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🇺🇸 Peoples of the United States

127 indigenous and tribal peoples who live in the United States, best known first.

Pamunkey 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation on the Pamunkey River, Virginia, with a centuries-old reservation About 430 Duwamishdxʷdəwʔabš 🇺🇸 United StatesLushootseed-speaking Coast Salish of the Seattle region About 600, Coast Salish Isleta PuebloShiewhibak 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southern Tiwa pueblo in New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande Valley About 2,000, Tanoan Two KettlesOóhenuŋpa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subtribe living on the Cheyenne River Reservation About 800, Siouan PeoriaPeewaalia 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native American people of the Illinois Confederation, now in Oklahoma About 4,000, Algonquian St. Lawrence Iroquoians 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreIroquoian farmers and fishers of the St. Lawrence River valley, vanished by 1600 Historical, Iroquoian Sisseton Wahpeton OyateSkiskiṭuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesDakota people of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota About 12,000, Siouan Choctaw Nation of OklahomaChahta Okla 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Choctaw tribal nation in southeastern Oklahoma About 223,000 Patwin 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Wintun people of California's Sacramento Valley About 3,000, Penutian Ais 🇺🇸 United StatesCoastal hunter-gatherers of eastern Florida, known for their chiefdom and river settlements Historical ZiaTsʾíiyʾamʾé 🇺🇸 United StatesPueblo people of New Mexico known for their sun symbol and pottery About 850, Keresan Tulalip Tribesdxʷlilap 🇺🇸 United StatesCoast Salish peoples of the Tulalip Reservation in Washington State About 3,000, Central Salish Suquamishsuq̓ʷabš 🇺🇸 United StatesA Coast Salish tribe on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington About 1,000, Salishan Squaxin Island Tribe 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of South Puget Sound Coast Salish, based in western Washington About 1,000, Salishan Ysleta del Sur PuebloChiawipia 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Tiwa Pueblo community in El Paso, Texas About 4,000, Kiowa-Tanoan Quinaultkʷínayɬ 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthwestern Coast Salish people of Washington's Pacific coast About 1,000 HohChalá·at 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers of the Hoh River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula About 102 TimbishaNümü Tümpisattsi 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Death Valley, California, known for their deep ties to the land About 300, Uto-Aztecan Tunica-BiloxiYoroniku-Halayihku 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized tribe in central Louisiana, descended from Tunica, Biloxi and others About 951 Skokomishsqʷuqʷóbəš 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers and cedar artisans of Hood Canal, Washington About 730, Coast Salish Eastern Shoshone 🇺🇸 United StatesShoshone people of Wyoming and the northeast Great Basin, now at Wind River Reservation Uto-Aztecan Muckleshootbəqəlšuɬ 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of Duwamish and Upper Puyallup peoples in Washington's river valleys About 3,000, Salishan Arizona TewaTewa 🇺🇸 United StatesTewa-speaking Pueblo people living on First Mesa in northeastern Arizona Tanoan Yaquina 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the Yaquina River and Bay in Oregon Historical, Yakonan Sinagua 🇺🇸 United StatesAncient farmers and foragers of central Arizona's highlands and valleys Historical Prairie Island Indian CommunityTinta Winta 🇺🇸 United StatesA Dakota Mdewakanton community along the Mississippi River in Minnesota About 310, Siouan Blackfeet NationAamsskáápipikani / ǎmssk̇ǎaṗiiṗiik̇ǔni, Pikuni / ṗiik̇ǔni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA Plains tribe based on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana About 17,000, Algonquian Native Village of GeorgetownKeledzhichagat 🇺🇸 United StatesAlaska Native community on the upper Kuskokwim River About 2 Yankton SiouxDakota Ihanktonwan Oyate 🇺🇸 United StatesDakota people of southeastern South Dakota, protectors of the Pipestone Quarry About 12,000, Siouan Ak-Chin Indian CommunityʼAkĭ Ciñ Oʼodham 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Oʼodham community in the Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona About 1,000, Uto-Aztecan (Piman group) Sandia PuebloTuf Shur Tia 🇺🇸 United StatesTiwa-speaking Pueblo community at the foot of the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico About 427, Tanoan

Seven peoples, once a week

Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.