Peoples beginning with P
575 peoples so far, 115 of them historical. 8,475 more are on the list to be written.
PaiterSurui Paiter
🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil
About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani
PalembangUwong Pelémbang
🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of Palembang city and South Sumatra, Indonesia
About 1.3 million, Malay (Austronesian)
Palestiniansفلسطينيون
🇵🇸 Palestine and 8 moreAn Arab people native to Palestine, with a large diaspora worldwide
About 14 million, Semitic
Palikur
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArawak-speaking riverine people of Amapá and French Guiana
About 2,000, Arawakan
Pamunkey
🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation on the Pamunkey River, Virginia, with a centuries-old reservation
About 430
ParintintinKagwahiva’nga
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Kagwahiva people of the Madeira River basin in Brazil
About 480, Tupi–Guarani
Parisii
🇫🇷 FranceIron Age Gallic tribe of the Seine, origin of the name Paris
Historical, Celtic
PassamaquoddyPeskotomuhkati
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNative people of Maine and New Brunswick, known for fishing and the Wabanaki Confederacy
About 4,000, Algonquian
Patamona
🇬🇾 Guyana and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pakaraima Mountains in Guyana and northern Brazil
About 6,000, Cariban
Pataxó
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Bahia, Brazil, reviving their language and culture
About 12,000
Patwin
🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Wintun people of California's Sacramento Valley
About 3,000, Penutian
PawneeChatiks si Chatiks
🇺🇸 United StatesMatrilineal Plains people now based in Oklahoma, known for earth lodges and buffalo hunts
About 7,000, Caddoan
PayaguáEvueví
🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreRiverine Guaycuru people of the Northern Chaco, now extinct
Historical, Guaycuruan
Pehuenche
🇨🇱 Chile and 1 moreAndean people known for harvesting monkey-puzzle tree seeds
PenobscotPαnawάhpskewi
🇺🇸 United StatesWabanaki people of Maine, living along the Penobscot River
About 2,000, Algonquian
PeoriaPeewaalia
🇺🇸 United StatesA Native American people of the Illinois Confederation, now in Oklahoma
About 4,000, Algonquian
Pequot
🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Connecticut, known for survival and revival after near-destruction
About 2,000, Algonquian
PetunTionontati
🇨🇦 CanadaIroquoian confederacy of Ontario, known for their villages south of Georgian Bay
Historical, Iroquoian
PicurisP'įwweltha
🇺🇸 United StatesA Tiwa-speaking pueblo in northern New Mexico, known for micaceous pottery
About 83, Kiowa-Tanoan
Piegan BlackfeetPiikáni
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLargest group of the Blackfeet Confederacy in Montana and Alberta
About 105,000, Algonquian
PirahãHíaitíihi
🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Maici River in the Brazilian Amazon
About 900, Mura
Pocomtuc
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreFarmers and fishers of the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts
Historical, Algonquian
PojoaquePʼohsu̧wä̧geh Ówîngeh
🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community in northern New Mexico
About 2,000, Tanoan
Pomo
🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of northern California, known for basketry and diverse languages
About 10,000, Pomoan (Kulanapan)
PotawatomiBodéwadmi
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreKeepers of the fire in the Great Lakes and Plains, with many recognized bands today
About 43,000, Algonquian
Potiguara
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Paraíba, Brazil, known as 'shrimp-eaters'
About 18,000
Prairie Island Indian CommunityTinta Winta
🇺🇸 United StatesA Dakota Mdewakanton community along the Mississippi River in Minnesota
About 310, Siouan
Punan Bah
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreSwidden farmers and river dwellers of Borneo's central forests
About 5,000
Pygmy peoples
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 7 moreShort-statured hunter-gatherer groups of the Congo Basin and Central Africa
About 920,000