U.S. Native American Indian Tribes

U.S. Native American Indian Tribes

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The Maliseet Language: A Living Legacy of Eastern Algonquian Traditions

July 4, 2025

The Maliseet language, also known as Wolastoqey or Amalecite, is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by the Maliseet people in New Brunswick, Canada, and in Maine, USA.

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PROFILE: Adam Fortunate Eagle Nordwall

February 16, 2021

Hits: 1668 FALLON, Nev. — “It is difficult to miss Adam Fortunate Eagle Nordwall’s two-acre spread on the Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. There, rising like a sacred temple out of the dusty brush, stand�

Henry Roman Nose (Vohko Xenehe) 1823-1868 was Northern Cheyenne Chief.

Roman Nose, Cheyenne war chief

September 14, 2025

Roman Nose (c. 1823 – September 17, 1868), also known as Hook Nose (Cheyenne: Vóhko’xénéhe, also spelled Woqini and Woquini), was a Native American war chief of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. He was called�

Quinault Indian Reservation

May 15, 2026

Quinault Indian Reservation The Quinault Indian Reservation is located in Washington State on the southwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula. It is home to the Quinault Indian Nation, whose people include descendants�

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation

August 13, 2025

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is made up of four bands of Sioux people: the Minneconjou, Two Kettle, Sans Arc, and Blackfoot Sioux.

Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846

February 16, 2021

Views: 8480 Treaty with the Comanches and other tribes. Articles of a treaty made and concluded at Council Springs in the county of Robinson, Texas, near the Brazos River, this 15th day�

Fort Peck Indian Reservation

February 16, 2021

Views: 15521 The Fort Peck Reservation, headquartered in Poplar, is the second largest reservation in Montana, covering over two million acres of land. Fort Peck Reservation is home to two separate Indian nations,�

An introduction to Hopi Basketry

January 25, 2021

Hopi basketmakers are some of the finest artists in this medium in North America. Today, while many Pueblo peoples no longer weave baskets, Hopi women continue a centuries-long tradition of basketry. They�

Harmful “Indian” Sports Mascots

February 16, 2021

As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media�

Trust fund regulations revised for heirs

January 29, 2021

The Department of Interior has revised regulations affecting the distribution of trust assets following the death of an individual Indian landowner. A Federal Register notice published December 31, 2001, makes note of�