A Creek Indian reservation is an area of land in the U.S. that is reserved for members of the Creek Indian nation. As of 2010, there were just two Creek Indian reservations, one in Oklahoma and one in Alabama. Some…
The phenomenon of tribal politics in the United States, while often considered as a term that relates only to Native Americans, is actually a concept that applies to a number of political groups within the country. At its roots, tribal…
The original Alabama Indians include the Alabama tribe, the Cherokee tribe, and the Choctaw tribes. Other Alabama Indians are the Koasati tribe, the Muskogee Creek tribe, the Choctaw tribe, and the Chicksaw tribe. During the 1800s, most of these Native…
The Winnebago Indians are a tribe of Native Americans originally based is the Wisconsin area. The actual name of the tribe is Ho-Chunk, which translates to Trout Nation. The name Winnebago was given to them by neighboring tribes and means…
The Tuscarora Indians are a tribe of Native Americans traditionally located in New York, North Carolina and Ontario, Canada. The Tuscarora joined the Iroquois League of Nations, "The League of Peace and Power," in 1722 as the sixth nation in…
The Serrano Indians are a Native American tribe of present day California in the United States, originally living in the San Bernardino Mountains. Serrano is a Spanish word meaning "highlander" that was used to refer to the Indians by Spanish…
The Ojibwa Indians, also known as the Chippewa Indians, are one of the largest Indian Nations in North America. Their original homeland is the northern United States and southern Canada. They eventually moved westward into the Midwest and Great Plains.…
The Ohlone Indians are a group of Native Americans who originally lived along the central coast of what is now the state of California. For most of their history, they did not consider themselves to be a single group, but…
The Kiowa Indians are a recognized American Indian tribe by the federal government of the United States. The tribe originally lived in the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, but was forced to a reservation in Oklahoma…
The Iroquois Indians, also known as the Haudenosaunee — which means 'people of the longhouse' — are a group of Native Americans that originally lived in what is now the state of New York. Today, with a population of about…