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26 peoples found.

Minangkabaubangso Minangkabau 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreMatrilineal Muslim society from the highlands of West Sumatra About 6.6 million, Austronesian Taíno 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 6 moreIndigenous people of the Greater Antilles and Bahamas, with a living cultural legacy Arawakan ChoctawChahta 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodland people with deep roots in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Louisiana About 215,000, Muskogean PawneeChatiks si Chatiks 🇺🇸 United StatesMatrilineal Plains people now based in Oklahoma, known for earth lodges and buffalo hunts About 7,000, Caddoan NavajoDiné 🇺🇸 United StatesThe largest Native American nation, spanning Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah About 399,000, Athabaskan Ovambo 🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 moreLargest ethnic group of Namibia, also in southern Angola About 2.2 million, Bantu OnondagaOnoñdaʼgegáʼ 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCentral nation of the Haudenosaunee, known as the Keepers of the Fire About 3,000, Iroquoian ChamorroChamoru 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Mariana Islands, mainly Guam and Northern Marianas About 168,000, Austronesian Kewa PuebloKewa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Keres-speaking Pueblo community in northern New Mexico About 2,000, Keresan BororoBoe 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of central Brazil, known for circular villages and matrilineal clans About 2,000, Borôroan (Macro-Ge) TuscaroraSkarù·ręʔ 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIroquoian people, sixth nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy About 17,000, Iroquoian Montagnard 🇻🇳 VietnamIndigenous peoples of Vietnam's Central Highlands with diverse languages and cultures About 1 million Chitimacha 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin with a federally recognized reservation About 1,000, Language isolate (Chitimacha); others: Indo-European, Romanc Bribri 🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Talamanca region in Costa Rica and Panama About 12,000 Pamunkey 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation on the Pamunkey River, Virginia, with a centuries-old reservation About 430 NgadaAta Ngada 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal farming people of central Flores Island, Indonesia About 290,000, Austronesian Isleta PuebloShiewhibak 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southern Tiwa pueblo in New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande Valley About 2,000, Tanoan SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Batinsuku bangsa Batin 🇮🇩 IndonesiaA matrilineal Malay group of the Jambi interior in Sumatra About 72,000, Austronesian Sangirsuku Sangir 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreFishing and farming people of the Sangihe Islands and southern Mindanao About 600,000, Austronesian St. Lawrence Iroquoians 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreIroquoian farmers and fishers of the St. Lawrence River valley, vanished by 1600 Historical, Iroquoian EngganoE Lopeh 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal islanders of Enggano off southwest Sumatra About 2,000, Austronesian (classification debated) OfayéOfaié 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of central Brazil, now living in Mato Grosso do Sul About 69, Macro-Jê Marubo 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Vale do Javari in western Brazil About 2,000, Panoan Gitxsan 🇨🇦 CanadaMatrilineal Indigenous nation of the Skeena River region in British Columbia About 6,000, Tsimshianic Tolai 🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaIndigenous people of the Gazelle Peninsula and Duke of York Islands, Papua New Guinea About 104,000

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