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Indian Tribes and Languages of North America

Click on each country for a listing of Native American tribes that have lived there.



This is an index to the Native American language and cultural information on our website pertaining to North American tribes. Some pages contain more information than others. If you belong to an indigenous tribe of North America that is not currently listed on this page and you would like to see it here, please contact us about contributing information to our site.

*Abenaki *Achumawi *Adai *Ahtna *Alabama *Aleut *Algonquin
*Alsea *Alutiiq *Amuzgo *Anishinabe *Apache *Apalachee *Arapaho
*Arikara *Assiniboine *Atakapa *Atikamekw *Atsugewi *Babine *Bannock
*Beaver *Beothuk *Biloxi *Blackfeet *Caddo *Cahuilla *Calusa
*Carrier *Catawba *Cayuga *Cayuse *Chatino *Chehalis *Chemehuevi
*Cherokee *Cheyenne *Chiapanec *Chichimec *Chickasaw *Chilcotin *Chimariko
*Chinantec *Chinook *Chipewyan *Chitimacha *Chocho *Choctaw *Ch'ol
*Chumash *Clatskanie *Coahuiltecans *Cochimi *Cocopa *Coeur d'Alene *Columbia
*Comanche *Comox *Conestoga *Congaree *Coos *Cora *Coree
*Cowlitz *Cree *Crow *Cuicatec *Cupeno *Dakota *Degexitan
*Dogrib *Eno *Erie *Esselen *Eyak *Gabrielino *Galice
*Gros Ventre *Guale *Guarijio *Gwich'in *Haida *Haisla *Halkomelem
*Han *Hatteras *Havasupai *Hawaiian *Heiltsuk *Hidatsa *Holikachuk
*Hopi *Huichol *Huron *Illini *Innu *Inuktitut *Ioway
*Iroquois *Ixcateco *Juaneno *Jumano *Kalapuya *Kansa *Karankawa
*Karuk *Kashaya *Kaska *Kathlamet *Kato *Keres *Kickapoo
*Kiliwa *Kiowa *Kitanemuk *Kitsai *Klallam *Klamath-Modoc *Koasati
*Kootenai *Koyukon *Kumeyaay *Kuskokwim *Kwakiutl *Lakota *Laurentian
*Lenape *Lillooet *Luiseno *Lumbee *Lushootseed *Maidu *Makah
*Maliseet *Mandan *Maricopa *Mattole *Matlatzinca *Mayan *Mayo
*Mazahua *Mazatec *Meherrin *Menominee *Mesquakie-Sauk *Metis *Miami
*Miccosukee *Micmac *Miwok *Mixe *Mixtec *Mobile *Mococo
*Mohawk *Mohegan *Mohican *Mojave *Molale *Monacan *Mono
*Montagnais *Munsee *Muskogee *Nahuatl *Nanaimo *Nanticoke *Narragansett
*Naskapi *Natchez *Natchitoches *Nauset *Navajo *Neutrals *Nez Perce
*Nisgaa-Gitxsan *Nooksack *Nootka *Nottoway *Nuxalk *Oaxaca Chontal *Oconee
*Ofo *Ohlone *Ojibwe *Okanagan *Okmulgee *Omaha-Ponca *Oneida
*Onondaga *Opata *Osage *Otoe *Otomi *Ottawa *Paipai
*Paiute *Pame *Pamlico *Panamint *Passamaquoddy *Pawnee *Pecos
*Pensacola *Pentlatch *Pima-Papago *Pima Bajo *Pomo *Popoloco *Popoluca
*Potawatomi *Powhatan *Pueblo *Quapaw *Quechan *Quileute *Quinault
*Quiripi *Saanich *Salinan *Salish *Sarcee *Sauk-Fox *Sechelt
*Sekani *Seminole *Seneca *Seri *Serrano *Shasta *Shawnee
*Shoshone *Shuswap *Siuslaw *Slavey *Squamish *Stoney *Susquehannock
*Tabasco Chontal *Takelma *Tanacross *Tanaina *Tanana *Tarahumara *Tataviam
*Tepehuan *Tewa *Thompson *Tillamook *Timucua *Tiwa *Tlahuica
*Tlapanec *Tlingit *Tolowa *Tonkawa *Towa *Triqui *Tsetsaut
*Tsimshian *Tualatin *Tubar *Tubatulabal *Tunica *Tuscarora *Tutchone
*Tututni *Twana *Umatilla *Umpqua *Ute *Wailaki *Walla Walla
*Wampanoag *Wappo *Wasco-Wishram *Washoe *Wichita *Winnebago *Wintu
*Wiyot *Yakama *Yana *Yaqui *Yokuts *Yuchi *Yuki
*Yupik *Yurok *Zapotec *Zoque *Zuni

Other resources about American Indian history, culture and society in North America:

The Languages of Native North America: Excellent book overviewing North American Indian languages. (Amazon affiliate link)
North American Languages By Population of Speakers: A list of the most spoken languages of North America.
Indigenous North Americans: North American native history, tribal information, pictures, and quotes.
Native North Americans: Articles on North American Indian history and culture.
Native Americans of North America: North American Indian links pages.

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