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Browse Native American tribes beginning with the letter K. This comprehensive Tribes K directory includes federally recognized, state recognized, unrecognized, and extinct groups, each linked to a detailed profile. Learn about their homelands, languages, traditions, and current activities.
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas were originally an offshoot of the Shawnee tribe ("Kickapoo" is thought to be a corruption of a Shawnee word for "wanderers,") but their language and customs have more in common with the neighboring Fox and Sauk.
Although in some ways the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma displayed a typical Plains Indian culture, they had an effective and well organized military strategy and were thought to be one of the most warlike tribes.
The Klamath Tribes include Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin, another band of Klamath erroneously believed to be a group of Paiute or Shoshone because they were designated the Yahooskin Band of Snake in the 1864 treaty. They all lived in the Klamath Basin of Oregon.
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho is a federally recognized tribe indigenous to the Northwest Plateau.
The Koi Nation of the Lower Lake Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Southeastern Pomo people located in Sonoma County, California.
The Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Klamath, Karuk, and Shasta Indians in Siskiyou County, California. There are also a few Yurok people.
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