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

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QuechanKwatsáan 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the lower Colorado River, Arizona and California About 4,000, Yuman Kubusuku bangsa Kubu 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMobile forest peoples of southeast Sumatra, Indonesia About 200,000, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian branch) Nyishi 🇮🇳 IndiaThe largest tribal group of Arunachal Pradesh, India About 250,000, Tani HualapaiHwalbáy 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of northern Arizona, known as the 'people of the tall pines' About 2,000, Yuman–Cochimí SumbaTau Humba 🇮🇩 IndonesiaAustronesian people of Sumba Island, Indonesia, known for Marapu beliefs and megalithic tombs About 659,000, Austronesian Bayat 🇮🇷 Iran and 6 moreA widespread Oghuz Turkic tribe found from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan Turkic LampungJamma Lampung (Lampung Api), Ulun Lappung (Lampung Nyo) 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of southern Sumatra with coastal and interior clans About 2.5 million, Lampungic (Malayo-Polynesian branch) Qadhadhfa 🇱🇾 LibyaAn influential Arab Ashraf tribe centered in Sirte, Libya Afro-Asiatic Nambé PuebloNa̧nbeˀ Ówîngeh 🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community in northern New Mexico About 568, Kiowa-Tanoan SicanguSičhą́ǧu Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Lakota nation centered on the Rosebud and Lower Brule Reservations Siouan Kutama 🇩🇿 Algeria and 2 moreA Berber tribe from northern Algeria, key to the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate Historical GogoWagogo 🇹🇿 TanzaniaBantu farmers and herders of Tanzania's Dodoma Region About 1.3 million, Bantu Kuikuro 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 653, Cariban Banu Adi 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaA historical clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca Historical, Semitic DeceangliTegeingl 🇬🇧 United KingdomCeltic tribe of ancient Britain near the Clwydian Range Historical MiniconjouMnikowoju 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living in west-central South Dakota Siouan Yawalapiti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 309, Arawakan Western ApacheNdee (Indé) 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreApache peoples of east-central Arizona, living on several reservations About 14,000, Southern Athabaskan CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California About 1,000, Yuman Bali Agawong Bali Aga 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous highland communities of Bali with distinct traditions and language About 63,000, Austronesian Daesitiates 🇧🇦 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAn Illyrian tribe of central Bosnia, known for their role in the Great Illyrian revolt Historical MehinakuMehinako 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil About 286, Arawakan Terena 🇧🇷 BrazilAgricultural Indigenous people of Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul region About 26,000, Arawakan Bhumij 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA Munda-speaking tribal group of eastern India and Bangladesh About 1 million, Austroasiatic KalispelQl̓ispé 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, known for their camas-based traditions About 400, Salishan Skalvians 🇱🇹 LithuaniaA West Baltic tribe once living by the lower Neman River Historical, Baltic Banu Ghatafan 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaA confederation of Bedouin tribes from northeast of Medina in pre-Islamic Arabia Historical, Afro-Asiatic Ye'kuanaSoꞌto 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreCanoe makers of the Caura and Orinoco rivers in Venezuela and Brazil About 7,000, Cariban Vadoma 🇿🇼 ZimbabweHunter-gatherers of northern Zimbabwe known for inherited ectrodactyly About 22,000 Xerente 🇧🇷 BrazilCentral Jê people of Tocantins, Brazil, with strong clan traditions About 4,000, Jê Kadiwéu 🇧🇷 BrazilHorse-riding Indigenous people of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil About 1,000, Guaicuruan ManggaraiAta Manggarai 🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of western Flores, Indonesia, known for caci whip-fighting and ritual ceremonies About 738,000 MaricopaPiipaash 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver Yuman people of Arizona, known for pottery and farming About 805, Yuman Tucanoye’pâ-masa 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon About 6,000, Tucanoan Yuracaré 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of the Bolivian Amazon lowlands Language isolate Tsimané 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous farmers and foragers of Bolivia's Beni lowlands About 17,000, Language isolate Banu Kalb 🇸🇾 Syria and 7 moreA major Arab tribe of the Syrian desert and steppe, 5th–12th centuries CE Historical, Semitic Tupiniquim 🇧🇷 BrazilTupi-descended people living in Indigenous territories of Espírito Santo, Brazil About 3,000, Tupi Xavante 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil, known for dual-clan society About 30,000, Jê MeeBunani Mee 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of the Paniai Lakes region in Central Papua, Indonesia About 316,000 Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian Yaminawá 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of Acre, Brazil, also in Peru and Bolivia About 3,000, Panoan Etoro 🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaA small tribe living on the southern slopes of Mt. Sisa in Papua New Guinea About 2,000 PetunTionontati 🇨🇦 CanadaIroquoian confederacy of Ontario, known for their villages south of Georgian Bay Historical, Iroquoian TonkawaTickanwa•tic 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Oklahoma and Texas, now based in Kay County, Oklahoma About 700, Language isolate Sans ArcItázipčho 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living on the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Siouan Anizah 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 8 moreA large Arab tribe spread across Arabia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia Semitic Bariq 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 2 moreA large tribe from Bareq in southwest Saudi Arabia, descended from Al-Azd. About 100,000, Semitic
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