and includes a Yakima flag. 9-00 Yakama Nation (CRITFC.org) Provides basic facts. 03-06 Yakima Nation (NativeAmericans.com) Provides basic facts, pictures, and links. 03-06

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