Results for "river"
60 peoples found.
Mariмари / Марий-влак
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreFinno-Ugric people of the Volga and Kama rivers, Russia
About 600,000, Uralic
HimbaOvaHimba
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 moreSemi-nomadic pastoralists of northern Namibia and southern Angola
About 50,000, Bantu (Niger–Congo)
MossiMooaga
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso and 5 moreLargest ethnic group of Burkina Faso, known for their kingdoms and Mooré language
About 11 million, Gur (Niger–Congo)
ArapahoHinono'eino
🇺🇸 United StatesPlains Algonquian people now in Wyoming and Oklahoma
About 11,000, Algonquian
ZuniA:shiwi
🇺🇸 United StatesPueblo people of the Zuni River valley in western New Mexico
About 10,000, Language isolate
CrowApsáalooke
🇺🇸 United StatesPlains people of southern Montana, known for their horse culture and Crow Fair
About 12,000, Siouan
Parisii
🇫🇷 FranceIron Age Gallic tribe of the Seine, origin of the name Paris
Historical, Celtic
Scordisci
🇷🇸 Serbia and 2 moreA mixed people of the central Balkans, active from the 3rd to 1st century BC
Historical
Nez Percenimíipuu
🇺🇸 United StatesPlateau people of Idaho known for salmon fishing and Appaloosa horses
About 4,000, Sahaptian (Plateau Penutian)
OsageWazhazhe
🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Great Plains, now based in Oklahoma
About 28,000, Siouan
Tribe of Reubenרְאוּבֵן
🇯🇴 Jordan and 3 moreAn ancient Israelite tribe east of the Jordan River
Historical, Semitic
Tribe of Gad
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreA tribe of ancient Israel settled east of the Jordan River
Historical
Udegeудиэ / удиһе
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreHunters and fishers of the Ussuri and Amur river regions in Russia
About 2,000, Tungusic
Tribe of Manassehשֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה (Shevet Menashe)
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreAncient Israelite tribe with territory on both sides of the Jordan River
Historical
OmahaUmoⁿhoⁿ
🇺🇸 United StatesPlains tribe of Nebraska and Iowa with a long history of trade and adaptation
About 6,000, Siouan (Dhegihan branch)
Tribe of Issachar
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreAncient Israelite tribe known for scholarship and wisdom
Historical
KayapoMebêngôkre
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Xingu River basin, known for activism and body art
About 12,000, Jê
BanjarUrang Banjar
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreIndigenous people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, with a rich river-based heritage
About 5.7 million, Austronesian
Khongirad
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 moreA Mongolic tribal group known for royal marriages and rule in Central Asia
Mongolic
MundurukuWuy Jugu
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Tapajós river basin in the Brazilian Amazon
About 14,000, Tupi
Pequot
🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Connecticut, known for survival and revival after near-destruction
About 2,000, Algonquian
PirahãHíaitíihi
🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Maici River in the Brazilian Amazon
About 900, Mura
Tribe of Joseph
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreA major ancient Israelite tribe later divided into Ephraim and Manasseh
Historical, Semitic
Vistulans
🇵🇱 PolandEarly medieval tribe of the western Vistula valley in Lesser Poland
Historical
QuapawOgáxpa
🇺🇸 United StatesDhegiha Siouan people from the lower Mississippi and Arkansas River region
About 6,000, Dhegiha Siouan
Semnones
🇩🇪 GermanyA major Suebi tribe of ancient Germany near the Elbe in Roman times
Historical
Zo'éZo'és
🇧🇷 BrazilSemi-nomadic Tupi–Guarani people of Pará, Brazil
About 315, Tupi–Guarani
Mandarsuku Mandar
🇮🇩 IndonesiaSeafaring and farming people of West Sulawesi, Indonesia
About 1 million, Austronesian (South Sulawesi languages, Malayo-Polynesian br
Kalina
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 5 moreIndigenous people of the northern coast of South America
About 45,000, Cariban
Matsés
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon between the Javari and Galvez rivers
About 3,000, Panoan
Agrianes
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 2 moreAncient Paeonian tribe of the Upper Strymon region
Historical
Pomo
🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of northern California, known for basketry and diverse languages
About 10,000, Pomoan (Kulanapan)
WayampiWajãpi
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the border forests of Brazil and French Guiana
About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani
Nambikwara
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, living along the Guaporé and Juruena rivers
About 2,000, Nambikwaran
Wichí
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreIndigenous forest and river people of Argentina and Bolivia
About 56,000, Matacoan
CatawbaYe Iswąˀ
🇺🇸 United StatesRiver people of the Carolina Piedmont, known for pottery and resilience
About 3,000, Catawban
Huni Kuin
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon along rivers in Brazil and Peru
About 13,000, Panoan
HualapaiHwalbáy
🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of northern Arizona, known as the 'people of the tall pines'
About 2,000, Yuman–Cochimí
Hevelli
🇩🇪 GermanyWest Slavic tribe of the middle Havel river, medieval Brandenburg
Historical, West Slavic
Achuar
🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pastaza and Huasaga rivers in Ecuador and Peru
About 19,000, Jivaroan
Bharatas
🇮🇳 IndiaEarly Vedic Indo-Aryan tribe of the Sarasvatī River region
Historical, Indo-Aryan
QuechanKwatsáan
🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the lower Colorado River, Arizona and California
About 4,000, Yuman
CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California
About 1,000, Yuman
MiniconjouMnikowoju
🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living in west-central South Dakota
Siouan
Kuikuro
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil
About 653, Cariban
MehinakuMehinako
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil
About 286, Arawakan
MaricopaPiipaash
🇺🇸 United StatesRiver Yuman people of Arizona, known for pottery and farming
About 805, Yuman
Yuracaré
🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of the Bolivian Amazon lowlands
Language isolate
Sans ArcItázipčho
🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subdivision living on the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota
Siouan
Skalvians
🇱🇹 LithuaniaA West Baltic tribe once living by the lower Neman River
Historical, Baltic
Tucanoye’pâ-masa
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon
About 6,000, Tucanoan
Ye'kuanaSoꞌto
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreCanoe makers of the Caura and Orinoco rivers in Venezuela and Brazil
About 7,000, Cariban
KalispelQl̓ispé
🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, known for their camas-based traditions
About 400, Salishan
Vadoma
🇿🇼 ZimbabweHunter-gatherers of northern Zimbabwe known for inherited ectrodactyly
About 22,000
Enawene NaweEnawenê-nawê
🇧🇷 BrazilGrowers and fishers of Mato Grosso, Brazil, who do not eat red meat
About 737, Arawakan
MuraBuxwaray
🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the central and eastern Amazon in Brazil
About 18,000
UmatillaImatalamłáma
🇺🇸 United StatesSahaptin-speaking people of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest
Sahaptin (Penutian family)
CofánAʼi
🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship
About 2,000
ChamacocoIshír
🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions
About 2,000, Zamucoan
Achomawi
🇺🇸 United StatesNine bands of the Pit River tribe in northeastern California
About 2,000, Palaihnihan, possibly Hokan phylum