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Peoples beginning with C

575 peoples so far, 115 of them historical. 8,475 more are on the list to be written.

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Best known firstLargest firstA to ZPeoples of the pastIn voluntary isolation
CaddoHasí꞉nay 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of mound builders from the Piney Woods of the southern United States About 6,000, Caddoan Caspians 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 1 moreAncient people of the southwestern Caspian Sea region Historical CatawbaYe Iswąˀ 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver people of the Carolina Piedmont, known for pottery and resilience About 3,000, Catawban Chaambaالشعانبة 🇩🇿 AlgeriaBedouin Arab tribe of the central Algerian Sahara, now settled in desert oases About 20,000, Afro-Asiatic Chachi 🇪🇨 EcuadorRainforest dwellers of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, known for basketwork and river life About 5,000, Barbacoan ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan ChamorroChamoru 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Mariana Islands, mainly Guam and Northern Marianas About 168,000, Austronesian CharrúaCharrua 🇺🇾 Uruguay and 2 moreSemi-nomadic Indigenous people of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil About 159,000 ChechensНохчий (Nokhchiy) 🇷🇺 Russia and 11 moreA Northeast Caucasian people rooted in Chechnya and the North Caucasus About 1.7 million, Northeast Caucasian ChemehueviNüwüvi 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthernmost branch of the Southern Paiute in the Great Basin deserts About 1,000, Uto-Aztecan (Numic branch) Cherokee NationᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ (Tsalagihi Ayeli) 🇺🇸 United StatesLargest federally recognized Cherokee tribe in the United States, based in Oklahoma About 466,000 ChiquitanoMonkóx 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Chiquitania savanna in eastern Bolivia and Brazil About 89,000, possibly Macro-Jê ChiricahuaNde 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreApache people of the US Southwest and northern Mexico About 4,000, Southern Athabaskan Chiripá 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreGuaraní-speaking indigenous people of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina About 43,000, Tupian Chitimacha 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin with a federally recognized reservation About 1,000, Language isolate (Chitimacha); others: Indo-European, Romanc ChoctawChahta 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodland people with deep roots in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Louisiana About 215,000, Muskogean Choctaw Nation of OklahomaChahta Okla 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Choctaw tribal nation in southeastern Oklahoma About 223,000 Chorni Klobuky 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreTurkic tribes who settled on the southern frontier of Kievan Rus' Historical Ciboney 🇨🇺 Cuba and 2 moreWestern Taíno-related people of central Cuba, now extinct as a distinct group Historical, Arawakan Ciguayos 🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicDistinct Indigenous people of the Samaná Peninsula in the Dominican Republic Historical Cinta Larga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the western Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi Clan ColquhounClann a' Chombaich 🇬🇧 United KingdomA Highland Scottish clan from the shores of Loch Lomond Indo-European (Celtic branch for Gaelic) CochitiKotyit 🇺🇸 United StatesKeres-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico About 528, Language isolate CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California About 1,000, Yuman CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 ComancheNʉmʉnʉʉ 🇺🇸 United StatesHorse-centered Plains people of Oklahoma and the Southern Plains About 17,000, Uto-Aztecan (Numic branch) Cook Islands Māori 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreIndigenous Polynesian people of the Cook Islands, now mostly living in New Zealand and Australia About 110,000, Austronesian, Eastern Polynesian Cornovii (Midlands) 🇬🇧 United KingdomAn Iron Age and Roman-era Celtic people of the English Midlands and Welsh borders Historical, Celtic Crimean Karaites 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 6 moreA Turkic-speaking Karaite Jewish community native to Crimea and Eastern Europe About 2,000, Turkic (Kipchak branch) CrowApsáalooke 🇺🇸 United StatesPlains people of southern Montana, known for their horse culture and Crow Fair About 12,000, Siouan Cubeo 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés region in Colombia's northwest Amazon About 4,000, Tucanoan Curonians 🇱🇻 Latvia and 4 moreA Baltic tribe of warriors and sailors from the shores of Latvia and Lithuania Historical

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