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Native Languages of the Americas:
List of Native American Indian Tribes and Languages
Hello, and welcome to Native Languages of the Americas!
We are a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and
promoting American Indian tribal languages, particularly through the use of Internet technology.
Our website is not beautiful. Probably, it never will be. But this site has inner beauty, for it is, or will be, a compendium of
online materials about more than a thousand Native American tribes of the Western Hemisphere and the indigenous languages they speak.
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Native American Tribal Resources
Alphabetical master list of
American Indian tribes and languages
Chart of Native American tribal names in their original language
and their current version
List of the Native American languages with the highest number
of speakers, with subpages showing the most common languages in each region
American Indian language families showing the
relationships between languages
Vocabulary lists from the languages of various American Indian tribes.
List of the indigenous American peoples featured on our site
Geographical index of Indian tribes grouped by
continent, country, and state or province, some with maps.
Maps of American Indian culture areas in the
Western Hemisphere.
Links to American Indian books and other resources
Online collection of American Indian mythology and traditional stories
Information for Kids on dozens of Native American tribes
Links to general Native American language resources
Online encyclopedia of Native American definitions
Questions and Answers about American Indian tribes
Native American Tribes and Languages
A
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Abenaki (Abnaki, Abanaki, Abenaqui),
Acatec, Achi,
Achumawi (Achomawi),
Acoma,
Adai, Ahtna (Atna),
Ais,
Akimel O'odham,
Alabama-Coushatta,
Aleut, Alsea,
Alutiiq,
Algonquians, Algonquin,
Alsea, Andoke,
Anishinaabe (Anishinabemowin, Anishnabay),
Antoniaño,
Apache,
Apalachee,
Apalachicola,
Applegate,
Arabela,
Arapaho (Arapahoe),
Arara, Arawak,
Arikara, Arua,
Ashaninka,
Assiniboine, Atakapa,
Atikamekw,
Atsina, Atsugewi (Atsuke),
Avoyel (Avoyelles),
Aymara,
Aztec
B
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Babine,
Bannock, Bare,
Bari, Baure,
Beaver,
Bella Bella, Bella Coola,
Beothuks, Bidai,
Biloxi,
Black Carib,
Blackfoot (Blackfeet),
Blood Indians,
Bora, Bororo,
Boruca, Bribri,
Brothertown
C
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Caddo (Caddoe), Cahita,
Cahto, Cahuilla,
Calusa (Caloosa), Carib,
Carquin, Carrier,
Caska,
Catawba, Cathlamet,
Cayuga, Cayuse,
Celilo, Central Pomo,
Chappaquiddick (Chappaquiddic, Chappiquidic),
Chatot,
Chawchilla, Chehalis,
Chelan,
Chemehuevi, Cheraw,
Cheroenhaka,
Cherokee, Chetco,
Cheyenne (Cheyanne), Chiaha,
Chickasaw,
Chilcotin,
Chimariko,
Chinook, Chinook Jargon,
Chipewyan, Chippewa,
Chitimacha (Chitamacha),
Choctaw, Cholon,
Chontal de Tabasco,
Chukchansi, Chumash,
Clackamas (Clackama), Clallam,
Clatskanie, Clatsop,
Cmique,
Cochimi, Cochiti,
Cocopa (Cocopah),
Coeur d'Alene, Cofan,
Columbia (Columbian), Colville,
Comanche, Comcaac,
Comox,
Conestoga, Coos (Coosan),
Copalis, Coquille,
Cora, Coree,
Coso, Costanoan,
Coushatta, Cowichan,
Cowlitz, Cree,
Creek, Croatan (Croatoan),
Crow,
Cuna,
Cucupa (Cucapa),
Cupa,
Cupik (Cuit)
D
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Dakelh, Dakota,
Dawson, Deg Xinag (Deg Hit'an),
Delaware, Deline,
Dena'ina,
Dene,
Dene Tha,
Diegueno,
Dine (Dineh),
Dogrib,
Dumna,
Dunne-za
E
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Eastern Inland Cree, Eastern Pomo,
Eel River Athabascan,
Eeyou, Endeve,
Eno,
Entiat, Erie,
Eskimo, Esselen,
Etchemin,
Euchee,
Excelen,
Eyak
F
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Flathead Salish,
Fox
G
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Gabrielino, Gae,
Galibi, Galice,
Garifuna,
Gitxsan (Gitksan),
Gosiute (Goshute), Grand Ronde,
Grigra,
Gros Ventre, Guarani,
Guarijio,
Gulf, Gwich'in (Gwichin, Gwitchin),
H
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Haida, Haisla,
Halkomelem,
Hän, Hanis,
Hare,
Hatteras, Haudenosaunee League,
Havasupai, Hawaiian,
Heiltsuk, Heve,
Hichiti (Hitchiti),
Hidatsa,
Hocak (Ho-Chunk, Hochunk), Hoh,
Holikachuk,
Hoopa,
Hopi,
Hualapai,
Huichol, Huichun,
Humptulips,
Hupa, Huron
I
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Illini (Illiniwek, Illinois), Inca,
Ingalik, Innoko,
Innu,
Inuktitut (Inuit),
Iowa-Oto (Ioway),
Iroquois Confederacy, Ishak,
Isleño,
Isleta, Itza Maya,
Iynu
J
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Jaqaru,
James Bay Cree,
Jemez,
Juaneno (Juaneño),
Jumano
K
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Kalapuya (Kalapuyan),
Kalina, Kallawaya,
Kanien'kehaka (Kanienkehaka),
Kalispel,
Kansa (Kanza, Kanze), Karankawa,
Karkin, Karok (Karuk),
Kashaya, Kaska,
Kaskaskia, Kathlamet,
Kato,
Kaw, Kawki,
Keres (Keresan),
Kickapoo (Kikapu),
Kiliwa (Kiliwi),
Kiowa, Kiowa Apache,
Kitanemuk,
Kitsai,
Klallam,
Klamath-Modoc,
Klickitat, Koasati,
Konkow,
Kootenai (Ktunaxa, Kutenai),
Koso, Koyukon,
Kulanapan,
Kumeyaay (Kumiai), Kuna,
Kupa,
Kusan,
Kuskokwim,
Kutchin,
Kwakiutl (Kwakwala),
Kwantlen,
L
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Laguna, Lake Indians,
Lakhota (Lakota),
Lassik,
Laurentian (Lawrencian),
Lenape (Lenni Lenape), Lillooet,
Lipan Apache, Listiguj (Listuguj),
Lnuk (Lnu), Lokono,
Loup,
Lower Umpqua,
Luckiamute,
Luiseño, Lumbee,
Lummi,
Lushootseed
M
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Maca, Macuna,
Madi,
Mahican, Maidu,
Makah, Mako,
Maliseet, Mam,
Manao, Mandan,
Mangue,
Mapuche (Mapudungun), Marawa,
Mariate, Maricopa,
Mataco, Matis,
Matlatzinca,
Mattole,
Mayan,
Mayo, Meherrin,
Menominee (Menomini),
Mescalero Apache,
Meskwaki (Mesquakie),
Methow,
Miami-Illinois, Mical,
Miccosukee, Michif,
Micmac (Mi'gmaq),
Mikasuki,
Mi'kmaq,
Minsi,
Miskito (Mosquito), Missouria,
Miwok (Miwuk),
Mixe, Mixtec (Mixteco, Mixteca),
Mobile, Mobilian Jargon,
Mococo,
Modoc, Mohave,
Mohawk, Mohegan,
Mohican,
Mojave, Molale (Molalla, Molala),
Monacan, Monache (Mono),
Montagnais, Montauk,
Multnomah,
Munsee (Munsie, Muncey, Muncie),
Muskogee (Muscogee, Mvskoke)
N
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Nahuatl,
Nakoda (Nakota),
Nanaimo,
Nanticoke,
Narragansett,
Naskapi,
Natchez, Natchitoches,
Nauset,
Navajo (Navaho), Nawat,
Nespelem,
Neutral,
Nez Perce, Niantic,
Nipmuc,
Nisga'a (Nisgaa),
Nlaka'pamux (Nlakapamux),
Nooksack (Nooksak),
Nootka (Nutka),
Northern Paiute,
Nottoway,
Nuuchahnulth,
Nuxalk
O
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Oconee,
Odawa, Ofo,
Oglala, Ohlone,
Ojibwa (Ojibway, Ojibwe, Ojibwemowin),
Okanagan (Okanogan), Okmulgee,
Omaha-Ponca, Oneida,
Onondaga,
O'odham (Oodham),
Opata, Osage,
Otchipwe, Otoe,
Ottawa, Ozette
P
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Pai, Paipai,
Paiute,
Palouse,
Pamlico, Panamint,
Papago-Pima,
Pascua Yaqui, Passamaquoddy,
Patuxet, Patwin,
Paugussett (Paugusset),
Pawnee, Pecos,
Pee Dee,
Pennacook, Penobscot (Pentagoet),
Pensacola,
Peoria, Pequot,
Petun,
Picuris,
Pima,
Pima Bajo, Pipil,
Piscataway, Pit River,
Plains Indian Sign Language,
Pojoaque, Pomo (Pomoan),
Ponca, Poospatuck (Poosepatuck),
Popoluca (Popoloca),
Potawatomi (Pottawatomie, Potawatomie),
Powhatan, Pueblo,
Puquina
Q
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Quapaw (Quapa), Qualicum,
Quechan,
Quechua, Queets,
Quilcene,
Quileute, Quinault,
Quinnipiac
R
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Raramuri, Red Indians,
Restigouche, Rosebud,
Rumsen,
Runasimi
S
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Saanich, Sac,
Saliba,
Salinan,
Salish, Samish,
Sanpoil,
Santee,
Santiam, Santo Domingo,
Saponi,
Sarcee (Sarsi), Sasta,
Satsop, Savannah,
Sauk, Saulteaux,
Sechelt,
Sekani,
Seminoles, Seneca,
Seri, Serrano,
Shakori, Shanel,
Shasta, Shawnee (Shawano),
Shinnecock,
Shoshone (Shoshoni),
Shuar, Shuswap,
Siksika,
Siletz,
Sinkyone, Siouan,
Sioux, Siuslaw,
Skagit, Skin,
S'Klallam,
Skokomish,
Slavey (Slave, Slavi),
Sm'algyax,
Snohomish,
Sooke,
Southern Paiute, Spokane (Spokan),
Squamish,
Steilacoom,
Stockbridge, Sto:lo,
Stoney, Suquamish,
Suruwaha,
Susquehannock,
Swampy Cree, Swinomish
T
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Tachi (Tache),
Tagish, Tahltan,
Taino, Takelma,
Takla,
Tanacross,
Tanaina, Tanana,
Tangipahoa, Tano,
Taos, Taposa,
Tarahumara, Tataviam,
Tehachapi, Ten'a,
Tenino,
Tepehuano,
Tequesta,
Tesuque,
Tewa, Thompson,
Tigua, Tillamook,
Timbisha,
Timucua,
Tinde,
Tiwa,
Tiwanaku,
Tjekan,
Tlahuica,
Tlingit, Tohome,
Tohono O'odham, Tolowa,
Tongva, Tonkawa,
Towa,
Tsalagi (Tsa-la-gi),
Tsilhqot'in,
Tsimshian,
Tsuu T'ina, Tualatin,
Tubar (Tubare),
Tulalip,
Tunica,
Tupi,
Tuscarora, Tutchone,
Tutelo,
Tututni,
Twana, Twatwa,
Tygh
U
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Uchi (Uche),
Ukiah (Uki, Ukia),
Umatilla,
Unami,
Unkechaug,
Uru,
Ute
V
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Virginia Algonquian
W
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Waco,
Wahkiakum, Wailaki,
Walapai, Walla Walla,
Wampanoag, Wanapam,
Wanki,
Wappinger, Wappo,
Warm Springs,
Wasco-Wishram, Washo (Washoe),
Wateree, Waxhaw,
Wea,
Wenatchee,
Wendat,
Weott,
Wichita (Witchita),
Willapa,
Winnebago,
Wintu (Wintun), Wishram,
Wiyot,
Wyandot (Wyandotte),
Wynoochee
Y
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Yakama (Yakima), Yamasee,
Yamel,
Yanesha, Yanomami,
Yaquina,
Yavapai,
Yaqui,
Yellowknife,
Yokuts (Yokut), Yoncalla,
Yucatec Maya (Yucateco, Yucatan), Yuchi,
Yuki,
Yuma, Yupik (Yuit),
Yurok
Z
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Zapotec, Zia,
Zoque,
Zuni
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Recommended Books about Native American Tribes and Nations
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Atlas of the North American Indian:
Detailed maps showing the pre-Columbian, colonial, and current locations of hundreds of native nations.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes:
Past and present information about the culture groups of native North America.
A Native American Encyclopedia:
Resource book offering specific historical and demographic information about each North American tribe.
Native Tribes of North America:
Illustrated reference book on the Indian nations of North America.
Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life:
Collection of essays presenting the cultures of different ancient and modern Indian tribes.
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians:
Thorough textbook on the history of Native American tribes.
Of Earth and Elders: Visions and Voices from Native America:
Fascinating mosaic of interviews, essays, poems, and other musings from Indian tribal elders.
Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America:
Children's picture book by an Abenaki author, depicting the diversity of Native American tribes.
Native American History Books:
A list of books dealing with the history of particular Native American Indian tribes.
Selected Links about Native American Indian Tribes and Nations
Our site is designed to present information about American Indian tribes and their languages contextually--language by language and tribe by tribe.
These are diverse nations deserving of individual attention, and it can be very difficult to make accurate generalizations about Native American tribes as a group.
However, our site is also unfinished and may be of limited use to people seeking information on a tribe we have not yet covered. For this reason,
we are providing some links to the main pages of sites with information about many different Native American tribes. Hopefully if you are looking
for information on an American Indian tribe we have not finished work on yet, these sites can provide a starting point for your search.
Directory of American Indian Tribes:
Addresses and information for federally recognized US Indian tribes (circa 1999).
First Nations Directory:
Addresses and information for the federally recognized Indian tribes of Canada (circa 1997).
Native Tribes of the United States and Canada:
Partial list of North American Indian tribes including state-recognized tribes.
Indian Tribes Names:
Partial chart of the original and current names of North American Indian tribes.
First Nations Histories:
Historical overviews of 48 different North American Indian tribes.
Maps of Native American Nations:
Maps and tribal information about American Indian nations of the USA and Canada.
Native American Nations:
List of links to North American Indian tribes.
Native American Tribes and Cultures:
List of links to Indian tribes of North America.
Native American Nation List:
Links to American Indian tribal websites.
Native American Groups:
List of links to North American Indian tribes.
Indigenous Native Americans:
Indexed resources on American Indian tribes.
Native American Language Resources:
More links specifically about Amerindian languages.
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Native American Religions
Native American Genealogy
Native American Name Translation
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