Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Index
The ancestral homelands of the Shawnees are in the northeastern United States. During the 19th century, the tribe was removed by the U.S. Government to what is now the state of Kansas.
Tribes A
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.
Assiniboine – See Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort belknap Reservation.
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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.
The Apalachees of Northwest Florida from Mission San Luis
From at least A.D. 1000, a group of farming Indians was living in northwest Florida. They were called the Apalachees. Other Florida Indians regarded them as being wealthy and fierce. Some think the Apalachee language was related to Hitchiti of the Muskhogean language family.
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."