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.
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
- Naskapi
- Ojibwa (see Anishinabe)
- Sekani
- Slavey
- Tagish
- Tahltan
- Takulli , carrier
- Daneẕaa (beaver - see Tsattine)
- Tanaina
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Achumawi
- Atsugewi
- Cahto
- Cahuilla
- Chilula
- Chimariko
- Chumash
- Costano
- Cupeño
- Esselen
- Gabrieleño (see Tongva)
- Hoopa , Hupa
- Huchnom
- Hupa (see Hoopa)
- Ipai
- Karok
- Kawaiisu (Nuwa or Nuooah)
- Kitanemuk
- Konkow (people)
- Lassik
- Luiseño
- Maidu
- Mattole
- Miwok
- Monache
- Nisenan
- Nomlaki
- Nongatl
- Patwin
- Pomo
- Saline
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Sinyone
- Tataviam
- Tipai
- Tolowa
- Tongva , Gabrieleño
- Tubatulabal
- Wailaki
- Wappo
- Whilkut
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Yana
- Yahi
- Yokuts
- Yuki
- Yurok
southwest
- Acoma (see Pueblo)
- Apache Mohave (see Yavapai)
- Apaches , Inde
- Bamoa (see Cahita)
- Borrado (see Coahuiltec)
- Cahita
- Chiricahua (see Apaches)
- Cinaloa (see Cahita)
- Coahuiltec
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Southern Paiute
- 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 (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
- Comanche , Comanche
-
Cree , Kri
- Plains-Cree
- Woodland Cree (see Cree under Subarctic )
- Crow (see Absarokee)
- Dakota (see Sioux)
- Three connected tribes
- 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)
- Upper Muskogee
- Naniaba
- Natchez
- Occaneechi
- Ofo (Ofogoula, Mosopelea)
- Pamlico
- Pee Dee
- Pensacola
- Saponi
- 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
- 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
- Iroquois
- 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
-
Munsee
- 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
- Miami
- Micmac (see Mi'kmaq)
- Mi'kmaq , Micmac, Tarrantiner
- Mingo
- Minqua (see Susquehannock)
- Mississauga
- Missisquoi (see Abenaki)
- Mohawk (see Iroquois)
- Mohegan (see Mohicans)
- Mohicans
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Wappinger, (see #Wappinger Confederation )
- Wappinger Confederation
- Wea (see Miami)
- Wecquaesgeek (see #Wappinger Confederation )
- Wenro
- Werowocomoco (see Powhatan Confederation)
- Western Abenaki (see Abenaki)
- Winnebago , Ho-Chunk
- Wyandot , Hurons