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| Principal Native American Tribes. | ||||||
| Tribe | Culture | GroupLanguage | Early Population | Earliest Known Locality | Present Locality | |
| Abnaki | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 3,800 | Maine | Maine | |
| Aleut | Eskimo | Aleut | 16,000 | Aleutian Islands Unalaska | Aleutian Islands Unalaska | |
| Algonquin and Ottawa | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 7,000 | Quebec Ontario | Quebec | |
| Apache | Plains-Southwest (Mixed) | Athabascan | 7,000 | Colorado Kansas New Mexico Driven southward by Comanche in18th century. | Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma | |
| Arapaho | Plains | Algonquian | 3,000 | Colorado Wyoming | Wyoming Oklahoma | |
| Assiniboin | Plains | Siouan | 10,000 | Manitoba Mimmesota | Montana Alberta Saskatchewan | |
| Beaver | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 1,200 | Alberta | Alberta | |
| Beothuk | E. Woodland | Beothuk | 500 | Newfoundland | (Extinct) | |
| Blackfeet | Plains | Algonquian | 15,000 | Alberta Saskatchewan. Moved southwestward 18th to 19th centuries. | Montana Alberta | |
| Caddo | E. Woodland-Plains | Caddoan | 8,000 | Louisiana Arkasas Texas Oklahoma | Oklahoma (Mixed) | |
| Calusa | E. Woodland | Muskogean (?) | 3,000 | Florida | (Extinct) | |
| Catawba | E. Woodland | Siouan | 5,000 | North Carolina South Carolina | South Carolina | |
| Cherokee | E. Woodland | Iroquoian | 22,000 | Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina | Oklahoma North Carolina | |
| Cheyenne | Plains | Algonquian | 3,500 | North Dakota. South Dakota. | Montana Oklahoma | |
| Chickasaw | E. Woodland | Muskogean | 5,000 | Mississippi | Oklahoma | |
| Chinook | N.W. Fishermen | Chinookan | 22,000 | Washington Oregon | Oregon | |
| Chipewyan | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 2,250 | Manitoba Saskatchewan NW Territories | NW Territories Alberta | |
| Chippewa (see Ojibwa) | ||||||
| Choctaw | E. Woodland | Muskogean | 15,000 | Mississippi Alabama | Oklahoma Mississippi | |
| Chumash | C-I-S-G? | Chumashan | 10,000 | California | California (nearly extinct | |
| Comanche | Plains | Uto-Aztecan | 7,000 | Texas Oklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Cree | Plains | Algonquian | 3,000 | Manitoba Saskatchewan | Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Montana | |
| Woodland | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 17,000 | Manitoba Ontario Quebec | Manitoba Ontario Quebec | |
| Creek | E. Woodland | Muskogean | 12,000 | Georgia Alabama | Oklahoma | |
| Crow | Plains | Siouan | 4,000 | Montana Wyoming | Montana | |
| Dakota (popularly known as "Sioux"): | ||||||
| Teton | Plains | Siouan | 10,000 | Minnesota Moved west in 18th cent. | North Dakota. South Dakota. | |
| Eastern | E. Woodland-Plains (Mixed) | Siouan | 15,000 | Minnesota Wisconsin | North Dakota. Montana Nebraska South Dakota | |
| Santee | ||||||
| Yankton | ||||||
| Yanktonai | ||||||
| Delaware | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 8,000 | New Jersey Philadelphia Delaware After 1751 moved successively to Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Kansas. Oklahoma | Oklahoma Wisconsin Ontario | |
| Dogrib | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 1,250 | Northwest Territories | Northwest Territories | |
| Erie | E. Woodland | Iroquoian | 4,000 | Philadelphia Ohio New York | Oklahoma (absorbed by Seneca) | |
| Eskimo | Eskimo | Eskimo | 89,000 | Alaska Canada Greenland | Alaska Canada Greenland | |
| Haida | N.W. Fishermen | Haida | 9,800 | British Columbia | British Columbia Alaska | |
| Huron | E. Woodland | Iroquoian | 20,000 | Ontario | Quebec | |
| Illinois | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 9,500 | Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Missouri | Oklahoma (under name of Peoria) | |
| Iroquois: | E. Woodland | Iroquoian | 10,000 | |||
| Cayuga | New York | Ontario New York | ||||
| Mohawk | New York Quebec | Ontario Quebec | ||||
| Oneida | New York | New York Ontario Wisconsin | ||||
| Onondaga | New York | New York Ontario | ||||
| Seneca | New York | New York Philadelphia Oklahoma | ||||
| Tuscarora | E. Woodland | Iroquoian | 5,000 | North Carolina Joined Iroquois in New York after 1713. | New York Ontario | |
| Karankawa | E. Woodland-Plains (Mixed) | Karankawa | 2,800 | Texas | (Extinct) | |
| Khotana | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 4,500 | Alaska | Alaska | |
| Kiowa | Plains | Kiowa | 2,000 | South Dakota | Oklahoma | |
| Kutchin | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 4,600 | Yukon Territory Alaska | Yukon Territory Alaska | |
| Kwakiutl | N.W. Fishermen | Wakashan | 4,600 | British Columbia | British Columbia | |
| Mandan | Plains | Siouan | 4,600 | North Dakota | North Dakota | |
| Massachuset | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 13,600 | Massachusetts | (Extinct) | |
| Menominee | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 3,000 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | |
| Miami | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 4,500 | Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio | Indiana Oklahoma | |
| Micmac | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 3,500 | Nova Scotia New Brunswick | Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec | |
| Miwok | C-I-S-G? | Miwok | 12,000 | California | California | |
| Mojave | C-I-S-G? | Yuman | 3,000 | Arizona California | Arizona | |
| Montagnais and Naskapi | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 5,500 | Quebec | Quebec | |
| Natchez | E. Woodland | Muskogean | 4,000 | Mississippi | (Extinct) | |
| Navajo | S.W. Herders | Athabascan | 8,000 | New Mexico | Arizona New Mexico Utah | |
| Nez Perce | Plains (Mixed) | Sahaptan | 4,000 | Idaho Washington Oregon | Idaho | |
| Nootka | N.W. Fishermen | Wakashan | 6,000 | British Columbia | British Columbia | |
| Ojibwa | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 35,000 | Wisconsin Minnesota Ontario | Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan North Dakota. Montana Ontario | |
| Osage | Plains | Siouan | 6,000 | Missouri Kansas | Oklahoma | |
| Paiute: | ||||||
| Southern | C-I-S-G? | Uto-Aztecan | 2,500 | Nevada Utah | Nevada Utah | |
| Northern | C-I-S-G? | Uto-Aztecan | 2,500 | Nevada California Oregon | Nevada | |
| Papago | S.W. Farmers | Uto-Aztecan | 6,600 | Arizona | Arizona | |
| Pawnee | Plains | Caddoan | 10,000 | Nebraska Kansas | Oklahoma | |
| Pequot | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 2,000 | Connecticut | Connecticut | |
| Pima | S.W. Farmers | Uto-Aztecan | 4,000 | Arizona | Arizona | |
| Pomo | C-I-S-G? | Pomo | 8,000 | California | California | |
| Potawatomi | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 4,000 | Michigan Moved southward to Illinois before 1700 ; westward after 1836. | Kansas Oklahoma Wisconsin | |
| Powhatan | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 9,000 | Virginia | Virginia (unorganized remnants) | |
| Pueblo: | ||||||
| Hopi | S.W. Farmers | Uto-Aztecan | 2,800 | Arizona | Arizona | |
| Zuni | S.W. Farmers | Zuni | 2,500 | New Mexico | New Mexico | |
| Rio Grande Pueblos | S.W. Farmers | Keresan Tanoan | 28,500 | New Mexico | New Mexico | |
| Sauk and Fox | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 6,500 | Wisconsin | Oklahoma Iowa | |
| Sekani | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 3,200 | British Columbia Alberta | British Columbia | |
| Seminole (historic offshoot of the Creek) | Oklahoma Florida | |||||
| Shasta | C-I-S-G? | Shasta | 3,000 | California | California | |
| Shawnee | E. Woodland | Algonquian | 2,000 | Kentucky Some moved to Georgia before 1681; others to Philadelphia Ohio Indiana and Missouri in 18th century; later to Kansas Oklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Shoshone: | ||||||
| Wind River | Plains (Mixed) | Uto-Aztecan | 2,500 | Wyoming | Wyoming | |
| Northern | Plains (Mixed) | Uto-Aztecan | 3,000 | Montana Idaho | Idaho | |
| Western | C-I-S-G? | Uto-Aztecan | 2,500 | Nevada Utah | Nevada | |
| Shuswap | N.W. Fishermen | Salishan | 5,300 | British Columbia | British Columbia | |
| Sioux (see Dakota) | ||||||
| Slave | M-Y Basin* | Athabascan | 1,200 | Northwest Territories British Columbia Alberta | Northwest Territories Alberta | |
| Timucua | E. Woodland | Muskogean | 10,000 | Florida | (Extinct) | |
| Tlingit | N.W. Fishermen | Tlingit | 10,000 | Alaska | Alaska | |
| Tsimshian | N.W. Fishermen | Tsimshian | 3,500 | British Columbia | British Columbia Alaska | |
| Ute | Plains (Mixed) | Uto-Aztecan | 4,500 | Utah Colorado New Mexico | Utah Colorado | |
| Wichita | Plains | Caddoan | 3,200 | Kansas Oklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Winnebago | E. Woodland | Siouan | 3,800 | Wisconsin Some moved to Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska in middle19th century. | Wisconsin Nebraska | |
| Yakima | N.W. Fishermen (Mixed) | Sahaptan | 3,000 | Washington Oregon | Washington | |
| Yokuts | C-I-S-G? | Yokuts | 18,000 | California | California | |
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* M-Y = Mackenzie-Yukon. | ||||||
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