Tribes by Region
Ethnographers commonly classify indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada into ten geographical regions with shared cultural traits (called cultural areas). The following map groups native american tribes of the US and Canada by their region of origin, followed by their current location and an overview of that tribe. Click on a cultural area on the map below to learn more about the American and Canadian tribes that live there.
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Click on a region on the map to go to that section.
Tribes by Region
Arctic Tribes
- Aleut
- Inuit
- Yupik
Subarctic Tribes
- Ahtna (Ahtena, Nabesna)
- Atikamekw
- Babine
- Bearlake
- Carrier
- Chipewyan
- Chilcotin
- Cree
- Degexit'an (Ingalik)
- Dogrib
- Han
- Hare
- Holikachuk
- Innu
- Kaska (Nahane)
- Kolchan (Upper Kuskowim)
- Koyukon
- Kutchin
- Mountain
- Naskapi
- Nishka
- Ojibwa
- Sekani
- Slavey (Dialects: Hay River, Simpson Providence, Liard, Fort Nelson)
- Tagish
- Tahltan
- Lower Tanana
- Middle Tanana
- Upper Tanana
- Tanacross
- Tanaina (Dialects: Outer Inlet, Upper Inlet, Iliama, Inland, Kachemak Bay, Kenai, Susitna River)
- Tasttine (Beaver)
- Inland Tlingit
- Tsetsaut
- Tsimishian
- Northern Tutchone
- Southern Tutchone
- Wet'suweten
- Yellowknife
California Tribes
- Achomawi (Pit River Indians)
- Antoniaño
- Atsugewi
- Bear River
- Cahuilla
- Campo
- Chemehuevi
- Chukchansi
- Chumash (Dialects: Roseño, Purisimeño, Barbareño, Inezeño, Ventureño, Obispeño, Santa Paula, Cruzeño, Emigdiano Allilik)
- Chilula
- Chimariko
- Costanoan (Dialects: Ramaytush, San Jose, Juichen, Chocheño, Tamyen, Awaswas, Chalon, Mutsun, Rumsen)
- Cupeño
- Diegueño
- Esselen
- Fernandeño: see Tataviam
- Gabrieliño: see Tongva
- Giamina
- Huchnom
- Hupa
- Ipai
- Jamul
- Juaneño
- Kamia
- Karok
- Kato
- Kiliwa
- Kitanemuk
- Klamath
- Konomihu
- Konkow
- Kumeyaay (Diegueño)
- Lassik
- Luiseño
- Maidu
- Mattole
- Mesa Grande
- Migueleño
- Mission Indians
- Miwok (Me-wuk)
- Modoc
- Mohave
- Monache
- Nakipa
- Nisenan
- Nomlaki
- Nongatl
- Ohlone
- Paipai (Akwa'ala)
- Paiute
- Patwin
- Pomo
- Quechan
- Rumsen
- Salinan
- San Clemente
- San Nicolas
- Santa Catalina
- Serrano
- Shasta tribe
- Sinkyone
- Tache
- Tachi tribe
- Tataviam (Fernandeño)
- Tipai
- Tolowa
- Tongva (Gabrieliño)
- Tsnungwe
- Tubatulabal
- Wailaki
- Wappo
- Washoe
- Whilkut
- Wintu
- Wintun
- Wiyot
- Yahi
- Yana
- Yocha Dehe
- Yokuts
- Yuki
- Coast Yuki
- Yurok
Eastern Woodland Tribes (Northeast)
- Abenaki
- Accohannock Maryland
- Acquintanacsnak
- Algonkin
- Algonquian lower Saint Lawrence River
- Algonquins Outaouais and Abitibi in Quebec
- Arosaguntacook
- Atquanachuke
- Algonquian lower Saint Lawrence River
- Algonquins Outaouais and Abitibi in Quebec
- Beothuk formerly Newfoundland, no longer exist
- Brotherton
- Chickahominy
- Conestoga
- Caniba
- Conoy
- Delaware
- Erie
- Etchemin Quebec (Maliseet)
- Fox
- Hathawekela (Absentee Shawnee)
- Ho-Chunk
- Huron/Wyandot Ontario south of Georgian Bay, now Oklahoma and Wendake, Quebec
- Illinois (Illini) Illinois
- Iroquois New York
- Tuscarora
- Kickapoo Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
- Laurentian
- Lenni-Lenape Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, now Oklahoma
- Loup A
- Loup B
- Maliseet Maine, Quebec, and New Brunswick, Canada
- Manhattan
- Mahican
- Malecite
- Marameg
- Martha's Vineyard Indians
- Mascouten
- Massachusett Massachusetts
- Mashpee
- Maskegon
- Matinecoc
- Mattabesic
- Meits
- Menominee
- Metoac
- Miami Indiana, now Oklahoma
- Micmac
- Mingo Pennsylvania, Ohio
- Mohegan
- Montauk New York
- Moravians
- Munsee
- Nanticoke
- Narragansett Rhode Island
- Natick
- Nauset
- Neutral
- Niantic (Eastern) (Western)
- Nipissing
- Nipmuc Massachusetts
- Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishaabe) Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana)
- Oji-Cree
- Onondaga
- Ontonagon
- Ottawa
- Passamaquoddy Maine
- Paugusset Connecticut
- Pennacook
- Penobscot Maine
- Pequawket
- Peoria Illinois, now Oklahoma
- Pequot
- Petun
- Piankashaw
- Pocomtic
- Pocumtuk
- Poospatuck New York
- Potawatomi (Michigan)
- Powhatan Virginia
- Quiripi
- Ramapough Mountain Indians New Jersey
- Hopewell Ohio and Black River region
- Saconnet
- Saluda
- Saponi
- Sauk
- Saulteaux
- Secotan
- Shawnee Ohio, Pennsylvania [most ended up in Oklahoma]
- Shinnecock New York
- Souriquoian
- Susquahannock
- Susquehanna
- Tarrantine Tarranteen
- Tionontati
- Tutelo
- Tunxis
- Unalachtigo
- Unami
- Unquachog
- Wampanoag Massachusetts
- Wappinger
- Wawenoc
- Wea
- Wenro
- Wenrohronon
- Wyandot/Huron Ontario south of Georgian Bay, now Oklahoma and Wendake, Quebec
Great Basin Tribes
- Bannock
- Chemehuevi
- Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation
- Gosiute Utah
- Kawaiisu
- Koso
- Mono
- Owen's Valley (Native Amricans)
- Northern Paiute California, Nevada, Oregon [Burns-Paiute], Arizona
- Southern Paiute (Kaibab)
- Panamint
- Paviotso
- Shoshone (Shoshoni) Nevada, Wyoming, California
- Wind River Shoshone
- Timbisha
- Ute Utah, Colorado
- Washo Nevada, California
Plateau Tribes
- Cayuse Oregon
- Celilo (Wayampam)
- Upper Chinookan (Dialects: Clackamas, Cascades, Hood River Wasco, Wishram Kathlamet, Wishram, Cathlamet, Multnomah,
- Columbian (Dialects: Wenatchee, Sinkayuse, Chelan) Washington, Oregon
- Coeur d'Alene Idaho
- Colville Washington
- Upper Cowlitz
- Flatbow
- Flathead
- Fountain
- John Day
- Kalispel Washington
- Kittitas
- Klamath
- Klikitat Washington
- Kootenai Idaho
- Lakes
- Lillooet
- Lower Snake (Chamnapam, Wauyukma, Naxiyampam)
- Modoc
- Molala (Molale) Oregon
- Nez Perce Idaho
- Nicola
- Okanagan (Dialects: Northern and Southern)
- Palus (Palouse)
- Pend'Oreilles
- Rock Creek
- Sahaptin
- Sanpoil
- Shuswap
- Spokane Washington
- Tenino
- Thompson
- Tygh
- Tygh Valley
- Umatilla Oregon
- Upper Nisqually (Mishalpan)
- Walla Walla Oregon
- Wanapum
- Wasco Oregon
- Yakima Washington
Northwest Coast Tribes
- Alsea
- Applegate
- Bella Bella
- Bella Coola
- Calapooia (see Kalapuya)
- Calapuya (see Kalapuya)
- Chasta Costa
- Chehalis (Upper and Lower) Washington
- Chemakum Washington
- Chetco
- Chilliwak
- Chinook Dialects: (Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Wasco)
- Chinook Jargon
- Clatsop
- Clatskanie (Tlatskanie)
- Comox
- Coos {Hanis} Oregon
- Lower Coquille (Miluk) Oregon
- Upper Coquille
- Cowichan
- Lower Cowlitz Washington
- Duwamish Washington
- Eyak Alaska
- Galice
- Haida (Dialects: Kaigani, Skidegate, Masset) Alaska
- Haihai
- Haisla
- Halkomelem
- Heiltsuk
- Hoh Washington
- North Kalapuya (Dialects: Yamhill or Yamel, Tualatin or Tfalati or Atfalati)
- Central Kalapuya (Dialects: Santiam, Mary's River, Lakmiut, Ahantchuyuk, Lower McKenzie or Mohawk)
- South Kalapuya (Yonkalla or Yoncalla)
- Kimsquit
- Kitimat
- Klallam (Clallam, Dialects: Klallam (Lower Elwha), S'Klallam (Jamestown), S'Klallam (Port Gamble))
- Klemtu
- Klickitat
- Koskimo
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwala
- or Kwakwa'kwa'kw)
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwantlem
- Kwatami
- Lummi Washington
- Lushootseed
- Makah Washington
- Muckleshoot Washington
- Musqueam
- Nanaimo
- Niskwalli
- Nooksack Washington
- Nisqually Washington
- Pentlatch
- Puyallup Washington
- Quileute Washington
- Quinault Washington
- Rogue River or Upper Illinois Oregon, California
- Saanich
- Samish
- Sauk-Suiattle Washington
- Sechelt
- Shoalwater Bay Tribe Washington
- Siletz Oregon
- Siuslaw Oregon
- Skagit
- Skokomish Washington
- Sliammon
- Snohomish
- Stó:lo
- Songish
- Sooke
- Squaxin Island Tribe Washington
- Spokane Washington
- Stillaguamish Washington
- Squamish Washington
- Swinomish Washington
- Tait
- Takelma Oregon
- Talio
- Tillamook (Nehalem) Oregon
- Tlatlasikoala
- Tlingit Alaska
- Tolowa-Tututni
- Tsimshian (Dialects: Hartley Bay, Prince Rupert, Gitando, Kitkatla)
- Tulalip Washington
- Twana
- Lower Umpqua Oregon
- Upper Umpqua Oregon
- Upper Skagit Washington
- Oowekyala
- Yaquina
Plains Tribes
- Aranama
- Arapaho Wyoming, Oklahoma
- Arikara (aka Arikaree or Ree) North Dakota
- Assiniboine Montana Fort Peck Indian Reservation is home to Assiniboine and Lakota (Sioux)
- Atsina
- Besawunena
- Blackfoot, Montana/Alberta (bands: Kainah or Blood, Siksiki, Northern Peigan, Southern Piegan or Blackfeet)
- Brule
- Caddo
- Cheyenne Montana, South Dakota; Oklahoma
- Chickasaw Oklahoma
- Comanche Oklahoma
- Crow (Absaroka or Apsáalooke) Montana, South Dakota
- Chippewa Cree, Montana
- Plains Cree Montana
- Dakota
- Gros Ventre
- Hasinai
- Hidatsa North Dakota
- Iowa (Ioway) Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Karankawa Texas
- Kaw (Kansa) Oklahoma
- Kiowa Oklahoma
- Kitsai
- Lakota (Sioux) South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska
- Lipan Apache
- Mandan North Dakota
- Missouri tribe (Missouria) Missouri
- Nawathinehena
- Oglala Sioux
- Plains Ojibwe
- Omaha Nebraska
- Mississaugas
- Osage Nation Oklahoma
- Otoe ( also spelled Oto) Oklahoma
- Ottawa Michigan; Oklahoma
- Pawnee (Dialects: South Band, Skiri) Oklahoma
- Piegan
- Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache)Oklahoma
- Ponca Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Quapaw (Arkansas) Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Santee Sioux
- Sauk (originally Great Lakes now Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa)
- Siksika
- Sioux (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota) Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- Stoney
- Tamique
- Teton Sioux
- Tonkawa Oklahoma
- Tsuu T’ina (Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuut’ina)
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
- Wichita Oklahoma [Affiliated Tribes - Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi]
- Wyandot Ontario, Michigan
- Yankton Sioux
- Yanktonai Sioux
Southeast Tribes
- Adai
- Ais Florida
- Akokisa
- Alabama Alabama
- Apalachee Florida
- Atakapa
- Bidai
- Biloxi Mississippi
- Caddo Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
- Calusa Florida
- Catawba South Carolina
- Chatot
- Chawasha
- Cherokee North Carolina; later Oklahoma
- Chiaha
- Chickahominy Virginia
- Chickamauga
- Chickasaw Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, later Oklahoma
- Chitimacha Louisiana
- Choctaw Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama; later Oklahoma
- Creek Alabama; Oklahoma, Georgia
- Coahuiltecan Texas
- Coushatta Louisiana
- Coharie North Carolina
- Cusabo
- Hitchiti
- Houma Louisiana
- Iswa
- Jeaga Florida
- Koasati
- Lumbee North Carolina
- Mattaponi Virginia
- Meherrin North Carolina
- Mikasuki Florida
- Mobile
- Mocama
- Monacan Virginia
- Nansemond Virginia
- Natchez Mississippi, Louisiana
- Nottoway
- Ofo
- Pamlico (Carolina)
- Pamunkey Virginia
- Pee Dee South Carolina, North Carolina
- Pensacola
- Rappahannock Virginia
- Saponi
- Seminole Florida; Oklahoma
- Taensa
- Tawasa
- Tekesta Florida
- Timucua (Utina) Florida
- Topachula Florida
- Tuscarora North Carolina, Virginia (later Niagra Falls, NY)
- Tuskegee
- Tutelo
- Tunica Mississippi
- Waccamaw North Carolina, South Carolina
- Woccon
- Yamasee
- Yuchi
Southwest Tribes
- Acoma
- Ak Chin Arizona
- Apache Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma
- Chiricahua Apache
- Cochimi Baja California
- Cochiti
- Cocopa Arizona
- Halchidhoma
- Hano
- Hualapai
- Havasupai Arizona
- Hohokam Arizona
- Hopi Arizona
- Isleta
- Isleta del Sur
- Jemez
- Jicarilla Apache
- Jumano
- Karankawa
- Kavelchadhom
- Keres
- Laguna
- Los Luceros
- Maricopa
- Mescalero Apache
- Mohave
- Nambe
- Navaho Arizona, New Mexico
- Opata
- Pecos
- Pericu Baja California
- Picuris
- Pima Arizona
- Pima Bajo
- Piro
- Pueblo people New Mexico
- Qahatika
- Quechan Arizona
- Sandia (Nafiat was the name for the Bernalillo pueblo)
- San Carlos
- San Felipe
- San Idelfonso
- San Juan
- Santa Ana
- Santa Clara
- Santo Domingo
- Seri
- Suma
- Taos
- Tesuque
- Tewa
- Tigua
- Toboso
- Tohono O'odham (Papago) Arizona
- Northern Tonto
- Southern Tonto
- Waicuri (Guaicura) Baja California
- Walapai
- Western Apache
- White Mountain
- Yavapai see Yavapai-Apache Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Tribe Arizona
- Yuma (Quechan)
- Zia
- Zuni