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
Subarctic
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- 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
- Han
- Hare
- Holikachuk
- Innu
- Kaska (Nahane)
- Kolchan (Upper Kuskokwim)
- Koyukon
- Mountain
- Naskapi
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California
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| - 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
- Costanoan (Dialects: Ramaytush, San Jose, Juichen, Chocheño, Tamyen, Awaswas, Chalon, Mutsun, Rumsen)
- Cupeño
- Diegueño
- Esselen
- Fernandeño - see Tataviam
- Gabrieliño - see Tongva
- Giamina
- Huchnom
- Hupa
- Ipai
- Jamul
- Juaneño
- Kamia
- Karok
- Kato
- Kiliwa
- Kitanemuk
- Klamath
- Konomihu
- Konkow
- Kumeyaay (Diegueño)
- Lassik
- Luiseño
- Maidu
- Mattole
- Mesa Grande
- Migueleño
- Mission Indians
- Miwok (Me-wuk)
- Modoc
- Mohave
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Eastern Woodlands
- ''For list of tribes, see Eastern Woodlands
Plateau
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- Celilo (Wayampam)
- Upper Chinookan (Dialects: Clackamas, Cascades, Hood River Wasco, Wishram Kathlamet, Wishram, Cathlamet, Multnomah,
- Columbian (Dialects: Wenatchee, Sinkayuse, Chelan)
- Coeur d'Alene Idaho
- Colville Washington
- Upper Cowlitz
- Flatbow
- Flathead
- John Day
- Kalispel Washington
- Kittitas
- Klamath
- Klikitat Washington
- Kootenai Idaho
- Lakes (Sinixt) BC-Idaho
- St'at'imc aka the Lillooet people
- Lower Snake (Chamnapam, Wauyukma, Naxiyampam)
- Modoc
- Molala (Molale) Oregon
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Northwest Coast
Plains
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| - Arapaho Wyoming, Oklahoma
- Arikara (aka Arikaree or Ree) North Dakota
- Assiniboine (Assiniboin) Montana Fort Peck Indian Reservation is home to Assiniboine and Lakota (Sioux)
- Atsina
- Besawunena
- Blackfoot Montana/Alberta (bands: Kainah or Blood, Siksiki, Northern Peigan, Piegan or Blackfeet)
- Brulé
- Cheyenne Montana, South Dakota; Oklahoma
- Chickasaw Oklahoma
- Comanche Oklahoma
- Crow (Absaroka or Apsáalooke) Montana, South Dakota
- Chippewa Cree, Montana
- Plains Cree Montana
- Dakota
- Gros Ventre
- Hasinai
- Hidatsa North Dakota
- Iowa (Ioway) Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Kaw (Kansa) Oklahoma
- Kiowa Oklahoma
- Kitsai
- Lakota (Sioux) South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska
- Lipan Apache
- Mandan North Dakota
- Missouri Missouri
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- Nawathinehena
- Naskapi
- Oglala Sioux
- Omaha Nebraska
- Mississaugas
- Osage Nation Oklahoma
- Otoe Oklahoma
- Ottawa Michigan; Oklahoma
- Pawnee (Dialects: South Band, Skiri) Oklahoma
- Powhatans
- Piegan
- Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache) Oklahoma
- Ponca Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Quapaw (Arkansas) Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Santee (a division of Sioux, not equivalent to the Santee in South Carolina)
- Sauk (originally Great Lakes now Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa
- Saulteaux (Plains Ojibwe)
- Siksika
- Sioux (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota) Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- Stoney
- Teton
- Tonkawa Oklahoma
- Tsuu T’ina (Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuut’ina)
- Wichita Oklahoma Tribes - Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi
- Wyandot Ontario, Michigan
- Yankton
- Yanktonai
- Zuni
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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; later Oklahoma
- Chiaha
- Chickahominy Virginia
- Chickamauga
- 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
- Jororo Florida
- Keyauwee North Carolina
- Koasati
- Koroa
- Luca (tribe) Florida
- Lumbee North Carolina
- Manahoac Viriginia
- Mattaponi Virginia
- Matecumbe (Matacumbêses, Matacumbe, Matacombe) Florida coast
- Mayaca Florida
- Mayaimi Florida
- Mayajuaca Florida
- Meherrin North Carolina
- Mikasuki (Miccosukee) Florida
- Mobila (Mobile) Alabama
- Mocoso Florida
- Monacan Virginia
- Monyton (Moneton, Monekot, Moheton) (Siouan) 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
- Saraw 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
- Timucua Florida, Georgia
- 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
- Wetumpka (Wee-tam-ka)
- Winyaw South Carolina
- Woccon
- Yamasee Florida, Georgia
- Yazoo
- Yuchi
Southwest
The indigenous peoples of
Central and
South America are generally classified by language, environment, and cultural similarities.
Southern Cone
Languages
spanish *Aridoamercan tribes by location*
spanish *Mesoamercan tribes by location*
Indigenous peoples of the Americas | Native American tribes | Indigenous languages of the Americas
Indiánské kmeny | Etnografisk klassifikation af oprindelige amerikanere | Liste nordamerikanischer Indianerstämme | Liste des peuples indigènes des Amériques | Popis indijanskih plemena -klasifikacija | Lijst van Noord-Amerikaanse indianen | Etnografisk klassifikasjon av indianere | Classificação dos nativos americanos | Luettelo Kanadan ja Yhdysvaltain alkuperäiskansoista ja -heimoista
"Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas"