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Kabila

Peoples of North America

Native American tribes, First Nations, Inuit, Métis and the peoples of Mesoamerica. 121 peoples on Kabila so far.

KawKaáⁿze 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Kansas and Oklahoma, known as the "People of the South Wind" About 4,000, Siouan-Catawban Ciboney 🇨🇺 Cuba and 2 moreWestern Taíno-related people of central Cuba, now extinct as a distinct group Historical, Arawakan HunkpapaHúŋkpapȟa 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA Lakota division known for their role at Little Bighorn and life at Standing Rock About 571, Siouan Dot Lake VillageKelt’aaddh Menn’ 🇺🇸 United StatesA small Alaska Native village in the Southeast Fairbanks region About 23 PassamaquoddyPeskotomuhkati 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNative people of Maine and New Brunswick, known for fishing and the Wabanaki Confederacy About 4,000, Algonquian Tohono O'odham 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDesert-dwelling people of the Sonoran region in Arizona and Sonora About 30,000 AtakapaIshak 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous bands of the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas Historical, Language isolate Pomo 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of northern California, known for basketry and diverse languages About 10,000, Pomoan (Kulanapan) Yavapai 🇺🇸 United StatesHunter-gatherers of central Arizona with four distinct bands About 2,000, Yuman (Upland Yuman branch), possibly Hokan Bribri 🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Talamanca region in Costa Rica and Panama About 12,000 CatawbaYe Iswąˀ 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver people of the Carolina Piedmont, known for pottery and resilience About 3,000, Catawban Ngäbe 🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreIndigenous people of western Panama and southern Costa Rica About 270,000, Chibchan Chitimacha 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin with a federally recognized reservation About 1,000, Language isolate (Chitimacha); others: Indo-European, Romanc HavasupaiHavsuwʼ Baaja 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of the Grand Canyon, known for their blue-green waters and resilience About 730, Yuman QuechanKwatsáan 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the lower Colorado River, Arizona and California About 4,000, Yuman HualapaiHwalbáy 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of northern Arizona, known as the 'people of the tall pines' About 2,000, Yuman–Cochimí Nambé PuebloNa̧nbeˀ Ówîngeh 🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community in northern New Mexico About 568, Kiowa-Tanoan CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California About 1,000, Yuman Western ApacheNdee (Indé) 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreApache peoples of east-central Arizona, living on several reservations About 14,000, Southern Athabaskan SicanguSičhą́ǧu Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Lakota nation centered on the Rosebud and Lower Brule Reservations Siouan MiniconjouMnikowoju 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living in west-central South Dakota Siouan KalispelQl̓ispé 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, known for their camas-based traditions About 400, Salishan Sans ArcItázipčho 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living on the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Siouan MaricopaPiipaash 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver Yuman people of Arizona, known for pottery and farming About 805, Yuman TonkawaTickanwa•tic 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Oklahoma and Texas, now based in Kay County, Oklahoma About 700, Language isolate PetunTionontati 🇨🇦 CanadaIroquoian confederacy of Ontario, known for their villages south of Georgian Bay Historical, Iroquoian Washoewa·šiw 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada About 2,000, Language isolate Piegan BlackfeetPiikáni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLargest group of the Blackfeet Confederacy in Montana and Alberta About 105,000, Algonquian Achomawi 🇺🇸 United StatesNine bands of the Pit River tribe in northeastern California About 2,000, Palaihnihan, possibly Hokan phylum SihasapaSihásapa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota division living on the Great Plains, now at Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Siouan UmatillaImatalamłáma 🇺🇸 United StatesSahaptin-speaking people of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest Sahaptin (Penutian family) TesuqueTeˀtsʼúgéh Ówîngeh 🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community near Santa Fe, New Mexico About 800, Tanoan PenobscotPαnawάhpskewi 🇺🇸 United StatesWabanaki people of Maine, living along the Penobscot River About 2,000, Algonquian Miccosukee 🇺🇸 United StatesHitchiti-speaking people of the Everglades, related to the Seminole About 640, Muskogean Adai 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodlands people of Louisiana and Texas, now merged with the Caddo Historical, Unclassified; possibly a language isolate 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 Quileutekʷòʔlí·yot̓ 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington About 808, Chimakuan Pocomtuc 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreFarmers and fishers of the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts Historical, Algonquian Isleta PuebloShiewhibak 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southern Tiwa pueblo in New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande Valley About 2,000, Tanoan PeoriaPeewaalia 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native American people of the Illinois Confederation, now in Oklahoma About 4,000, Algonquian Two KettlesOóhenuŋpa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subtribe living on the Cheyenne River Reservation About 800, Siouan Duwamishdxʷdəwʔabš 🇺🇸 United StatesLushootseed-speaking Coast Salish of the Seattle region About 600, Coast Salish Shinnecock 🇺🇸 United StatesAlgonquian-speaking nation on Long Island, New York, known for wampum and whaling About 1,000, Algonquian Pamunkey 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation on the Pamunkey River, Virginia, with a centuries-old reservation About 430 Patwin 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Wintun people of California's Sacramento Valley About 3,000, Penutian 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

Seven peoples, once a week

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