The Hupa Indians, known officially as the Hoopa Valley Tribe, are American Indians native to California’s Hoopa Valley. The tribe’s traditional language also called Hupa is part of the Athabaskan linguistic family and connects the Hupa Indians to other western…
The Erie Indians were one of many Native American tribes living from the 1400s to 1600s in what is now the Northeastern region of the United States. Unlike many other North American native tribes, which have survived in one form…
The Dakota Sioux are part a Native American and First Nations tribe that originally inhabited much of the Midwestern United States and Canada, including regions that are now the US states of North and South Dakota. Historians point out that…
The Crow Indians are a Native American tribe. Long ago, they called the Yellowstone River Valley, which is in Montana, their home. Today, the tribe's official home is a reservation near Billings, Montana. The Crow reservation spans more than two…
The Quechan tribe, also known as the Yuma, is a Native American Indian tribe, whose name is pronounced “kwuh-tsan” and means “those who descended.” The tribe originated along the Colorado River in eastern California and western Arizona. In 1852, the…
Around 300 BC, an ancient Pueblo people known as the Huhugan migrated to the Salt River in southwestern Arizona and built adobe homes and cities. They were farmers who constructed mud dams and miles of extensive irrigation canals which are…
The Nisqually tribe is a Native American tribe living in western Washington state at the Nisqually Indian Reservation, in the Nisqually River valley. The Nisqually tribe has over 650 enrolled members, most of whom live on the reservation. The Nisqually…
The Miccosukee tribe is a Native American group that originally settled the regions known today as the states of Alabama and Georgia before migrating to Florida in the 18th and 19th centuries. Historically members of the Creek Nation, the Miccosukee…
The Hupa tribe is a group of Native American people living in northwestern California. Also referred to as the Hoopa, Hupa, or Ntinixwe, they live on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, which has a population of more than 2,600 people.…
The Chippewa tribe is a group of Native Americans and First Nations people located in the United States and Canada in North America. It represents the third largest collection of bands in America next to the Cherokee and Navajo. The…