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Towns and wage work

City life, paid work and enterprises run by the people. These are the peoples whose sources describe this way of living.

Beni Hassan 🇲🇷 Mauritania and 3 moreBedouin Arab tribe of Western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, and Algeria Arabic Korku 🇮🇳 IndiaA Munda-speaking community of central India, mainly in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra About 1.1 million, Munda Jaffجاف 🇮🇶 Iraq and 1 moreA major Kurdish tribal confederation of the Zagros region About 4 million, Indo-Iranian 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 Bani Utbahبَنِيّ عُتبَة 🇧🇭 Bahrain and 5 moreArab tribal confederation with roots in Eastern Arabia and Najd Semitic Shinnecock 🇺🇸 United StatesAlgonquian-speaking nation on Long Island, New York, known for wampum and whaling About 1,000, Algonquian MandailingBatak Mandailing 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreA Muslim Batak group from North Sumatra and West Sumatra, Indonesia About 1 million Gewisse 🇬🇧 United KingdomEarly Anglo-Saxon tribe in the upper Thames region, founders of Wessex Historical, West Germanic SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Mokaná 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe only indigenous community of Colombia's Atlántico Department About 7,000, Malibu (extinct) Saraguro 🇪🇨 EcuadorKichwa-speaking Indigenous people of the southern Ecuadorian Andes About 30,000, Quechua Choctaw Nation of OklahomaChahta Okla 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Choctaw tribal nation in southeastern Oklahoma About 223,000 MatisMatsë 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of western Brazil's Vale do Javari, known for hunting and body art About 457, Panoan Sangirsuku Sangir 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreFishing and farming people of the Sangihe Islands and southern Mindanao About 600,000, Austronesian Banu Shayban 🇮🇶 Iraq and 4 moreArab tribe of Upper Mesopotamia, known for poets and early Islamic leadership Semitic Inari Sámianarâšah 🇫🇮 FinlandIndigenous Sámi of the Lake Inari region in northern Finland About 900, Sámi (Uralic) RoteneseSuku Rote 🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of Rote Island and West Timor, known for weaving and farming About 239,000, Austronesian Shabankara 🇮🇷 IranA confederation of herding and warrior tribes in medieval Fars, Iran Historical Sisseton Wahpeton OyateSkiskiṭuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesDakota people of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota About 12,000, Siouan Suquamishsuq̓ʷabš 🇺🇸 United StatesA Coast Salish tribe on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington About 1,000, Salishan Tulalip Tribesdxʷlilap 🇺🇸 United StatesCoast Salish peoples of the Tulalip Reservation in Washington State About 3,000, Central Salish Squaxin Island Tribe 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of South Puget Sound Coast Salish, based in western Washington About 1,000, Salishan Otavalo 🇪🇨 EcuadorIndigenous Andean people known for weaving and vibrant markets in northern Ecuador About 50,000, Quechuan (Kichwa); formerly Barbacoan (Cara) OfayéOfaié 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of central Brazil, now living in Mato Grosso do Sul About 69, Macro-Jê Ysleta del Sur PuebloChiawipia 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Tiwa Pueblo community in El Paso, Texas About 4,000, Kiowa-Tanoan TarianaTaliaseri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Uaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 3,000, Arawakan SuyáKisêdjê 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Upper Xingu, known for collective life and lip plates About 424, Jê Gitxsan 🇨🇦 CanadaMatrilineal Indigenous nation of the Skeena River region in British Columbia About 6,000, Tsimshianic Tunica-BiloxiYoroniku-Halayihku 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized tribe in central Louisiana, descended from Tunica, Biloxi and others About 951 PaiterSurui Paiter 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani TimbishaNümü Tümpisattsi 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Death Valley, California, known for their deep ties to the land About 300, Uto-Aztecan Quinaultkʷínayɬ 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthwestern Coast Salish people of Washington's Pacific coast About 1,000 Ngāi Tahu 🇳🇿 New ZealandThe principal Māori iwi of New Zealand's South Island About 85,000, Austronesian Muckleshootbəqəlšuɬ 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of Duwamish and Upper Puyallup peoples in Washington's river valleys About 3,000, Salishan Eastern Shoshone 🇺🇸 United StatesShoshone people of Wyoming and the northeast Great Basin, now at Wind River Reservation Uto-Aztecan Ngāpuhi 🇳🇿 New ZealandLargest Māori iwi of New Zealand's Northland region About 184,000, Austronesian Hoti 🇦🇱 Albania and 1 moreA historic Albanian tribe of the Malësia region, now in Albania and Montenegro Indo-European Prairie Island Indian CommunityTinta Winta 🇺🇸 United StatesA Dakota Mdewakanton community along the Mississippi River in Minnesota About 310, Siouan Benga 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea and 2 moreCoastal Bantu people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon About 8,000, Bantu Ak-Chin Indian CommunityʼAkĭ Ciñ Oʼodham 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Oʼodham community in the Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona About 1,000, Uto-Aztecan (Piman group) Blackfeet NationAamsskáápipikani / ǎmssk̇ǎaṗiiṗiik̇ǔni, Pikuni / ṗiik̇ǔni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA Plains tribe based on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana About 17,000, Algonquian Senhaja de SrairIṣenhajen n Srayer 🇲🇦 MoroccoBerber tribal confederation of the central Rif mountains in northern Morocco About 151,000, Afro-Asiatic, Berber (Atlas branch) Yankton SiouxDakota Ihanktonwan Oyate 🇺🇸 United StatesDakota people of southeastern South Dakota, protectors of the Pipestone Quarry About 12,000, Siouan Native Village of GeorgetownKeledzhichagat 🇺🇸 United StatesAlaska Native community on the upper Kuskokwim River About 2 Sandia PuebloTuf Shur Tia 🇺🇸 United StatesTiwa-speaking Pueblo community at the foot of the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico About 427, Tanoan Ngāti Toa 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori iwi based around Porirua and the northern South Island of New Zealand About 10,000, Austronesian Tainui 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori tribal confederation of the central North Island, New Zealand Austronesian
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Seven peoples, once a week

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