The history of the Navajo people is usually seen as robust mix of early tribal engagement, conflict with Europeans, and integration into the modern United States. Navajo Nation is the largest Native American tribe in the United States, and its…
The Apache, a group of people indigenous to the North American Southwest and made up of at least six Indian tribes, wore a variety of traditional clothing prior to their contact with European cultures in the 1800s. Apache clothing for…
The Dawes Act was a piece of legislation passed in the United States in 1887, remaining in effect until 1934. The Act had far-reaching effects on Native American society and culture, and some people suggest that it contributed directly to…
The Washoe Indians are a Native American tribe located in the United States. They were officially recognized as a tribe by the US federal government in 1934. Originally their territory stretched from the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in California to…
The Shawnee Indians is a Native American tribe that has been traced back to at least the 1500s. They lived in a region known as the Eastern Woodlands, which includes present-day Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee’s Cumberland River Valley, and stretches…
The Pomo Indians were a tribal people who lived on the west coast of the United States, primarily north of what is currently San Francisco in the state of California. They were generally known as a particularly wealthy tribe, living…
The Pima Indians are a group of Native Americans living in Arizona and parts of Mexico. Before 1694, they referred to themselves as Otama. The name Pima is thought to have derived from communication problems between Europeans and members of…
The Mohican Indians, also referred to as Mahican Indians, are a Native America tribe originally from the Hudson River Valley. The tribe's original home was along the Delaware River, which they named the Mahicannituck. They called themselves the Muhheconneok, which…
The Lakota Indians are a tribe of Native Americans typically residing in the US states of North and South Dakota. Some Lakota Indians also live in Nebraska, Minnesota and southern Canada. They are considered a part of the Sioux tribe,…
Imagine how you would feel if someone told you that you looked like a wild boar and you will understand why the group known as the Huron Indians prefer the name Wyandot. The name Huron originates from the French and…