Tribes A

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Discover Native American tribes whose names begin with the letter A. This directory includes federally recognized, state recognized, unrecognized, and historically extinct tribes, offering brief summaries and resource links for deeper exploration. From well-known nations like the Apache and Arapaho to lesser-known groups, each listing connects you to articles about history, culture, language, and current status.

Whether you’re researching genealogy, Native American history, or tribal affiliations, this Tribes A Index serves as a hub for accurate, organized information. Some tribes are still vibrant today, while others live on through historical records, archaeological evidence, and oral traditions.

Use this page as your starting point to navigate related articles, explore linguistic affiliations, and understand the geographic regions tied to each tribe. All entries link directly to their dedicated pages or posts, ensuring quick access to detailed profiles and reliable sources.

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Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

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The Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation shares this reservation with the Arapaho. Eastern Shoshone people belong to the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family, which once stretched from the Cascades in the northwest, to the northern plains of Wyoming, and southward to Mexico. Except for the Washos of California, this linguistic group included all the Indians in the Great Basin Area, including the Shoshonis, the Paiutes, the Bannocks, the Commanches and the Utes.

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Apalachee Tribe, Missing for Centuries, Comes Out of Hiding

A veteran archaeologist, Bonnie McEwan sifts dirt in search of vanished cultures. It's not every day she hears from one in person.

Dr. McEwan directs Mission San Luis, a 17th-century site where Spanish friars baptized thousands of Apalachee, an Indian nation so imposing that early mapmakers bestowed the tribe's name on distant mountains, known ever since as the Appalachians. In 1704, English forces attacked, driving the Apalachee into slavery and exile. Scholars long ago pronounced the tribe extinct.

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Abenaki (Abanaki, Abenakis, Alnombak) Indians

The Abenaki tribe, together with the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi'kmaq, and Penobscot Indians, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, adversaries of the Iroquois. These allies from the eastern seaboard spoke related languages, and Abenaki and Wabanaki have the same Algonquian root, meaning "people from the east."

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