The Dakota Indians are part of the larger group of Sioux Indians. Living in the upper Midwest United States in the present-day states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as parts of south-central Canada, the Dakota…
The Caddo Indians were once a confederacy of numerous related clans, tribes and smaller confederacies of Indians speaking a similar Caddoan language. The name of one of the largest of these confederations, the Tejas, was the origin of the state…
The Wampanoag are a tribe of Native Americans that originally occupied parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In modern times, the Wampanoag tribe lives primarily in southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard. During the early 1600s, the Wampanoag were…
The Tohono O’odham Nation is a tribe of Native Americans who live mainly in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona. There are more than 28,000 enrolled members of the Nation. Although most Tohono O’odham have moved to the United States,…
The Crow Nation is a Native American tribe classified as a Plains Indian tribe. Their name, pronounced Absaroka or Apsaalooke in their native tongue, means people of the large beaked bird. To the white settlers, this description sounded like a…
The Catawba tribe, more properly known as the Catawba Indian Nation, is one of many Native American tribes that are recognized by the United States government. Derived from a Catawba place-name, Katapu, Catawba is translated as "fork in a river."…
The Apache tribe is the general name given to a group of Native American tribes from the southwestern United States that are culturally related to each other. Historically, the many branches of the Apache tribe controlled land that extended from…
Siouxland is an alternative geographic locale that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin and includes parts of southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and northeast Nebraska. The term "Siouxland" was created by the late author Frederick Manfred…
A kiva is a room used for religious purposes by Pueblo and Hopi peoples. Although most modern kivas are built above ground, ancient tribes of today’s American Southwest kept some subterranean kivas. Most of these underground rooms were round, instead…
A hogan, also spelled “hoghan,” is a traditional residential structure of the Navajo people. Although Navajo people also build and, at times, reside in sweat houses, underground homes, and summer shelters, the hogan is the most frequently used structure. In…