List of North American Indian tribes

In this list of North American Indian tribes the most important North American confederations, nations, peoples, tribes and groups are listed, arranged according to the North American cultural areas . Not every entry is to be understood as an independent grouping. Some of them are artificially created superordinate categories.

The Indian groups are not to be understood as absolute. Rather, they were always changing; Nations split up, others joined a third party and were absorbed in it. Many have different names.

North American cultural areas

Arctic

Subarctic

Abitibi (see Cree)
Ahtna
Anishinabe , Ojibwa, Chippewa
Attikamek
Babine (see Takulli)
Bearlake
Beaver (see tsattine)
Carrier (see Takulli)
Chilcotin
Chippewa (see Anishinabe)
Chipewyan (not to be confused with the Chippewa)
Cree , Kri
- Abitibi
- Plains-Cree (see under prairie and plains )
- Woodland Cree
Dakelh (see Takulli)
Deg Xinag , Ingalik
Dogrib
Hän
Hare (see Kawchottine)
Ingalik (see Deg Xinag)
Inland Tlingit
Innu (see Montagnais)
Kaska (see Nahani)
Kawchottine , Hare
Kolchan
Koyukon
Kutchin
Montagnais , Innu
Mountain (see Nahani)
Nahani
- Kaska
- Mountain
Naskapi
Ojibwa (see Anishinabe)
Sekani
Slavey
Tagish
Tahltan
Takulli , carrier
- Babine
- Dakelh
Daneẕaa (beaver - see Tsattine)
Tanaina
Tanana
- Medium Tanana
- Upper Tanana
- Lower Tanana
Tête de Boule (see Attikamek)
Tlingit (see Inland Tlingit)
Tsetsaut
Tsattine , beaver
Tutchone
Woodland Cree (see Cree)
Yellowknife

Northwest coast

Ahousaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth )
Alsea
Bella Bella (see Heiltsuk)
Bellacoola (see Nuxalk)
Burrard (Tsleil-Waututh Nation, see Salish)
Chek`tleset`h (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Campbell River (people) , Kwakwaka'wakw
Chehalis (see Salish)
Chemainus
Chemakum
Chinook
Clatskanie
Clayoquot (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Colville (see Salish)
Comox (see Salish)
Coos
Cowichan (see Salish)
Cowlitz (see Salish)
Ditidaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth, controversial)
Duwamish (see Salish)
Ehatteshaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Esquimalt (see Salish)
Eyak
Gitksan
Haida
Shark sharks (see Heiltsuk)
Haisla
Halalt (see Salish)
Heiltsuk
- Bella Bella
- Shark sharks
- Oowekeeno
Hesquiaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Homalco
Hupacasath (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Huu-ay-aht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
In-SHUCK-ch (see Salish)
Kalapuya
Katzie (see Salish)
Klahoose (see Salish)
Klallam (see Salish)
Click quote
Kwakwaka'wakw
- Campbell River (people)
- Quatsino (see Salish)
Kwalhioqua
Kyuquot-Cheklesahht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Kwikwetlem (see Salish)
Lake Cowichan (see Salish)
Lummi (see Salish)
Lyackson (see Salish)
Makah (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Malahat (see Salish, Saanich)
Musqueam (see Salish)
Nisga'a
Nooksack (see Salish)
Nootka (obsolete f. Nuu-chah-nulth )
Nuchalaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Nuu-chah-nulth (obsolete Nootka)
- Ahousaht
- Marriage seam
- Hesquiaht
- Hupacasath
- Huu-ay-aht (Ohiaht)
- Kyuquot-Cheklesahht (Kayukth and Chek`tleset`h)
- Makah
- Mowachaht
- Nuchatlaht
- Opetchesaht
- Pacheedaht
- Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot)
- Toquaht
- Tseshaht (Sheshat)
- Uchucklesaht
- Ucluelet
Nuxalk , Bellacoola
Ohiaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Oowekeeno (see Heiltsuk)
Opetchesaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Pauquachin (see Salish, Saanich)
Penelakut (see Salish)
Pentlatch (see Salish)
Puyallup (see Salish)
Qualicum (see Salish)
Quatsino , see Kwakwaka'wakw
Qayqayt (see Salish)
Quileute
Saanich (see Salish)
Salish (see also coastal salish )
- Burrard
- Chehalis
- Chemainus
- Colville
- Comox
- Cowichan
- Cowlitz
- Duwamish
- Esquimalt
- Halalt
- Homalco
- In-SHUCK-ch
- Kitty
- Klahoose
- Klallam
- Kwikwetlem
- Lake Cowichan
- Lummi
- Lyackson
- Musqueam
- Nooksack
- Penelacute
- Pentlatch
- Puyallup
- Qayqayt
- Qualicum
- Saanich
  - Malahat
  - Pauquachin
  - Tsartlip
  - Tsawout
  - Tseycum
- Sechelt
- Semiahmoo
- Tseshaht
- Sliammon
- Snohomish
- Snoqualmie
- Snuneymuxw
- Songhees
- Squamish
- Stó: lō
- T'sou-ke
- Tsawwassen
- Tulalip
Sechelt (see Salish)
Semiahmoo (see Salish)
Tseshaht (see Salish)
Siuslaw
Sliammon
Snohomish
Snoqualmie (see Salish)
Songhees (see Salish)
Squamish (see Salish)
Stó: lō (see Salish)
T'sou-ke (see Salish)
Takelma
Tillamook
Tla-o-qui-aht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Tlingit
Toquaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Tsartlip (see Salish, Saanich)
Tsawwassen (see Salish)
Tseycum (see Salish, Saanich)
Tsawout (see Salish, Saanich)
Tseshaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Tsimshian
Tulalip (see Salish)
Uchucklesaht (see Nuu-chah-nulth)
Ucluelet (see Nuu-chah-nulth)

California

southwest

Acoma (see Pueblo)
Apache Mohave (see Yavapai)
Apaches , Inde
- Chiricahua
- Jicarilla
- Kiowa Apaches
- Lipan
- Mescalero
- Tonto
- Western Apaches
Bamoa (see Cahita)
Borrado (see Coahuiltec)
Cahita
- Bamoa
- Cinaloa
- Mayo
- Tehueco
- Yaqui
- Zuaque
Chiricahua (see Apaches)
Cinaloa (see Cahita)
Coahuiltec
- Borrado
- Mariame
Coapite (see Karankawa)
Cochiti (see Pueblo)
Coco (see Karankawa)
Cocopa (see Yuma)
Diné (see Navajo)
Halchidhoma
Havasupai (see Yuma)
Hopi
Hualapai (see Yuma)
Inde (see Apaches)
Isleta (see Pueblo)
Jemez (see Pueblo)
Jicarilla (see Apaches)
Kamina (see Yuma)
Karankawa
- Coapite
- Coco
- Karankawa (actual Karankawa)
- Kohani
- Kopane
Katishtya (see Pueblo)
Kavelchadom (see Yuma)
Keres (see pueblo)
Kiowa Apache (see Apache)
Kohani (see Karankawa)
Kopane (see Karankawa)
Kohuana (see Yuma)
Laguna (see Pueblo)
Lipan (see Apaches)
Mariame (see Coahuiltec)
Maricopa (see Yuma)
Mayo (see Cahita)
Mescalero (see Apaches)
Mohave (see Yuma)
Nambe (see Pueblo)
Navajo , Diné, Navaho
Paipai (see Yuma)
Papago (see Tohono O'Odham)
Pecos (see pueblo)
Picuris (see Pueblo)
Pima
Pojoaque (see Pueblo)
Pueblo
- Keres
  - Acoma
  - Cochiti
  - Laguna
  - Santo Domingo
  - San Felipe , Katishtya
  - Santa Ana , Tamaya
  - Zia
- Tano
  - Tewa
    - Nambe
    - Pojoaque
    - San Ildefonso
    - San Juan
    - Santa Clara
    - Tesuque
  - Tiwa
    - Isleta
    - Picuris
    - Sandia
    - Taos
    - Tigua
  - Towa
    - Jemez
    - Pecos
Quechan (see Yuma)
Sandia (see Pueblo)
San Felipe (see Pueblo)
San Ildefonso (see Pueblo)
San Juan (see Pueblo)
Santa Ana (see Pueblo)
Santa Clara (see Pueblo)
Santo Domingo (see Pueblo)
Seri
Sobaipuri
Tamaya (see Pueblo)
Tano (see Pueblo)
Taos (see Pueblo)
Tarahumara
Tehueco (see Cahita)
Tepehuan
Tesuque (see Pueblo)
Tewa (see Pueblo)
Tigua (see Pueblo)
Tiwa (see pueblo)
Towa (see Pueblo)
Tohono O'Odham , Papago
Tonto (see Apaches)
Walapai (see Yuma)
Western Apaches (see Apaches)
Yaqui (see Cahita)
Yavapai (see Yuma)
Yuma
- Cocopa
- Halchidhoma
- Havasupai
- Kamina
- Kavelchadom
- Kohuana
- Maricopa (people)
- Mohave
- Paipai
- Quechan
- Walapai , Hualapai, Yuma-Apaches
- Yavapai , Apache Mohave
Yuma Apaches (see Yuma)
Zia (see pueblo)
Zuaque (see Cahita)
Zuni

Large pool

Bannock
Gosiute (see Shoshone)
Kawaiisu
Koso (see Shoshone)
Northern Paiute (see Paiute)
Northern Shoshone (see Shoshone)
Eastern Shoshone (see Shoshone)
Owens-Valley-Paiute (see Paiute)
Paiute , Pajute
- Owens Valley Paiute
- Paviotso , Northern Paiute
  - Walker River Paiute
- Southern Paiute
  - Chemehuevi
Paviotso (see Paiute)
Shoshone
Southern Paiute (see Paiute)
Ute
Washoe
Western Shoshone (see Shoshone)

plateau

Cascades
Cayuse
Coeur d'Alene
Colville
Flathead
Kalispel , Lower Pend d'Oreille
Klamath
Kutenai , Kootenai
Lakes
Lillooet
Modoc
Molala
Nez Percé
Nicola
Upper Pend d'Oreille (see Pend d'Oreille)
Okanagan
Palouse
Pend d'Oreille , Upper Pend d'Oreille
- Plains Salish
- Sematuse
Plains Salish (see Pend d'Oreille)
Sahaptin
Secwepemc , Shuswap
Sematuse (see Pend d'Oreille)
Shuswap (see Secwepemc)
Spokane
Nlaka'pamux
Umatilla
Lower Pend d'Oreille (see Kalispel)
Walla Walla
Warm Springs
Wasco
Wayampam
Wishram
Yakama

Prairie and plains

Absarokee , crows, crow
Arapaho
Arikaree (see Three Connected Tribes)
Assiniboine (see Sioux)
Atsina (see Gros Ventre)
Blackfeet (Algonquin) (see Blackfoot)
Blackfeet (Lakota) (see Sioux)
Blackfoot , Blackfeet, Siksika
- Kainai (also known as Blood )
- Piegan , Peigan, Pikanii
  - Northern Piegan ( Apatohsipikani )
  - Piegan Blackfeet ( Amsskaapipikani , also known as Blackfeet )
Blood (see Blackfoot, Kainai)
Brulé (see Sioux)
Cheyenne
- Northern Cheyenne
- Southern Cheyenne
Comanche , Comanche
Cree , Kri
- Plains-Cree
- Woodland Cree (see Cree under Subarctic )
Crow (see Absarokee)
Dakota (see Sioux)
Three connected tribes
- Arikaree , Arikara
- Hidatsa
- Mandan
Gros Ventre , Atsina
Hidatsa (see Three Connected Tribes)
Hunkpapa (see Sioux)
Iowa
Itazipchos (see Sioux)
Kainah (see Blackfoot)
Kansa
Kiowa
Kiowa Apache (see Apaches under Southwest )
Kitsai
Comanche (see Comanche)
Crows (see Absarokee)
Lakota (see Sioux)
Lipan (see Apaches under Southwest )
Mandan (see Three Connected Tribes)
Mdewakanton (see Sioux)
Minneconjou (see Sioux)
Missouri
Nakota (see Sioux)
Northern Cheyenne (see Cheyenne)
Northern Piegan (see Blackfoot)
Oglala (see Sioux)
Omaha
Oohenonpa (see Sioux)
Osage
Oto
Pawnee , Pani
Piegan (see Blackfoot)
Pikanii (see Blackfoot)
Plains Cree (see Cree)
Plains Ojibwa (see Saulteaux )
Ponca
Quapaw
Saulteaux
Sans Arc (see Sioux)
Santee (see Sioux)
Sarcee
Black feet (see Blackfoot)
Sichangu (see Sioux)
Sihasapa, (see Sioux)
Siksika (see Blackfoot)
Sioux
- Dakota , Santee
- Lakota , Teton
  - Brulé , Sichangu
  - Hunk papa
  - Minneconjou
  - Oglala
  - Itazipco , Sans Arc
  - Sihasapa , Blackfeet
  - Two Kettles , Oohenonpa
- Nakota
Sisseton (see Sioux)
Stoney
Southern Cheyenne (see Cheyenne)
Southern Piegan (see Blackfoot)
Tawakoni
Tetons (see Sioux)
Tonkawa
Two Kettles (see Sioux)
Wahpekute (see Sioux)
Wahpeton (see Sioux)
Wichita
Yankton (see Sioux)
Yanktonai (see Sioux)

Southeast woodland

Abihka (see Muskogee)
Adai
Adshusheer
Ais
Alabama (see Muskogee)
Apalachee
Apalachicola
Atakapa
Biloxi
Caddo
Calusa
Cape Fear Indians
Catawba
Chakchiuma
Chatot (people)
Cheraw
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Chitimacha
Choctaw
Coharie
Congaree
Coosa (see Muskogee)
Coree
Coushatta (see Muskogee)
Creek Bund (see Muskogee)
Cusabo
Eno
Guale
Hitchiti
Houma
Keyauwee
Koasati (see Muskogee)
Koroa
Lumbee
Meherrin
Miccosukee (see Seminoles)
Mikasuki (see Seminoles)
mobile
Monacan
Manahoac
Muskogee , Creek Bund
- Upper Muskogee
  - Abihka (Coosa)
  - Alabama
  - Tallapoosa
- Lower Muskogee
  - Coushatta (Koasati)
Naniaba
Natchez
Occaneechi
Ofo (Ofogoula, Mosopelea)
Pamlico
Pee Dee
Pensacola
Saponi
- Occaneechee Band of the Saponi Nation
Seminoles
Shakori (Shoccoree, possibly Chicora)
Sugeree
- Mikasuki (Miccosukee)
Tallapoosa (see Muskogee)
Tequesta
Timucua
Tocobaga
Tohome
tunic
Tutelo
Waccamaw Sioux
Waxhaw
Westo
Yamasee
Yazoo
Yuchi

Northeast woodland

Abenaki , Abnaki, Aberginier, Wabanaki
- Eastern Abenaki
  - Arosaguntacook
  - Kennebec , Norridgewock
  - Penobscot
  - Pigwacket
- Western Abenaki
  - Arsigantegok
  - Cowasuck
  - Missisquoi
  - Penacook
  - Sokoki
Aberginier (see Abenaki)
Accomac (see Powhatan Confederation)
Algonquin
Andaste (see Susquehannock)
Anishinabe , Ojibwa, Chippewa
Arosaguntacook (see Abenaki)
Arsigantegok (see Abenaki)
Beothuk
Canawese (see Conoy)
Canarsee (see Metoac)
Cayuga (see Iroquois)
Chesapeake (see Powhatan Confederation)
Chickahominy
Chicora (see Shakori)
Chippewa (see Anishinabe)
Christian Munsee (see Lenni Lenape)
Conestoga, (see Susquehannock)
Conoy , Canawese, Piscataway
Corchaug (see Metoac)
Coree
Cowasuck (see Abenaki)
Delaware (see Lenni Lenape)
Erie
Etchemin (see Maliseet)
Fox
Ho-Chunk (see Winnebago)
Housatonic (see Mohicans)
Hurons (see Wyandot)
Illinois
- Cahokia
- Kaskaskia
- Michigamea
- Peoria
- Tamaroa
Iroquois
- Cayuga
- Mohawk
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Seneca
- Tuscarora
  - Meherrin
  - Nottoway
Kennebec (see Abenaki)
Khionontateronone (see Tionontati)
Kickapoo
Kitchawank (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Lenape (see Lenni Lenape)
Lenni Lenape , Lenape, Delaware, Delaware
- Munsee
  - Christian Munsee , Moravian Indians
- Unalachtigo
- Unami
Mahican (see Mohicans )
Moravian Indians (see Lenni Lenape)
Malecite (see Maliseet)
Maliseet , Malecite, Etchemin
Manhanset (see Metoac)
Manhattan (see #Wappinger Confederation )
Mascouten
Massapequa (see Metoac)
Matinecock (see Metoac)
Mattaponi (see Powhatan Confederation)
Merrick (see Metoac)
Mascouten
Massachusett
Mattabesic (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Meherrin (see Iroquois)
Menominee , Monnetarians
Metoac
- Canar lake
- Corchaug
- Manhanset
- Massapequa
- Matinecock
- Merrick
- Montau chain
- Nesquake
- Patchogue
- Rockaway
- Shinnecock
- Unquachog
Miami
- Piankashaw
- Wea
Micmac (see Mi'kmaq)
Mi'kmaq , Micmac, Tarrantiner
Mingo
Minqua (see Susquehannock)
Mississauga
Missisquoi (see Abenaki)
Mohawk (see Iroquois)
Mohegan (see Mohicans)
Mohicans
- Mahican
- Housatonic
  - Stockbridge
- Mohegan
- Pequot
Monnetarians (see Menominee)
Monacan
Montauk (see Montaukett)
Munsee (see Lenni Lenape)
Nanticoke
Narraganset
Nansemond (see Powhatan Confederation)
Nauset (see Wampanoag)
Nesquake (see Metoac)
Neutral
Nipissing
Nipmuck
Nochpeem (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Norridgewock (see Abenaki)
North Carolina Algonquin
- Chowanoke
- Croatoan
- Moratuc
- Machapunga
- Neusiok
- Pamlico
- Roanoke (people)
- Secotan
- Weapemeoc
Nottoway (see Iroquois)
Eastern Abenaki (see Abenaki)
Ojibwa (see Anishinabe)
Oji-Cree
Oneida (see Iroquois)
Onondaga (see Iroquois)
Ottawa
Pamunkey (see also: Powhatan Confederation )
Passamaquoddy , Etchemin
Patchogue (see Metoac)
Paugussett (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Pawtucket
Penacook (see Abenaki)
Penobscot (see Abenaki)
Pequot (see Mohicans)
Petun (see Tionontati)
Piankashaw (see Miami)
Pigwacket (see Abenaki)
Piscataway (see Conoy)
Pocumtuc
Pokanoket (see Wampanoag)
Potawatomi
Powhatan Confederation
- Accomac
- Chesapeake
- Mattaponi
- Nansemond
- Pamunkey
- Powhatan
- Werowocomoco
Quinnipiac (see #Wappinger Confederation )
Rappahannock
Rockaway (see Metoac)
Sac (see Sauk)
Sauk , Sac
Seneca (see Iroquois)
Shakori
Shawnee
Shinnecock (see Metoac)
Shoccoree (see Shakori)
Sintsink (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Siwanoy (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Sokoki (see Abenaki)
Stockbridge (see Mahican)
Susquehannock , Andaste, Conestoga, Minqua
Tobacco (see Tionontati)
Taniteke (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Tarrantiner (see Mi'kmaq)
Tionontati
Tobacco (see Tionontati)
Tunxis (see # Wappinger Confederation )
Tuscarora (see Iroquois)
Unalachtigo (see Lenni Lenape)
Unami (see Lenni Lenape)
Unquachog (see Metoac)
Virginia Algonquin
Virginia Confederation (see Powhatan Confederation)
Wabanaki (see Abenaki)
Wampanoag
- Nauset
Wappinger, (see #Wappinger Confederation )
Wappinger Confederation
- Kitchawank
- Manhattan
- Mattabesic
- Nochpeem
- Sintsink
- Siwanoy
- Taniteke
- Wappinger
- Wecquaesgeek
Wea (see Miami)
Wecquaesgeek (see #Wappinger Confederation )
Wenro
Werowocomoco (see Powhatan Confederation)
Western Abenaki (see Abenaki)
Winnebago , Ho-Chunk
Wyandot , Hurons