Catawba Indians, also known as the Issa meaning river, are part of a federally recognized Native American tribe related to the Siouan peoples and reside primarily in South and North Carolina and Oklahoma. There are more than 2,500 Catawba Indians…
The Apache Indians are one of the native American Indian tribes that reside in the southwestern United States. These are native Americans who live primarily in the states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Most members of the Apache tribes…
The Wichita tribe is a group of American Indians indigenous to the part of the United States that has become northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. An influx of Europeans to these regions drove the Wichita tribe north to the state…
The Lakota tribe is a Native American group living mainly in North and South Dakota. It is the westernmost of the three major Sioux groups within the Great Sioux Nation, which also include the Eastern and Western Dakota. The Lakota…
The Comanche tribe is a tribe of Native Americans that was originally part of the Eastern Shoshone tribe of Wyoming. The Comanche eventually migrated to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Today, many of the members of the Comanche tribe call…
The Cayuga Tribe is one of the five original tribes in the Iroquois Confederacy. Historically, the tribe’s native lands were in the Finger Lakes region of New York, located in the central western part of the state that is bordered…
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is a United States federal government agency operating under the Department of the Interior. Its intended purpose is the administration and management of land held in trust for American Indians and to provide education…
The term "sooner" was used in a derogatory fashion to describe the group of American settlers who unlawfully claimed lands in what eventually became Oklahoma. These people staked their claim to land when it was called the “Unassigned Lands,” prior…
The Shoshone Nation was a relatively small Native American tribe that once lived in a territory that is now Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and California. At the peak of Shoshone history, the tribe’s population numbered around 8,000. The tribe…
There are many key events throughout Apache Indian history. These events had profound effects on the destiny of Native Americans in North America and also on the United States and Mexico. Although the Apache are a loose collection of different…